Richard Mix

French Classical Terminology?
On unit organs the tenor or middle C limit is a courtesy to duo players; much better dropouts in the bass than the treble!. Talk of disgusting...

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What advice would you give to a new pastor?
It might seem counterintuitive, but if (like me) you've taught unauditioned choirs of untrained singers you might have had the experience that it's far easier to get (for examples) Silent Night up to speed than O come, O come Emmanuel. Tha…

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What advice would you give to a new pastor?
two-part music is easier to grasp than four-part, and can be just as beautiful)Is this really advice for the pastor? He should be aware that there are expert musicians that might disagree.

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What did you see/hear/play/sing? Thanksgiving Day / Advent I
St David of Wales Richmond, California Titelouse: verset on: CONDITOR ALME "Creator of the stars of night" Mass xvii (Kyrie 'C') Ad te Domine (American Gradual; A. Scarlatti at choral Mass) Dominus dabit (American Gradual) STUTT…

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Happy NEW Year! A Gift of music for you ALL
I love puzzles! Alt. accompaniment for LYRA DAVIDICA in the munchkin key?

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French Classical Terminology?
The Benedictus of Couperin's parish mass calls for fond d'orgue & pedalle de flûte. If one goes by the traditional recipes (16' manual and 8' uncoupled pedal) the first chord is a second inversion. One school of thought is th…

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Time to Say goodbye--funeral?
Btw, welcome, mamaherrera. I was being a bit tongue-in-cheek above, and having trouble with html.

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Hymn for the Jubilee of Mercy
Or, we could just bite the bullet and sing the hymn (sometimes opt. 4 can be our best friend) ;-) Door-closing music for the introit would stretching the definition of aptness, but here's a recessional (I have fond memories of Jonathan Dimmock…

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Time to Say goodbye--funeral?
Do singers untrained to sing Italian at sight have a place as cantors in church? One strategy for requests is to say you'll gladly do it for an extra fee if they supply sheet music in an appropriate key in a timely manner.

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The Wexford Carol/ Looking for TTB.
Well you already missed this year's course, but maybe Tinctoris can get you started.

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Music for Christ the King
I make (LC)M to be 950. Lumen Christi seems implausible, that would be LXM; I'm thinking along the lines Long, no, Common Meter. We had: Prelude to The Dream of Gerontinius (Elgar) "Crown Him with many crowns" DIADEMATA Kyrie (Vict…

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Gaudete vs. Gaudete
...fitting (If not welcome) at an OF Mass... This is also said of Latin motets.

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Theology in a Song
Fussy, fussy. But to it right, is the play being acted before Epiphany?

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Of Canada and copyrights
I would assume the penalties for smuggling contraband across the border would be at least as severe as for downloading in the US, if not more so. But if you're serious about finding a loophole, ask a real internet lawyer.

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Stile antico Masses
Scarlatti in g and Lotti of course, and then have a look at the Vienese masses in RRMCE. You can also do a multi category search on CPDL to turn up others like Casali &c.

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Spanish Chant -
There's an awful lot of 11 11 11 11 in https://books.google.com/books?id=DvTlFXcIgh8C&printsec=frontcover&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false too. Are there any Spanish/Hispanic tunes or should one use ST DENIO?

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Seeking preferences for Latin hyphenation
Authoritative is the goal? Solesmes has its style that is easy on choirs, i.e. po-scimus, A-sperges. If one is using HIP pronunciation though it's better to go with the sources: in German-Latin you really have to know which are the long and sho…

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Winner of 6th Fernando Rielo International Prize for Musica Sacra
Dallapiccola is one of the midcentury greats, not commensurable with a student effort. Mariné's piece is not too well thought out and we (I think I'm safe here) can't say how he could have gotten the opening idea from the text. I woul…

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Winner of 6th Fernando Rielo International Prize for Musica Sacra
Not quite in the same class. Luigi Dallapiccola's (February 3, 1904 – February 19, 1975) Canti di prigionia setting prayers of Mary Stuart, Boethius and Savanarola is worth getting to know though.

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Bartok need not apply?
Hindemith may also have anticipated the rise of the piano accompanied cantor with his cycle of Gospel motets for the church year (only PD in Canada, but allow yourself a peak at the table of contents). Here's Cum natus esset on Youtube.

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English adaptations of Divine Office antiphons?
Very impressive! Something's a bit funny about Adoramus in aeternum p.350.

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Quinceañera in English. What do you do?
Link seems to have moved, but google turns up http://www.fwdioc.org/quince-anos-english.pdf specifying either Mass of the Day or Mass of Thanksgiving for the lessons/propers.

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Musica Sacra podcast
One of my favorites is Sara's Horn Hangout. The mouthpiece shop-talk is perhaps best fast-forwarded, but Barbara Hannigan's interview about singing and conducting is pure gold.

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The Math of Music
'wasting time on a skill rarely used'I thought he was talking about figuring out the transposer ;-)

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Ad tantæ Nativitatis, Morales - how to translate for a worship aid...
Please consider posting here.

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A WWYD question especially for those who perform in professional groups or direct one
I heard a similar story once somewhere or other.

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The Math of Music
High notes don't tell the whole story. I am the Bread of life in A major (A-e') at 9:00 AM is not a problem. 6 verses of a narrow tessiatura tune like The Lord hears the cry of the poor (f#-d') is real torture for a low voice.

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Why total freedom to write lyrics and the use of popular music styles has damaged the church.
Of course with pre-councilar sacred music things could never start to go horribly wrong (but watch 11'12" of Au Hazard Balthasar).

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An Evening with the HYMNAL 1982
Sorry, I already have tickets for an April 1 performance of Relâche.

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Liber Cantualis - Gregorian Melodies (Latin-English)
"Chants with english translations" doesn't necessarily mean singing versions, does it? The Gregorian Missal for example already includes translations in English.

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