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Legal Letters from the USCCB
The psalm as found in the Graduale Simplex has musical coherence. As found in the Lectionary, it is really a musical novelty. No musical precedent from a formal standpoint. Makes me think of rondo form, but super compressed, without time for any mus…

Comment by davido October 24 permalink
Legal Letters from the USCCB
If USCCB’s issue really is text integrity, make an AI tool that can review composer submissions and determine text integrity. You could have instant approval of your score.

Comment by davido October 23 permalink
Legal Letters from the USCCB
WillWilkin, it would seem so.

Comment by davido October 23 permalink
Legal Letters from the USCCB
To quote an apostle, “The love of money is the root of all evil.” For those who will follow this thread, please understand why this is happening. USCCB will say this is to protect text integrity, but that is not the real reason. USCCB is protectin…

Comment by davido October 21 permalink
Publishers announced for new Breviary!
I would bet that Source and Summit would like to provide Divine Office resources. Probably already working on it. And rest assured that USCCB will leverage it for financial gain, simony not withstanding.

Comment by davido October 10 permalink
Adoration Music for Teens
Just teach them that jungle music is always a poor choice. Contemporary is a moniker that can apply to good music too.

Comment by davido October 9 permalink
Advent Prose; Rorate Caeli in English for singing
Ye heavens (with thee/thy) by Melvin Farrell, melody only.

Comment by davido October 8 permalink
Salaries and hours
There are also pastors that want to negotiate a salary. For example, asking what a candidate’s salary expectations are. They may view this as a way to save money by getting a low bidder? I think in practice it really means they know they can’t pay y…

Comment by davido September 30 permalink
So you're going to [re]start a school choir... (advice requested)
Great points from Tim ^^ Here is how my program works. It is set up this way because we have a prayer partner program pairing up older and younger students who sit together at Mass. This is a BIG DEAL for both the older and younger kids, so having …

Comment by davido September 30 permalink
Advent Prose; Rorate Caeli in English for singing
I don’t have either. I could probably make them up based on my existing scores. Check back later this week, I might get around to it.

Comment by davido September 30 permalink
Gloria Patri at Mass, In English
If the Holy Ghost isn’t a person in the way that a human being is not a person, what good is the concept of person?

Comment by davido September 30 permalink
OF folks: Intonation of Alleluia necessary?
I think it’s one of those redundancies that developed along with cantor ladies raising their sleeveless arms to show you when to start singing. But if you want to introduce a new Alleluia melody, it does give the congregation a chance to hear it bef…

Comment by davido September 28 permalink
Best Catholic Hymnal for a Beginingish Organist for Sight Reading
Crab, https://sacredmusiclibrary.com/hymnal Or https://www.stmichaelhymnal.com/purchase/ Organ/Choir edition

Comment by davido September 25 permalink
* When do you just give up?
Sacred Heart Cathedral is very solid right now. St Anne’s on Mt Hope historically has had a good music program including choral music and Gregorian ordinaries. St Thomas the Apostle in Irodequoit where they have the TLM. Our Lady of Victory downtown…

Comment by davido September 21 permalink
Advice needed: auditions and job applications
Find a different job than music. You don’t want to work every weekend.

Comment by davido September 21 permalink
St. Pius X Hymnal (Dr. Marier et al.)
How many?

Comment by davido September 21 permalink
printer or musician?
Lutheran church I attended as a kid printed a bulletin each week, listed the hymn and service music numbers, scripture reading references, and the rest of the leaflet was the announcements. Helped new folks find the right page in the hymnbook, but w…

Comment by davido September 19 permalink
* When do you just give up?
Charles if you are in diocese of Buffalo NY, you should make some connections with priests and music directors in Rochester NY. I know many wonderful people there who lead or sponsor solid music programs.

Comment by davido September 19 permalink
GABC chants with English interlinear translations
In Paradisum (with lengthenings from Source and Summit) annotation: Ant annotation: 7 %% (c3) IN[Into](e) pa(g)ra[paradise](h)dí(i)sum(i) *(,) de[conducted-be](i)dú(j)cant(i) te[thou](h) An[by-Angels:](g)ge(hi)li:(i) (;) in[upon](f) tu[thy](h)o(h…

Comment by davido September 17 permalink
Handbells?
Which purpose is what? If our offering has no value, then why do we go to mass? Of course a pontifical mass is more special than a simple low mass, and a mass with full choirs in a cathedral is more special than a simple weekday mass with a couple …

Comment by davido September 14 permalink
Handbells?
That’s iconoclast nonsense. I realize that people who like handbells are often at church for the feels more than the dogmatic theology, but if you follow your reasoning through, you’re gonna wipe out music entirely.

Comment by davido September 14 permalink
History of Liturgical Music during the Romantic Era (~1800-1910)
You covered the heavy hitters. There were many other romantic composers of church music, but not worth investigating at the level you are teaching. Solesmes chant is music of the Romantic era. Or is an important piece in understanding romantic litu…

Comment by davido September 2 permalink
Question: What is "true" Gregorian chant? Solesmes vs. Roman
Jax, I think you are asking about the vocal technique and musical ‘affect’ as much as about what notes to sing? The monks (with untrained voices) often sing in a half voice style which they teach as the “correct” way to sing chant. The way they teac…

Comment by davido September 2 permalink
Perichoresis and Hassler's Secunda
Or ‘Lord of the Dance.’

Comment by davido September 2 permalink
Electric vs Acoustic Piano
Buy a real piano. You can get a new Yamaha for a few thousand dollars. Or find a piano retailer near you. They often refurbish older instruments, good as new for tens of thousands less. Or get a free or almost free piano. Have a tuner you trust insp…

Comment by davido August 22 permalink
Christmas duets for Soprano/Alto
Ave Maria duet in A major, Camille Saint-Saens Paris Angelicus, Cesar Frank (see free gig music . Com for duet score) You will find these on a lot of Christmas albums

Comment by davido August 20 permalink
Christmas & Advent Songs for Limited Rehearsal Time?
It would be useful to know what you are terming “older” and” younger”. What grade levels or ages are you working with?

Comment by davido August 20 permalink
New USCCB Guidelines on "Publishing" Ritual Texts (incl. Psalm settings)
Let’s summarize and lay this out clearly for the people who lurk and learn from this forum. We’ll call this story: PAY-TO-PRAY - The bishops published a new (lousy) translation of the Bible, copyrighted it, and require it to be used in all liturgi…

Comment by davido August 16 permalink
English Polyphonic Mass
That’s a real shame. I would like to use the work

Comment by davido August 15 permalink
English Polyphonic Mass
Yep. That’s exactly what I am looking for.

Comment by davido August 14 permalink

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