Aidan

In nocte nativitatis Domini
Monastero di San Benedetto, Norcia, Italia.

Comment by Aidan December 2011 permalink
Missal online (introits/entrance antiphons)
They don’t seem to have been updated yet. First Sunday of Advent (B) is still the old translation.

Comment by Aidan October 2011 permalink
Sitting during Gradual and Alleluia
I believe the congregation are free to do what they want: there are no rubrics for them, only for the liturgical choir and ministers.

Comment by Aidan June 2011 permalink
Questions on the sequences and the Sacramentary
Does anyone know if the whole of the Ordo Cantus Missae available online anywhere?

Comment by Aidan April 2011 permalink
Mandatum - Why so long?
Originally, I believe, the rite took place in the cathedral chapter house with all canons having their feet washed (at least in the Sarum Use), which would obviously take much longer and require more antiphons.

Comment by Aidan April 2011 permalink
Old Mass vs. New Mass • Novus Ordo vs. 1962 • EF vs. OF
I think one of the essential differences is that of beauty, not of the parts but of the whole. Although many of the differences raised above may appear small, together they cause the OF Mass to appear contrived and artificial as opposed to the organ…

Comment by Aidan July 2010 permalink
The priority of the G. R. in choice of English O.F mass
Paragaph 48 of the GIRM appears to be rather different in England and Wales, if entirely ignored… "In the dioceses of England and Wales the options for the Entrance Chant are: (1) the antiphon and psalm from the Graduale Romanum or the Gradu…

Comment by Aidan August 2009 permalink
Simple Choral Gradual
Richard, this would be perfect for my parish where we are trying to gradually (no pun intended) reintroduce the propers. It is a lot less intimidating then many other settings. I would be very interested in the rest of the project, even if it were j…

Comment by Aidan January 2009 permalink

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