OMagnumMysterium

Introduction to Mensuralism
Well, I certainly won't claim the equalist chant is the original form of chant. I just claim that when done correctly, it is beautiful, prayerful, edifying, and not lacking in anything necessary for the chant of the liturgy. As more of a person…

Comment by OMagnumMysterium July 2023 permalink
Introduction to Mensuralism
Hmmm. I suppose my disagreement is about what is a valid tradition. The way I think about it, throughout history there are good developments to the liturgy, and bad developments, maybe some neutral too (and by development I just mean changes). It i…

Comment by OMagnumMysterium July 2023 permalink
Introduction to Mensuralism
If you're referring to me as the one who commented about lack of dynamics, that was meant more as an inquiry than a criticism. That was regarding some of your earlier recordings which (at least to my ears) had less dynamics. I can definitely he…

Comment by OMagnumMysterium June 2023 permalink
Help with automating book compiling
Thank you all for your ideas. I am familiar with Benjamin Bloomfield's Mass Propers Tool, and I actually asked him first, but have not heard back from him yet, and I don't want to bother him unnecessarily. Basically, all of the ideas so…

Comment by OMagnumMysterium June 2023 permalink
Mass in Honor of the Nativity -- Rev. L.A. Dobbelsteen. Thoughts?
I like the Kyrie.

Comment by OMagnumMysterium June 2023 permalink
New Kyriale - Proofreaders & Feedback Wanted
The big one on the Asperges is Goudy Initialen, and the rest of them are all Zallman Caps. I found all my fonts by looking through the LaTeX Font Catalogue. https://tug.org/FontCatalogue/otherfonts.html#initials I put together the book in LaTeX, an…

Comment by OMagnumMysterium June 2023 permalink
Invitatory- Corpus Christi
I would probably do key of G. That would make the range for the Invitatory and Venite Exsultemus C-C.

Comment by OMagnumMysterium June 2023 permalink
New Kyriale - Proofreaders & Feedback Wanted
@tomjaw Thanks for the feedback. 1. I will try to fix that, thanks for noticing. 2. If you're talking about the drop caps in the Requiem section, I'm trying to fix those, but can't seem to figure out how. If you're talking abou…

Comment by OMagnumMysterium June 2023 permalink
New Kyriale - Proofreaders & Feedback Wanted
As far as the dots go, I actually find it hilarious that you mention that. I don't know (or really care if I'm being honest) what Solesmes is using these days, but I would assume some up-to-date semiological approach. The reason I include…

Comment by OMagnumMysterium June 2023 permalink
Nocturnale Romanum is available
@Julius_Krüger Yes, I'd be very happy to get a PDF of the book. I think I know a place that can print it all in one book. And I would really appreciate it if you are able to add any missing parts (like St. Joseph). Also, I think you are right …

Comment by OMagnumMysterium May 2023 permalink
Nocturnale Romanum is available
@Julius_Krüger That sounds like a wonderful offer, and very kind of you. I could probably get something like that to work rather well, but I wonder if it would be legal. If the book is reprinted in two parts, for an individual's private use, wo…

Comment by OMagnumMysterium May 2023 permalink
Nocturnale Romanum is available
Wow, that is quite a project they've got going. Six years is a while to wait though. Also, I'm skeptical of the whole "a book for the future" thing with what appears to me like a preference for a more semiologically inclined edit…

Comment by OMagnumMysterium May 2023 permalink
Nocturnale Romanum is available
I would really like to obtain a Nocturnale, but I haven't gotten any response from the email address listed above, so I am guessing the last copies have been snatched up. Does anyone know for sure the copyright status? I tried leaving a commen…

Comment by OMagnumMysterium May 2023 permalink
When is an elaborate sung Confiteor used?
They are planning on using it as part of Compline for the Sacred Music Symposium this summer. It really does strike me as odd though, and not the most appropriate choice. The Confiteor is usually sung recto tono at Compline, and is the most simple, …

