Jehan_Boutte

French hymn writer
Most interesting.

Comment by Jehan_Boutte October 2021 permalink
O Luce qui mortalibus
Greetings. Here is my transcription of this hymn (in the sixth tone).

Comment by Jehan_Boutte September 2021 permalink
Last Gospel and the Novus Ordo
For the record, each and every priest can recite the Last Gospel on his way to the Sacristy after Mass, as per many Medieval Uses. Since this is a private devotion, there is no need for any permission of any kind.

Comment by Jehan_Boutte August 2021 permalink
Any OF Latin Masses that sing All the Chant Propers?
Every Sunday, the Choeur grégorien de Paris sings a Missa cantata in the Ordinary form (or Roman rite, per Traditionis custodes' terminology), all in Latin, with full propers and ordinary.

Comment by Jehan_Boutte July 2021 permalink
Happy Fourth!
Actually, July 14 is not so much Bastille Day as the commemoration of the Feast of the Federation.

Comment by Jehan_Boutte July 2021 permalink
Sarum Gradual Latin
God bless and reward you for this magnificent work. By the way, here is a question: what are your sources for the English version of this Gradual?

Comment by Jehan_Boutte July 2021 permalink
Use of duplex or triplex scores for Mass
I know a French Schola Cantorum which sings for a weekly TLM, using the Graduale Triplex.

Comment by Jehan_Boutte July 2021 permalink
Happy Fourth!
Liam, I would rank Henri IV over his grandson, whose reign was a patchy affair, the last three decades ultimately being worse for France (and Europe). The calamity of Louis XV's pretty much losing his entire family in infancy was a most unfort…

Comment by Jehan_Boutte July 2021 permalink
Happy Fourth!
Chris: Are you referring to the movie called Le roi danse ? The film puts forward the hypothesis that Louis spent so extravagantly because he knew his courtiers would feel that they had to do so also, and if they were busy being extravagant (so goe…

Comment by Jehan_Boutte July 2021 permalink
Happy Fourth!
Indeed, French and 'American' motives were quite different in this regard. For 'Americans, it was a cause shared by less that 10% of the population to set up an elective aristocracy, and call it a republic, in place of a monarchy that…

Comment by Jehan_Boutte July 2021 permalink
Happy Fourth!
It turned out to be not so good for France, Spain and Bourbon/Borbon monarchs. It was also not good for First Peoples, but neither side was going to be a good victor for them, the French already having lost the Seven Years' War. I presume you …

Comment by Jehan_Boutte July 2021 permalink
Happy Fourth!
Happy Independance Day to each and all (I know, I am a bit late)!

Comment by Jehan_Boutte July 2021 permalink
looking for French translation
The author must be La Feuillée. And since he is called "Monsieur", he probably was a Sulpician.

Comment by Jehan_Boutte July 2021 permalink
Can an Ordinary Form Mass be termed "Solemn"?
I have always thought the equivalent of a "Missa solemnis" in the OF was a "Missa cum diacono".

Comment by Jehan_Boutte June 2021 permalink
Corpus Christi Procession
I attended Corpus Christi Mass in my local Melkite Catholic parish. Some Melkite churches have kept this feast, in a very good way (they composed new texts instead of relying on those from the Latin Church). After Mass, we received a Benediction of …

Comment by Jehan_Boutte June 2021 permalink
What Are You Reading - New Books -
I have read Newman's Apologia pro vita sua recently, as well as the Throne of Wisdom by Fr. Louis Bouyer (an essay about Our Lady).

Comment by Jehan_Boutte May 2021 permalink
Invitatory Psalm (94/95) in the Neo-Vulgate
To the best of my knowledge, this has never been done.

Comment by Jehan_Boutte May 2021 permalink
Old Testament Canticles for the Office of Readings
Thank you @smvanroode and @ScottKChicago

Comment by Jehan_Boutte April 2021 permalink
Best Hymnal in English
I have a scan of the English Hymnal, which seems like a very fine book (though the scan has several pages missing). As Jackson stated, it gives both a plainsong and a modern tune to each hymn, which is great. I also like the fact it provides all pro…

Comment by Jehan_Boutte April 2021 permalink
Best Hymnal in English
I suppose a proper response partly depends on its intended usage and whether or not you mean hymnals currently being published. Also do you mean a hymnal specifically billed as catholic? In reality, there is no "best" hymnal. Thanks for yo…

Comment by Jehan_Boutte April 2021 permalink
Why do some people hate Gregorian chant?
I've been down the rabbit hole a number of times where people say "but the Kyrie is in Greek, not Latin," as if it's some kind of excuse for the vernacular; they mistakenly think that it's a remnant of the ancient Roman litu…

Comment by Jehan_Boutte April 2021 permalink
Request for prayers - Ontario closing churches for a third time
You may rest assured of my prayers for yourself and the Church in Ontario.

Comment by Jehan_Boutte April 2021 permalink
Why do some people hate Gregorian chant?
@Jackson ( 2 ) - I have never studied this matter but have heard it mostly second hand) that the Authorised Version (KJV) contains here are there translations which are said not to be compatible with Catholic teaching. Would a greater authority on …

Comment by Jehan_Boutte April 2021 permalink
Why do some people hate Gregorian chant?
@a_f_hawkins Thanks a lot for your last post. The Bidding prayers (or "Prône") never completely left French dioceses until the 1950's. In my opinion, this is a real shame, since it was an Oratio universalis avant la lettre. The exce…

Comment by Jehan_Boutte April 2021 permalink
Why do some people hate Gregorian chant?
Insofar as translations are concerned, there are not only compromises, but crazy innovations. The French, Spanish, and Italians can't figure out the Lord's Prayer, and the Italians the Gloria [...] A bad translation does not mean the act o…

Comment by Jehan_Boutte April 2021 permalink
Why do some people hate Gregorian chant?
Yes, that's just it. The KJV is not a translation of the Vulgate, though it refers to the Vulgate, particularly in the New Testament, the RSV is most certainly not — it explicitly translates from the Hebrew and doesn't even give the Greek …

Comment by Jehan_Boutte April 2021 permalink
Why do some people hate Gregorian chant?
It is an entierely lawful option, but I regret the fact this option exists.

Comment by Jehan_Boutte April 2021 permalink
Why do some people hate Gregorian chant?
I think Fr. Samuel Weber has done a praiseworthy job in The Proper of the Mass setting the English antiphons to chant melodies that largely adhere to their Latin Gregorian counterparts; that is, in his (i) setting for each antiphon. They sound authe…

Comment by Jehan_Boutte April 2021 permalink
Why do some people hate Gregorian chant?
Which text? I might be wrong, but the English-Speaking world has quite a few good English Bibles, among which are the KJV, the DR and the current RSV-2CE (for those who prefer Modern English). It will actually be harder for us French, because, while…

Comment by Jehan_Boutte April 2021 permalink
Why do some people hate Gregorian chant?
I'm not really interested in shoehorning English onto Latin melodies Neither am I, but that's hardly the point. The point is not to adapt the text to the melody, but rather to adapt the melody to the text. Which means one has to change th…

Comment by Jehan_Boutte April 2021 permalink

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