St. Mary's, North Vernon. Fr. Byrd officiating.

Second Vespers of the Assumption
Victoria, Domine ad Adjuvandum
Gregorian psalms, antiphons, and hymn
Magnificat w/fauxbordon verses by Viadana

Mass IX, Credo I
Gregorian propers
Offertory motet - Schubert, Salve Regina
Communion motet - Aichinger, Assumpta Est Maria

Benediction w/chanted rosary and hymns (was going to be procession as well but it's too darn hot around here)
Prayers in Reparation for the Oklahoma Black Mass
4-pt Adoremus in Aeternum

We started at 6:45. I'm just now getting home. We were hoping for a crowd of about thirty - we got 85. This is the first time in fifty years something of this sort has been done at St. Mary's, said Father. It's good to know things are looking up.

The epistle sounded just fine to me. You haven't gotten into the bad habit of a "Stained-glass voice" just yet, Roth.

St. Mary of the Assumption, Pine Bluff, Wisc. — 7:00 PM Solemn High Mass & Benediction

Priest: Fr. Zuhlsdorf
Deacon: Fr. Ihm (diocesan vocations director)
Subdeacon: P. Lee (diocesan seminarian)

In choro: L. Powers, M. Wanta (diocesan seminarians)

Proper: Gregorian, Missa "Signum Magnum"
Ordinary: Missa IX "Cum iubilo", Credo III
Hymn at Offertory: Ave maris stella (chant, mode I)
Hymn at Communion: Salve Mater misericordiae (chant, mode V)
Marian Antiphon after the Last Gospel: Salve Regina, simple tone (chant, mode V)

Hymn at Exposition: O Salutaris Hostia (DUGUET)
Hymn at Adoration: Tantum ergo (ST. THOMAS [WADE])
Hymn after Reposition: “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name” (GROSSER GOTT)

A schola of six men sang the Proper and led the Ordinary. At 41, I was the oldest member of the schola by about five years. The visiting organist is an organ-performance major entering his sophomore year.

About 120–140 in attendance.

Missa Lecta

The mass never happened due to shortage of priests (EF) but nonetheless here is what we were supposed to sing.

Full Gregorian Propers, Mass IX (Cum Jubilo), Credo III
Ave Maria (Victoria) at Communion

I did 2 for Assumption:

OF St. Luke Church Palm Springs,FLA.

Propers from Fr Weber's Proper of the Mass (Introit,offertory and communion)
Mass 8
at Communion: after the proper
Ave Maria (chant) and organ improvisation
Hymn; Immaculate Mary

EF Holy Spirit Church Lantana FLA

Chanted propers from the Gradual
Signum Magnum (introit). I wished for Gaudeamus but I was not in charge...
Mass 8
Gradual: Audi Filia
Alleluia Assumpta Est
Offertory: inimicitias
Communion: Beatam me dicent with Magnificat verses
Salve Regina

In addition I improvised on the chants at the Introit at the entree, at the offertory and the communion. Okay...I wept during the Salve Regina because I had not sung it with a schola in a long time.

Big groups for both masses. Exciting....

Things are happening in south Florida.

Simply curious -
We hear from our Ordinariate, English NO, Latin NO, and EF colleagues about their goings on, but nary a word (excepting from CharlesW) from any of our Eastern Rite fellows. Of course, I think that the Eastern rites do not allow for the variety and choice of musics that we in the west are blessed with - still, they have rich musical traditions and liturgical matters which would, I'm sure, be welcome and enriching contributions here.

My understanding of the eastern liturgies is that everything is as 'propers' are to the western rites - which is to say that for every mass there are prescribed chants and never (or rarely) does choice as to what to sing exist - though in some cases there is a choice as to what setting one will use - is this correct?

My boss is a Latin-rite priest, but has faculties from the Archeparchy of Pittsburgh. He offered the Divine Liturgy on Dormition last year, and I served as cantor. We sang "O Pure Virgin" as an entrance hymn, and then all the appointed texts (troparia/kontakia/prokeimenaia, etc.) for the feats. I part company with CharlesW to say the Carpatho-Rusyns have the best music! Russians have more choral stuff, for sure, but the congregational music from the C-R tradition is quite strong. There's quite a bit less room for selecting which and what setting pairs with this and that reading in the Divine Liturgy. It's quite a bit more organic, in the sense of growing up with a people and a language. Anyway, that was last year. This year, we had an OF Mass, and this lovely psalm was sung:

https://youtu.be/5q3lc7WGlEM

I sing tenor (and occasionally sub as choir director) at St. Michael's Russian Catholic Chapel in New York City. We had liturgy for Dormition. As has been said above, the music changes according to the service, but it's pretty unusual for us to change the settings we use. For the propers, we use mostly what is commonly referred to as L'vov-Bakhmetev Obikhod, though that's not an entirely accurate description of it, in the settings common in the OCA or local versions of the same. The ordinary music is more mixed, but again mostly drawn from OCA sources. Changing the setting of something for a particular service does happen occasionally, but is pretty rare. I'd love to do it more often, but we don't have a lot of singers or a lot of rehearsal time, so sticking to patterns people know (even if the text is different) is how we get by.

