A 91-note melisma on the offertory Psalm for 1 Lent
  • Jeffrey TuckerJeffrey Tucker
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  • gregpgregp
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    You're singing it this Sunday, right?
  • JamJam
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    O_o
  • Jeffrey TuckerJeffrey Tucker
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    Sure! AVOZ has to approve it though. Surely she will :)
  • tdunbar
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    i count 41
  • RagueneauRagueneau
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    Just FYI:

    There are two alternatives to singing this long melismatic version of the Psalm HERE.

    One time we got yelled at by the priest for singing the entire Tract ---- long story.
  • M. Jackson Osborn
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    41 or 91--- just when one gets 'warmed up' it's over!
  • Jeffrey TuckerJeffrey Tucker
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    91 punctums, I guess you could say.
  • David Sullivan
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    On Sunday, we'll be singing the first of these verses, not the massive melisma on the third. With the organ silent in Lent, we have a little more time for this.

    Checking over my notes from Dom Saulnier's class, he defined a "neum" is "the music for one syllable," which I never did understand. When questioned about a really long melisma like this, he maintained that it is a neum, but one intended for a soloist.
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