francis

Setting Up the Divine Office
It will be interesting to see how God handles copyright laws when we get to heaven.

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Mass XVII : Hybrid Notation
Noel: Interesting comment about the gray. Here it is.

Comment by francis February 2010 permalink
Mass XVII : Hybrid Notation
Noel, Jan and other chant purists and afficianados: The hybrid is ONLY meant for beginners, so I don't expect seasoned chant users to even want to see this, as is obvious from the responses here! It's not for you, it's to help beginn…

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Mass XVII : Hybrid Notation
Noel... you are very kind and encouraging. I am just trying to figure out ways to 'bring people back to the chant'. This really is just an experiment. I gave this out to the choir tonight in BOTH (authentic GC notation and then also the h…

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Practical Approach To Introducing Mass XVII : Lent
O NO Carl....! Not the bouncing ball! I will let you know how it goes. One week for each might be fine. Fortunately the choir will be singing it every time, so maybe you are right.

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New Music at Colloquium
thnx carl... listened to them all last night. very informative.

Comment by francis February 2010 permalink
Mass XVII : Hybrid Notation
for us chanters it is bogus, but for the people who always complain about four lines and moveable DO, it helps them to concentrate on the neumes and not worry about pitch.

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New Music at Colloquium
Kathy Thanx so much. How did I miss this resource?!. I am going to listen to everything, but especially the new comps.

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PDF file into a Finale MUS file ??????
Jam You can either spend your time building and maintaining your instrument or you can spend all your time playing the music... That is my PC to Mac comparison.

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New Music at Colloquium
Are there recordings of the music session that I can hear? I know that can be touchy for the composers, but I would LOVE to hear all the comps.

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New Music at Colloquium
Thanks for the clarification. In my thinking, all the magic better be in the notes themselves and the rest of it better be in the voices that bring those notes to life. Wish I could be there! Give all my regards.

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New Music at Colloquium
Well, this composer is not afraid of any tomatoes. I got plenty of those from my professors and colleagues who thought the grand staff was old fashioned technology. I was just the "young and ignorant one" at that time so they thought and p…

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New Music at Colloquium
I would like to submit a work, but am unable to attend. Are the rules absolute concerning attendance?

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Definition of Sacred Music
I don't know how many of you saw this, but this is the Vaticans letter about concerts which has a general description: "The definition of sacred or religious music depends explicitly on the original intended use of the musical pieces or s…

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Holding a Concert in a RC Church
The problem is that I am starting to get requests to use the church from opera vocalists.

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Holding a Concert in a RC Church
Jam I play mostly baroque organ works including my own. I don't play atonal or avant garde. Mostly Bach and Buxtehude.

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Holding a Concert in a RC Church
Last April we did Septem Ultima which can be found on this forum. I also played an organ concert and we have had two Christmas concerts. We have an in house string quartet but I haven't chosen repertoire for them yet.

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Holding a Concert in a RC Church
Yea. Movng the organ is not possible, however, almost all organ music is sacred in nature simply because it is naturally born in that venue.

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Holding a Concert in a RC Church
In other words, high quality or classical in nature does not give it an automatic stamp of approval to be performed in an RC Church.

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iPhone Apps for Chant?
hmmmm. until then i am using the mundelein unless you have any other recommendations. I have looked at ebreviary and universalis, but it takes a lot of work to make their offerings singable.

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Lenten English Chant Propers with Psalm Verses
This is great. A wonderful resource. Thanks Adam. Did you typeset these?

Comment by francis February 2010 permalink
iPhone Apps for Chant?
Adam: No, that is the Mass. I am looking for the sung LOTH.

Comment by francis February 2010 permalink
Ordinary Mass XVII : for Lent : Adapted to English
Here is one more revision which corrects the syntax of the phrase "earth are full" in the Sanctus. download The overarching slurs represent phrases (breathing), which I also tried to incorporate into the division of measures. The smaller…

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iPhone Apps for Chant?
Adam: Are you also interested in supporting plainsong chant? If so, Vespers in English would be invaluable.

Comment by francis February 2010 permalink
Ordinary Mass XVII : for Lent : Adapted to English
Bruce: Did you try chanting the above version out loud? Not the first one, as that was a version still in process, but the second one.

Comment by francis February 2010 permalink
iPhone Apps for Chant?
and to add to Steve's idea, during Mass their ringtone would automaticaly download and play this... Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa. John Doe, the owner of this cell phone doesn't understand the sacredness of the Mass and therefor…

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Ordinary Mass XVII : for Lent : Adapted to English
Yes. I will try to find it.

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Footage that did not make it into the CMAA movie
The music is definitely entertaining.

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Music for the Imposition of Ashes
I am embarrased to admit that I did not have any interest for history, psychology, english, etc, etc, etc. I only wanted to perform and compose from when I was five. Therefore, my Grout is in excellent condition!

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Music for the Imposition of Ashes
o my holy gosh! grout! forgot about that dude! he is still sittin' on my shelf here looking over my shoulder.

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