Is There a Searchable Chant Database?
I'd like to find a database that can be used to answer questions like these:What antiphons are used with psalm tone 4d?Is that tone only found in old publications? (or What is the publication date of...
View ArticleAccompaniment For Vespers
Hello,I am looking for an accompaniment for vespers in the old rite. I've already tried the C C Watershed one but it's not what I've been looking for. Does anyone have a better accompaniment that I can...
View ArticleWhich Gregorian Credo is the best?
i've been mulling over which Credo setting might be introduced to our OF congregation, and Credo III seems the obvious choice, given an englished version in the altar missal. But I seem to recall there...
View ArticleGregorian Mass Settings
I recall a while back that someone had posted a pdf that was a sort of "ordo" on when which Mass is used for which feast. I am wondering if any one knows where that can be found. We are trying to...
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How to alter staff lines in Gregorio?
I'm wondering if there is any way to alter the staff lines in Gregorio. I don't see the staff in the chant fonts (at least at first glance) so I'm guessing it is something that Gregorio calculates...
View ArticleHelp helping another religious community
A poor clare nun has written our monastery asking for help with her organ accompaniment. She can do it fine but wants to understand the theory behind it better. Basically she sight reads without...
View ArticleGregorian Chant: A light in the darkness
As we near the end of the liturgical year, I’ve been reflecting on the stark contrast between the noisy distractions of today’s world—like Halloween and Black Friday—and the luminous peace offered by...
View ArticleEasy Kyriale combinations for congregation?
A priest has prescribed for all his choirs the Missa 'De angelis'. I think it is because it is familiar to him - and to people in general who watch liturgies from Rome (especially the Kyrie and...
View ArticleGregorio and Scribus
Hello, I been trying to get Gregorio to work and could not. I also tried to make it work with Scribus and failed. Is there a solid guide to make it work on Windows or Linux?
View ArticleJean Claire Organ Accompaniments - Psalm tones
I misplaced my hard copy of this, went searching online for it without success, and thought about asking the forum if anyone had it. Then I found it on an old hard drive. Thought I would share since it...
View ArticleAll the Psalms in Gregorian Chant
This has never been done! The Psalterium Project has been underway since May 2012. We are going to make it! This will happen! See the progress made on http://www.psalmchant.com . Monastic communities...
View Articlematching antiphon setting to psalm tone
Hello, I have a question about how to match a musical setting for an antiphon to a particular Gregorian psalm tone. It seems to me I read how to do this in a book available on one of the online free...
View ArticleGregorian chant with solfege
Please where can I find a free book (pdf) with Gregorian chant hymns with solfège alongside the Neumes. Something similar to those found on Ccwatershed.
View ArticleLitany of the Saints for the Dying
There are a number of online resources suggesting the praying of the Litany of the Saints for those who are near death, with the usual "pray for us" responses replaced with "pray for him/her" (i.e.,...
View ArticleGreg Compiler Convert 2 Midi Issue (Gregorio; TeX; GABC; Chant; Audio; Scores)
+JMJ+[SOLVED]-----------------------[Edit 2025-01-06]Although I was able to compile a midi file for the originally problematic score fragment by removing all square brackets, "[ ]", and their contents,...
View ArticleBenedictus Antiphons from the Antiphonale Romanum (2020), Volume 1
May someone scan for me two Benedictus Antiphons from the Antiphonale Romanum (2020), Volume 1, for In Baptismati Domino and for Anno C—Dominica III?My copy is on backorder.I am about to teach my chant...
View ArticleResponsoria in history
In Marcel Zijlstra’s article from Tijdschrift voor Gregoriaans (original in Dutch, brought in English by Google translate) you may read how our heroes of chant were able to chant any text as a versicle...
View ArticleResurgence of Mass in Africa
A resurgence in chant Mass in Africahttps://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/articles/item/7590-mass-restoration-michael-matt-interviewed-by-african-traditionalist
View ArticlePraying with Gregorian Chant, Part II: Sung Speech
Hello, all! I just published a second article in a series about Gregorian chant, which is ultimately leading up to the practice of Musical Lectio Divina.Topics in this article include:+Cantillation,...
View ArticleDivine Mercy Chaplet in modern notation
Hi everyone! I've been asked by some people in my parish if I could find some more traditional setting of sung Divine Mercy Chaplet. I've found sheet music for a setting that I really like on this...
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