Comment by OMagnumMysterium May 2023 permalink
Pre-Urbanite Hymns
Thank you all for your answers. After looking at them, I'm thinking the 1912 Antiphonale is probably my best bet. I don't think the hymns on Michael Martin's website are all pre-Urbanite, as I looked up the Veni Creator as an example,…

Comment by OMagnumMysterium May 2023 permalink
Question about improvising on chant themes
I don't have too much experience myself, but I'll offer what I can. I always just go from the square notes, and write the chord names (in Solfege) above the notes where I would want to change chords. Most of what I do I got from Patrick T…

Comment by OMagnumMysterium May 2023 permalink
Deus, Deus meus rhythmic variations
Thanks for this post. It is very interesting to have several different interpretations of the same chant side by side to compare. I really don't think that the first one is the Vatican rhythm though, at least not the way Jeff Ostrowski interpr…

Comment by OMagnumMysterium March 2023 permalink
New Liber
@nokel81 Well, whenever you're ready for multiple people to start working on it, let me know.

Comment by OMagnumMysterium March 2023 permalink
New Liber
@nokel81 I see. I'm sure people would find such a book useful, because one of the issues right now is that you can't just print out the liber on a larger page without it being fuzzy. The more I think about it, the more I agree with the i…

Comment by OMagnumMysterium March 2023 permalink
New Liber
@CGZ I agree that we should be promoting the Office, but I think it is much more practical to use separate books. Like Tomjaw said, the Antiphonal and Nocturnale are the books for chanting the office. If a parish wanted books with pointed psalms to…

Comment by OMagnumMysterium March 2023 permalink
Tract Alternation
I was told by our schola director that the first part is also a verse, despite the absent on the V/. sign. So I think the first part is a versicle, and you would just have one half sing it. We always alternate cantors and full choir, so we do cantor…

Comment by OMagnumMysterium March 2023 permalink
New Liber
@tomjaw I hadn't realized you typeset that Kyriale. In my hasty glance through it I thought it was the one by Holger Peter Sandhofe. It's very nice. It's interesting how similar certain parts of it are to mine despite them being made …

Comment by OMagnumMysterium March 2023 permalink
New Liber
@nokel81 When you say privately, do you mean it's just for your own personal use, or do you just mean you're not affiliated with any publisher? What your doing sounds like what people may find useful, so I don't want to typeset someth…

Comment by OMagnumMysterium March 2023 permalink
New Liber
tomjaw, I have already put together a Kyriale with all seven Credos, and all Ad Libitum tones for the Asperges and Vidi Aquam. Maybe you've already seen it. It is for a larger page size though, not Brevior size. I liked how the spacing came out…

Comment by OMagnumMysterium March 2023 permalink
Requiem Absolution Confusion
Thank you! I will fix that, and I also agree that "upon" would sound better. I'm glad someone knows how to spell, because it is certainly not my strong suite.

Comment by OMagnumMysterium March 2023 permalink
Requiem Absolution Confusion
In case you're interested, here's some other things I put together. The Kyriale, and the propers from Advent I to Christmas III. I have mixed feelings about the propers, but I'm pretty happy with the Kyriale.

Comment by OMagnumMysterium March 2023 permalink
Requiem Absolution Confusion
Thank you very much!

Comment by OMagnumMysterium March 2023 permalink
Requiem Absolution Confusion
I've gotten a fairly complete draft now of the Mass and Absolution. If anyone has any comments or critiques I'd be happy to hear them. Especially about the rubrics for the Absolution. What I put for the rubrics reflects the 1962 Missal rub…

Comment by OMagnumMysterium March 2023 permalink
Requiem Absolution Confusion
Alright, I think I have a clearer understanding now of how the absolution works, but if someone knowledgeable could confirm or deny a few specific things, that would be really helpful. 1. When there is no body present, the Ant. In paradisum and the…

Comment by OMagnumMysterium February 2023 permalink
Requiem Absolution Confusion
Ah, that makes more sense. But it seems to me like that part is just talking about the prayer Non intres which is never altered. I don't think the Liber is also talking about the rest of the absolution at that point. I suppose I could be wrong,…

Comment by OMagnumMysterium February 2023 permalink

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