Responsorial Psalms (Catholic) set to Anglican Chant
  • NeilMac
    Posts: 7
    I have started to set the whole 3yr cycle of Responsorial Psalms to Anglican Chant.

    I have attached a small sample of these. I should be grateful for comments and to know whether anybody would be interested in the whole cycle
  • marymezzomarymezzo
    Posts: 236
    Neil, I'm a year and a half late to this party, but I'm curious about your progress to date. And yes, I'd be interested in the whole cycle. Thanks.
  • M. Jackson Osborn
    Posts: 8,368
    A worthy and well conceived project.
    Some of your pointing is a bit dated, and some accents misplaced.
    Still, this is a laudable improvement over most any offerings of the psalm.
  • lmassery
    Posts: 404
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  • Chris Garton-Zavesky
    Posts: 6,902
    Jackson,

    How can pointing be dated?
  • a_f_hawkins
    Posts: 3,371
    Musical fashions change; between 1900 and 2000 the church went from Pustet, to Vatican 1908, to Old Solesmes, to 1979 Triplex chironomy, to ... (I can't keep up).
    Thanked by 3ServiamScores M. Jackson Osborn CHGiffen
  • JonathanLCJonathanLC
    Posts: 74
    Dated, maybe - but very easy to read. I have rarely seen easy to read pointing. Often it goes: Oh look! This is bold, that is in italics, oh look a bar line that does not fit with the text...now what?
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  • ServiamScores
    Posts: 2,721
    Jonathan, this has indeed been one of my frustrations whenever I've attempted Anglican Chant. Each edition / editor seems to have their preferred method, some of which are not easily digestible. The worst is when there are multiple italic words in a row. IMHO it is much more easily parsable when each time you change note, it rotates between bold/italic/regular whatever. I also wish editors used some sort of slur or some other more clear method to indicate when a single syllable takes more than one note. Sometimes it's hard to tell if you're not reading ahead.

    To be clear, I absolutely love the sound of Anglican Chant done well. It is stunningly beautiful when sung by some of the great cathedral choirs. I just cant sight read it worth a darn.
  • RMSawicki
    Posts: 121
    Don’t quit...ever!

    Keep up the good work.

    Gaudete in Domino Semper!
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