PeterG

Descant for "Hail Queen of heaven" to tune Stella
Many thanks for your kind offer, CO. G above the treble clef would be a sensible limit. Our top two sops could go higher (one quite a bit higher!) but we may need a few of the others to sing it also. PeterG

Comment by PeterG July 2018 permalink
Music to welcome new pastor next Sunday?
Thank you Chonak. The CanticaNova site is very sound and one of several I regularly consult. Ryand, I note with sadness that you have joined the cynics along with Ben. I sympathize with you both - you have no doubt suffered grievously in the past…

Comment by PeterG February 2015 permalink
Music to welcome new pastor next Sunday?
Dies Irae? Ben Yanke, what terrible experiences in your past life can have caused you to become so cynical? For your penance, please give me three serious suggestions in answer to my question. 2. Arthur, as explained earlier, that's going a …

Comment by PeterG February 2015 permalink
Music to welcome new pastor next Sunday?
I agree with Liam that the music shouldn't be all about welcoming the new pastor - normal music selection procedures certainly apply - but something that fits this aspect of the occasion would be acceptable, I would think. (The idea of a settin…

Comment by PeterG February 2015 permalink
Ave Regina Caelorum in English
Thank you Richard for suggesting By Flowing Waters #659. It looks a very feasible solution and I will check it out properly in the morning. I'll be glad to see and compare any other similar versions that forum members may come up with. Respon…

Comment by PeterG January 2015 permalink
SEP accompaniment book
Any chance of posting Palm Sunday ahead of the Triduum, Ryan? PeterG

Comment by PeterG March 2013 permalink
Easter Vigil - how to 'sing' 5th OT Reading
Thank you to everyone who took an interest in my little problem. You may recall I was deeply concerned that I was about to be instructed to substitute a congregational song - of very modest merit - for a passage from the word of God at the Easter Vi…

Comment by PeterG February 2013 permalink
Easter Vigil - how to 'sing' 5th OT Reading
In that case Andrew, I want that person in the choir!

Comment by PeterG February 2013 permalink
Easter Vigil - how to 'sing' 5th OT Reading
Thank you, Andrew. You are, of course, absolutely right: a single voice (reading or singing) is what the rubrics envisage. The only problem with that is that I only have two people capable of singng it. (A third is currently nwell.) Both of them w…

Comment by PeterG February 2013 permalink
Easter Vigil - how to 'sing' 5th OT Reading
Many thanks for these suggestions. I should have said that my question relates to the Ordinary Form. I guess I could have the choir men and women sing alternative sentences to the RMIII tone that Chris suggested but wouldn't it sound odd along…

Comment by PeterG February 2013 permalink
Credo, Domine
domenici, Go to www.annusfidei.va/content/novaevangelizatio/.../inno-musicale.html The 'hymn' is available as a PDF. However the verses are in Italian! And English translation is promised 'soon'. Peter G

Comment by PeterG October 2012 permalink
Suggestions for a choir/schola wishing to branch out
amindthatsuits, I would be interested in checking out Morales' 'Parce Mihi Domine' which you mentioned. I don't think it's in Noel's excellent The Catholic Choirbook series. Can anyone point me to an edition that wou…

Comment by PeterG August 2012 permalink
Garnier Alleluias is down, but there is a workaround site
Thank you Jeff. I've downloaded the Gospel Greeting for Lent 5. No doubt you'll put Holy Week acclamations up in due course. Much appreciated - and warm congratulations on your promotion to President of CCW! Peter

Comment by PeterG April 2011 permalink
Garnier Alleluias is down, but there is a workaround site
I managed to get to the list of Sundays for Year A, but NOT to the music itself, Jeff. Is that is what "bump" means, no doubt you will sort it out. Many thanks Peter

Comment by PeterG April 2011 permalink
Propers for a Beatification or Canonization
I too have been wrestling with this problem. I have been asked to select and present the music for a Mass to mark the canonisation of Bl Mary McKillop, the first Saint of Australia and New Zealand, which will take place on Sunday 17 October. The Ma…

Comment by PeterG October 2010 permalink
William Byrd's Mass for 3 voices
Francis, is there a misunderatnding here? I don't think I've seen your arrangement of the Agnus Dei. Is it on CPDL? Why did you feel the use of solo voices made it particularly suitable for the EF? Not saying it doesn't - just curi…

Comment by PeterG August 2010 permalink
William Byrd's Mass for 3 voices
I am introducing the Agnus Dei from the Byrd Mass for Three Voices to my choir to see if they can cope with entry level polyphony. I note that some editions ask for solo voices to sing the second Agnus section and some seem not to. Can anyone tell m…

Comment by PeterG August 2010 permalink
chant without a choir
If you want an example from high places of Propers sung by a soloist how about this? I was at a Solemn Sunday High Mass one Sunday last summer at Westminster Cathedral, London where everything is done just so. Unfortunately for me the (magnificent)…

Comment by PeterG August 2010 permalink
Organ Prelude on Lent IV
Spem in alium on the organ, Mandee??

Comment by PeterG March 2010 permalink
Organ Prelude on Lent IV
AndrewK "O Mensch, bewein" is just about my all time favorite. It just feels a little too heart wrenching for a sunday when we are supposed to be getting a little break from the rigors of Lent. For me, it would be my pick for Good Friday…

Comment by PeterG February 2010 permalink
Organ Prelude on Lent IV
I would tend to look at the Lenten / Passiontide choral preludes in Bach's Little Organ Book. Wonderful music. And for a postlude, how about #22 "Christus, der uns selig macht". The dissonances look forward to Passiontide. PeterG

Comment by PeterG February 2010 permalink
Trouble with CPDL.org
I also am being asked for username and password which has never happened before. And I can't see any place to susbscribe. I tried a query to webmaster@cpdl.org but this bounced back to me. If/when anyone solves this, please post the answer.

Comment by PeterG November 2009 permalink
What is a Solemn Mass?
Bruce E: Your note is very informative, thank you. In the end, however, it seems clear none of the names precisely fit the situation I originally described, although "Solemn Mass" is probably the nearest. I imagine we will go with it, but…

Comment by PeterG June 2009 permalink
What is a Solemn Mass?
Thank you Rudy de Vos, chonak and Thurlow for your responses. Rudy's comment "we have been using the term "Solemn Mass" to indicate the Mass (OF) that is more ceremonial, with incense, choral music, ordinaries sung in Latin, some…

Comment by PeterG June 2009 permalink
SATB Salve Regina
Many thanks to all who responded to my plea for an accessible SATB Salve. I'll be following up the various suggestions, including the Rice. We've sung a number of prepers from his Simple Gredual and found them pleasing to sing, easy to lea…

Comment by PeterG April 2009 permalink
SATB Salve Regina
I will certainly be keen to see your Ave Regina Caelorum, Adam, and to look at having my choir sing it next year. However, presently I am looking for an antiphon to sing in May, and seasonality seems to indicate the Salve Regina. I'll be intere…

Comment by PeterG April 2009 permalink

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