A new US edition of the Misal Romano is in preparation. Does anyone know whether it will include chant melodies?

Salma's version inspired me to make another simple Kyrie with the same melody, but adjusting the text setting slightly.

I can confirm what Matthew heard about chants for the Spanish-language missal.

The USCCB liturgy newsletter for January 2014 has this item:

Chant Settings – A team of U.S. Hispanic and Spanish-speaking musicians is presently working on chant settings of Prefaces and other parts of the Mass for inclusion in the Misal Romano, Tercera Edición for the United States. It is the intention that the U.S. Misal mirror its English counterpart, and the Mexican Misal Romano currently has a limited number of chant settings.

And on those:
http://forum.musicasacra.com/forum/discussion/6631/accompaniments-for-spanish-ordinaries

"ICEL Chants in Spanish." I certainly hope that no one thinks this should be pursued. Rather, the goal should be Spanish versions of the Latin chants from the Missale Romanum. There is no need whatsoever to work from ICEL's English versions.

And whoever does the work must have a firm grasp of chant as well as the Spanish language. IMO, there are things in most of the settings which have been posted here which demonstrate an imperfect grasp of one or the other. (E.g., someone who does not know that "Este es" is spoken and sung as two syllables, and not three, namely, "es-te_es," is going to create a Spanish musical setting of those words that will require some editorial correction.)

It may be best to do as matthewj recommends by waiting for the USA's Misal Romano to appear. Hopefully, that "team of U.S. Hispanic and Spanish-speaking musicians" working on the chant settings to be included in said Misal Romano will be up to the task.

ronkrisman, I too was chuckling at "ICEL" Spanish chants, but I don't think SopranoViolin meant they were rendered from the English.

Though I am fluent in Spanish, it is not my first language...certainly the settings I have done myself are imperfect, though many have been vetted by scholas and music directors in Mexico and El Salvador and have been well received. Maybe it would be best to wait until the final versions are approved, though I would be surprised if the final translations of the Kyrie, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei were different since these are consistent with the up to date translations throughout Latin America.

As for elisions, they are important in many phrasings of sung/spoken Spanish but they are certainly not a rule when the linguistic meaning dictates otherwise. As the music settings in the Mexican Misal Romano demonstrate, elisions which occur in spoken texts are often avoided when certain emphases are sought in the sung text. For example, "Éste es" can be sung both ways: as two syllables when the emphasis is not on the verb, or three syllables when the verb is emphasized. I use elisions carefully when the sung text dictates it, but there are often cases when vowels should not be run together in a sung context.

And whoever does the work must have a firm grasp of chant as well as the Spanish language. IMO, there are things in most of the settings which have been posted here which demonstrate an imperfect grasp of one or the other. (E.g., someone who does not know that "Este es" is spoken and sung as two syllables, and not three, namely, "es-te_es," is going to create a Spanish musical setting of those words that will require some editorial correction.)

Not sure who or what you're referring to here, Ron. I'm half-Mexican and I'm fluent in both Spanish and English, so knowing about ellisions in Spanish and such is not an issue here as I believe I did observe what you said. Now "firm grasp" of chant I'm not so sure about, but I know enough about chant to not ruin the integrity of the melody along with the syllabic emphasis.

Regarding the "ICEL Chants in Spanish" subject line, forgive me - I misspoke! My arrangement (or adaptation, words aren't coming to me at the moment) were taken first from the Latin then using the English on places where I was stumped. I literally had both the Latin and ICEL opened side by side when making this adaptation.

Fwiw, my pastor wanted a Spanish vernacular of the Latin chants in order to move us to the Latin in Lent. I believe that is his ultimate goal. Our parish doesn't have time to wait around for the new edition of the Misal Romano, we needed these to be done in Advent. I was unaware of the new edition currently being worked and I thank you all for letting me know! Though sticking to the Latin chants is a great suggestion, I will make sure to mention this to the pastor and see if he wants to move forward with the Spanish adaptation I made or not.

;-)

CIEL - Comisión Internacional de Español en la Liturgia...it really needs an "o" at the end doesn't it? CIELO = heaven, haha

@Father Spencer: Any more additions coming to marello.org? I very much appreciate the work you have done thus far.

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I'm basically finished with the propers in Spanish... just cleaning up a few things as I work to convert them to gabc. You can find them all (Introit, Salmo Responsorial, Aleluya, Ofertorio and Comunion) here in pdf files (this is the result using Meinrad fonts)... feedback appreciated. There is still a bit of work needed to get Responsorial and Aleluya for all three years of the cycle, but mostly done...

http://castraponere.com/janet/spanish-propers-project