Nova Organi Harmonia Website
  • npadley
    Posts: 5
    Hi all - I recently found myself searching through the NOH for chants and getting myself organized so that I know what's upcoming each Sunday. In order to support that, I had an idea pop into my head - what if all the books systems were sliced apart and put together in an exportable format by day of week, feast, etc... and fully searchable for organists who want to quickly find what they need.

    I recently started a website to help anyone else who might find this useful at https://cantusorgani.org with the goal of pairing up both the NOH accompaniments with the fully 1962 liturgical calendar and the accompanying typeset Gregorian chants.

    Most of this website is machine matched - so it's a work in progress. However, I'm seeking feedback and input on overall usability and usefulness. Thank you in advance!
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  • TLMlover
    Posts: 170
    Totally awesome.
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  • LarsLars
    Posts: 146
    Search feature of chants is really helpful.
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  • francisfrancis
    Posts: 11,436
    Nice! Thanks for doing this.

    (Next comes the editor? Page size, font and staff size, etc.)
  • npadley
    Posts: 5
    That's an interesting suggestion. I'll research and see if there's a way to do that - since I'm referencing existing typeset versions where I can match them that were meant to duplicate the exact engraving.
  • francisfrancis
    Posts: 11,436
    @Npadley

    That would be the bees knees I’ll tell you… I’m constantly condensing scores to fit on my iPad. A lot of times the horizontal loud of music allows for more space inside of measures in between measures which forces everything to go to multiple pages. I’ve even horizontally squashed some of the NOH accomps within Indesign And knocked out space between systems to get a lot more real estate on one page.

    I’ll be curious to see what your decision is on doing something like this.

    Most grateful!

    FK
  • npadley
    Posts: 5
    @francis - I've got a test export of Kyrie ix for you to check and see if this might be what you're looking for. A good chunk of this is Claude doing the work to convert the lily pond files to MEI for browser rendering. To test it, click on the "choose parts" dropdown and pick just the Kyrie as the option and do a custom export. Let me know what you think.
  • npadley
    Posts: 5
    Also - for anyone interested, I also tried to put together the same chants in line with the 1974 Graduale for the Novus Ordo. Needs some testing so looking for feedback there as well.
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  • francisfrancis
    Posts: 11,436
    @npsdley

    Wow! That is it exactly. I would use your website exclusively to get the accompaniments from here on out! Thank you so much! That was one heck of a quick turnaround from just a suggestion. I don’t know what to say except thank you very much again!
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  • davido
    Posts: 1,262
    That is incredible
  • npadley
    Posts: 5
    You're welcome. Kick the tires a bit and provide some feedback. I also had a request to allow for exporting the chants along with the scores, so I'll be working on that next.
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