MarkThompson

Saint Gregory Hymnal in public domain?
But there were versions afterword which would still technically be under copyright with the same hymns. So do the later editions prohibit me from using the hymns? No. An author can't extend a copyright just by republishing the same thing again…

Comment by MarkThompson May 2018 permalink
Capitalization of "Kyrie" and "Agnus" in scores
Too, seldom encountered any more is the custom of capitalising not only the proper nouns of deity, but any pronouns referring to the same. Why would you want to do something that wasn't done in the KJV?

Comment by MarkThompson January 2018 permalink
Plural Episema
The correct plural should be is that of the language of origin. It is either episemata or episemae. If it is indeed Greek, then the former. No, the correct plural is the plural in the language you are speaking. The plural of troika in English is t…

Comment by MarkThompson October 2017 permalink
Lay Women in Liturgy Questions
so... we go from "Jube, domine, benedicere" to "Jube domne, benedicere" to... what ? (domina? is there such a word as domna?) Salieri is right, but in principle, anyway, gender not not change for women unless the ritual books s…

Comment by MarkThompson October 2017 permalink
Gregorian Psalm tone assignment
For the sake of example: let's say I'd like to point Ps. 51 to a Gregorian tone, and compose/point its antiphon (such as 'Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned' for Ash Wednesday). Would I arbitrarily assign a tone to the Psalm…

Comment by MarkThompson September 2017 permalink
Foderunt Manus Meas
I loved your hits like "One Dance" and "Hotline Bling"; this seems to mark quite a stylistic shift for you, but it's pretty good one!

Comment by MarkThompson August 2017 permalink
Name a more iconic duo.
A few come to mind: Sonny and Methodius Cain and Stimpy Starsky and the Bad Thief

Comment by MarkThompson August 2017 permalink
Liturgists and Latinists: Latin Proper Hanc Igitur for Nuptial Mass
However, "is supposedly derived" ≠ "is derived" "scholaris" ≠ "Scholasticus" "Scholaris" ≠ a real name

Comment by MarkThompson July 2017 permalink
Liturgists and Latinists: Latin Proper Hanc Igitur for Nuptial Mass
I'm just going by The Godfather, a reliable source if ever there was one, but in the baptism scene at the end of the film the priest properly refers to the baptizand, Connie's son Michael, as "Michaëlem" in the accusative where t…

Comment by MarkThompson July 2017 permalink
Spanish Mandatum
Four syllables. Also, I believe the correct psalm tone for this is the solemn version, which in this case is distinguished by raising the note before the accented syllable of the mediant from Do to Re. You have done this for the first verse (siMON…

Comment by MarkThompson March 2017 permalink
Spanish Mandatum
A couple of quick remarks: - The punctum mora on the syllable -pon- of respondió is awkward and should be removed. - Fue is one indivisible syllable. - Y éste le dijo should be Do Re Si Si Do La due to the stress of éste. - You've accidenta…

Comment by MarkThompson March 2017 permalink
Tu Es Petrus - Dubois
I've sung it in the past. It's a little on the bombastic side, but hey, sometimes that works.

Comment by MarkThompson January 2017 permalink
Tu Es Petrus - Dubois
This octavo seems to have it.

Comment by MarkThompson January 2017 permalink
Advent Lessons and Carols
A nice program. If you haven't sent it off to the printer yet, I happened to notice that you have "though" in place of "thought" in Adam Lay Ybounden.

Comment by MarkThompson December 2016 permalink
Literal Latin translation resources
Um, not wishing to be overly 'literal', but just where did the street language 'Wow!' come from? Not sure what your definition of "street language" is, but outside of questions and sarcasm that's approximately the…

Comment by MarkThompson November 2016 permalink
Literal Latin translation resources
Humiles is plural, yes, but cunas is also plural (the noun is plural in form but singular in meaning, like "pants" or "scissors"). Humiles could theoretically apply to pastores, but the much better reading is to apply it to the …

Comment by MarkThompson November 2016 permalink
Literal Latin translation resources
(e.g. Adeste fiddles)

Comment by MarkThompson November 2016 permalink
Fr. Pasley's Chart of Order of Priority in Sung Mass
Even if Musicam Sacram were in force, why would anybody think it was a good idea to apply it blindly to the modern form of the Mass? As I remarked elsewhere about this subject: "Musicam Sacram is a dead letter, juridically speaking. It was is…

Comment by MarkThompson October 2016 permalink
Weekly Sunday Vespers in NYC: Beginning September 18, 2016
In the psalm tones, would it be useful to label the initial measure with a † for the flex (perhaps underneath the second note), so that it visually matches the flex as indicated in the psalm text? I agree -- I was thrown by this when I tried singin…

Comment by MarkThompson September 2016 permalink
USCCB notes about the Mass
The Council of Trent also came from the Apostolic See You may not be clear on what an ecumenical council is (or possibly on where Trent is). :-)

Comment by MarkThompson September 2016 permalink
Devotional Music for St. Joseph?
How about the charming "Para Dar Luz Inmortal," which was discussed in this thread?

Comment by MarkThompson September 2016 permalink
Trying to find a Novus Ordo Missal in LATIN....
Yes, here. (The link in my previous post has been changed to point to something else.)

Comment by MarkThompson September 2016 permalink
Kyrie chant for priest wary of "high church" sounding pieces?
An example of an ICEL chant that I consider a poor adaptation is the beginning of Sanctus XVIII: Ho-LEE-HEE, Ho-LEE-HEE. But is it any worse or more awkward than the original, which sounds like you're singing "sanctuus"?

Comment by MarkThompson September 2016 permalink
Just for fun
Dvořák - Stabat Mater, B. 71 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJr5Gzaa2ig Berlioz - Requiem, Op. 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZfDbANFL88

Comment by MarkThompson September 2016 permalink
Help finding/correcting text, please
Why isn't radius in the vocative? The nominative used for vocative is typical only in addressing a deity. Actually, it's typical with words that are never found classically in the vocative; it's just that the two best-known cases are…

Comment by MarkThompson August 2016 permalink
Church Choir Music Database
The key questions though is who will maintain this after you've left. If the answer is "no one, there's no need" - then use whatever tools you are comfortable with. But if it's anything else, then you need to work to the ski…

Comment by MarkThompson August 2016 permalink
Benedictus pointed for mode V
I agree that it looks nice. I would just note that for psalms for which the flexa (marked in the pointing by a dagger †) is necessary, an example should be shown in the notation (in mode V, the flexa is DÓ - (la) - laa).

Comment by MarkThompson August 2016 permalink
Responsorial Psalm OT 17C
Looks good. For practical purposes, I would remove the measure numbers and make the verse numbers much more prominent.

Comment by MarkThompson July 2016 permalink
Novus Ordo Funeral Options
In this case, "Alleluia, he is ris'n indeed" makes no sense. Um, if Christ be not risen again, your faith is vain, for you are yet in your sins.

Comment by MarkThompson July 2016 permalink
Your Least Favourite Hymn Tunes/Harmonizations
I just use gin, and then I think of Antonio Benedetto Carpano, inventor of vermouth, when I drink it.

Comment by MarkThompson July 2016 permalink

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