If you're ever in New York City and read music half-way decently, you're welcome to come "sit in" (except we stand) with us at Vespers on Fridays at 6 PM or at Liturgy on Sundays at 11AM. We're at 266 Mulberry Street, just north of Old St. Patrick's Cathedral.

St. Mary, Help of Christians, Sleepy Eye, MN
Assumption/53rd Anniversary of the Church's Consecration


7:15 a.m. Mass
Prelude: Improvisation on "On this Day, O Beautiful Mother"
Introit: Gaudeamus (SEP)
Kyrie: Simplex
Gloria: English, ICEL
Psalm: Alstott
G.A.: H. Hughes in F
Offertory Hymn: Hail, Holy Queen
Mass Parts: ICEL Chants
Communion Antiphon: Beatam Me Dicent, (SEP)
Recessional: Organ Improvisation

6:30 p.m. Mass at the High Altar
Prelude: Improvisation on "Gaudeamus" & "Alleluia, Assumpta Est"
Introit: Gaudeamus (SEP)
Kyrie: Simplex
Gloria: Missa VIII, de angelis
Psalm: Alstott
G.A.: Alstott
Offertory: Ave Maria, simple Latin chant
Mass Parts: Missa Jubilate Deo
Communion Antiphon: Beatam Me Dicent, (SEP)
Communion Hymn: Hail, Holy Queen
Recessional: Claude Gervaise, Bransle de Champagne
Postlude: Organ Improvisation

I can't find the 2017 or 2018 threads (2012 here) but here's what happened tonight at St. David's:

Bilingual Mass 6:30 Aug. 15 2019
St. David of Wales, Richmond CA

Improvisation sur Gaudeamus (Henri Nibelle)
Immaculate Mary alternating with Del cielo ha bajado LOURDES AVE (with upbeat!)
Missa de angelis (no Agnus because Fr. had another 7:30 g__ to get to.)
Ps./Salmo 45
3-fold Alleluia, mode 1
Ave Maria virgo serena (Josquin)
Beatam me dicent
O most virtuous/ Oh santisima O DU FRÖLlCHE
Ave maris stella (Guilmant)

Two years (Aug. 15 2020 is a Saturday, pre-empted by Anticipatory Mass) to get ready for next time!

2019

Aug. 14th: Vigil Mass, 5:30 p.m. (Perpetual Wed. Novena to St. Jude) -- OF Sung Mass, English with Latin Ordinary; Gloria recited (English), sadly

Mass XVIII (Deus genitor alme)* + Paternoster
Introit: Glorious things (Gloria dicta sunt) -- Fr. Weber
Processional Hymn: Serdeczna Matko
Alleluia: mode II melismatic -- Parish Book of Chant
Offertory: Blessed are you (Beata es, Virgo Maria) -- Fr. Weber
Hymn: St Jude Novena Hymn
Communion:Blessed is the womb (Beata viscera) -- Fr. Weber
Hymn: Badzze pozdrowiona
Recessional: Salve Regina -- tonus simplex
Postlude: Prelude and Fugue in C Major -- Bach

* Following Older Practice (mutual enrichment?): Mass XVIII: For Ferias of Advent & Lent; as well as Vigils, Rogation, and Ember Days.
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Aug. 15th: Mass of the Day, 8:00 a.m. -- OF, English (short Mass for people to get to work on time), Kyrie & Gloria recited

Introit-Prelude: A great sign appeared (Signum Magnum) -- Fr. Weber
Processional Hymn: Serdecna Matko
Alleluia: mode vi triple-Alleluia
Offertory: Mary has been taken up (Assumpta est Maria) -- Fr. Weber
Hymn: Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above
Sanctus: More Ambrosiano, Kyriale Simplex
Agnus: Ad libitum II, Kyriale Romanum
Communion: All generations (Beata me dicent) -- Fr. Weber.
Hymn: Badzze Pozdrowiona
Recessional: Salve Regina -- tonus simplex
Postlude: Improvisation on Salve Regina
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Aug. 15th: Holy Hour, 4:30 p.m.; Mass of the Day, 5:30 p.m. -- OF High Mass,
English with Latin Ordinary and Roman Canon

Mass VIII (de Angelis) + Agnus, Mass of St. Teresa, Willan + Paternoster
Benediction: Tantum Ergo
Reposition: Niechaj bedzie pochwalony
Introit: Rejoice we all (Gaudeamus) -- Palmer-Burgess
Alleluia: mode II melismatic -- Parish Book of Chant
Offertory: Mary has been taken up (Assumpta est Maria) -- Fr. Weber
Hymn: Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above
Communion: All generations (Beata me dicent) -- Fr. Weber
Chant: Tota pulchra es -- Cantus Mariales
Hymn: Badzze Pozdrowiona
Recessional: Salve Regina -- tonus simplex
Postlude: Praeludium in F Major -- Buxtehude

Improvisation on Gaudeamus
Gaudeamus (GR) And Antiphon (LCG)
Kyrie XVI
ICEL Gloria
Psalm and Alleluia (LCM)
Hail Holy Queen
Sanctus/Agnus Dei XVIII
Communion (LCM)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Immaculate Mary
Improvisation on LOURDES HYMN

Always was, always will be, Lena!

Ours did Schubert's Salve Regina, Biebl's Ave Maria, and Palestrina's Missa Brevis, although we had to skip Agnus Dei because A) Our director thought otherwise it would "be too long" (sigh) and B) The soprani didn't want to learn it (double sigh) - don't let complacency hold you back, folks!

Solemn high Mass
Processional: Sounds of Joy (St Basil hymnal on Concordi Laetitia)
Kyriale:: Cum Jubilo, sung antiphonally with schola / tutti
Credo: III, sung ditto
Offertory- Ave, Vera Virginitas (des Pres)
Communion - Magnificat (Dandrieu)
Organist's arrangement of solemn tone Salve Regina
Recessional - Buxtehude? will need to ask

Our EF low Mass was sung a capella and went much better than I thought it would, considering the fact that I was a guest conductor for that Mass. We were supposed to sing the Arcadelt Ave Maria for the offertory, but I had to make a last-minute change because the basses were having trouble with their notes and there was no time to fix it...

Processional: Praise to the Lord - Lobe den Herren
Offertory: solemn tone Salve Regina
Communion: Adoramus Te Christe - Dubois
Adoro Te Devote chant
Recessional: Hail, Holy Queen

8:00 p.m. candlelight Mass intended for young adults (third Thursday of every month) but all may attend Mass. The pastor is using these third Thursday YA Masses as a way to implement "reform of the reform" novus ordo liturgy, which the parish at large isn't ready for. So, Mass is celebrated ad orientem, chanted Latin Eucharistic acclamations, reverent music. We have a ways to go, but it's attracting more and more young adults and we've come a long way in what we can do musically, which pleases us.

Music lineup:

Introit: chanted from Simple English Propers, then Immaculate Mary
Gloria: Proulx Missa Simplex
Psalm: Guimont setting
Alleluia: chanted Gregorian, mode VI
Offertory: If Ye Love Me, Tallis
Communion: chanted proper from Simple English Propers, then I Am the Bread of Life
Recessional: Salve Regina

You should have heard the young people sing!

Beautiful Mass! Very close to the way novus ordo ought to be celebrated.

Charles W,

That's an interesting collection you have. I don't know Mass XVI, so I'll go look it up when I'm done posting. The ICEL chants seem insipid, but there's more than one reason to sing them (up to, and including, "they're the best my parish can do at this point"). Why did you choose "You satisfy the hungry heart"?

[So I'm directly and obviously on the topic of this thread...]
EF Immaculate Heart of Mary Oratory, San Jose,CA

We sang Cum Jubilo, Gregorian Propers. We had intended to sing (for the first time) Hassler's Dixit Maria, but had not enough time because of the fact that the organist (who also sings) received after the choir.

Well, Charles, that is, after all, what it's all about!

I could program the Hokey Pokey

There's a conspiracy theory that the Hokey Pokey was written as a subversion of the Consecration at Mass. The logic is as follows:

The priest makes the sign of the cross over the host - puts his right hand in and puts it out and "shakes it all about". He "does" the Hok-ey Pokey (that is, he pronounces the words Hoc est Corpus) and turns himself around (in order to face the people). Since the act of consecration is the essential part of the Mass, it could indeed be said to be that which it is all about.

Mind you, folks - this is from the same sort of people who argue that drinking coffee out of cups lacking saucers is a sure sign of the moral decay of Western civilization.

Yes, still a hot issue - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3883838/Doing-the-Hokey-Cokey-could-be-hate-crime.html

St. Sebastian, Akron OH 8/15 5 PM EF
Mass IX, Credo IV
Gregorian Proper (psalm-toned verses for Gradual/Alleluia)
At Offertory: O Maria, virgo pia
At Communion: Salve Regina (Peter Phillips), O Prima, virgo, prodita (Vesper hymn)
Recessional: Hail Holy Queen

Due to the early Mass time, Schola was a bit like the parable of the laborers in the vineyard, and of course every volunteer who straggled in late got the same pay. Plus we'd sung the previous day for a Solemn High for the Vigil, at Church of the Assumption in Broadview Hts. (Fr. Justin, the priest there, is part of our EF priest rotation, so we try to help him out.). So details were not all they could be. On the plus side, we had our highest attendance for an EF Assumption yet: 137. (We've been running about 170 on Sundays in July, and have started doing a 2nd piece for Communion.)

Chris Garton-Zavesky,

A low Mass can have music. There is just no singing of the propers or ordinary. We only sang hymns etc. and that's what I meant when I said our low Mass was sung. Sorry for the confusion!

if you're not singing Propers or Ordinary, why is there any singing at all?

Sometimes it depends on the willingness of the priest to sing. For many years at the chapel I semi-regularly attend, only Christmas and Easter would be Sung Masses because the priest felt he didn't have the vocal capability for making music. (He did, however, have the vocal capability for making forty-five minute long sermons rife with non sequitur rants.) We had a choir that wanted to sing, so they resorted to the four-hymn sandwich instead.