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(OF/USA) Sunday evening Mass on Dec. 31: Feast of the Holy Family or Solemnity of Mary?
The short answer is: contact your local diocesan office of liturgy, and follow their direction.

Comment by davido November 2023 permalink
Communion and Post Communion Songs
^ The GIRM frequently says dumb things.

Comment by davido October 2023 permalink
Chanted Rosary in English?
Not everything need be sung. I bet there are grizzled rosary warriors at your parish who would be turned off by the novelty of a chanted rosary.

Comment by davido October 2023 permalink
Hymns every school child should know by the time they leave Catholic schools
Vernacular hymns aren’t going away. The vernacular hymn is THE congregational music, which is why it was successful in Catholic and Protestant Germany, in Protestant France, why it took over Anglican worship in the 18th/19th centuries, and why every…

Comment by davido September 2023 permalink
Engaging children in sacred polyphony
Hi Vincent, I would suggest you contact the Pueri Cantores program if you are not already familiar with it. I know the leadership of the US Pueri Cantores federation would be very knowledgeable in answering your questions. Lucas Tappan (who may be …

Comment by davido September 2023 permalink
Hymns every school child should know by the time they leave Catholic schools
I would cut o lord I am not worthy. It’s not a very good piece of music and the text is sappy. O god beyond all praising Our kids sing Gift of finest wheat pretty well Good advent hymns (o come divine messiah is popular) Good Christmas hymns Good…

Comment by davido September 2023 permalink
English Hymns for St. Francis
Please see this older forum discussion: https://forum.musicasacra.com/forum/discussion/12873/translator-francisce-christi-signifer#Item_11

Comment by davido September 2023 permalink
Christmas participation
I am surprised you would ask choir members to do more than one Christmas mass. Maybe attend the second on a volunteer basis, but asking people to volunteer to sing at more than one mass per feast is a big event in my opinion. Either my choristers ar…

Comment by davido September 2023 permalink
Adding hymns to the liturgy
While this forum will argue the legal intricacies of what you suggest ad nauseam, it really boils down to what your priest will allow. For instance, I have witnessed: - the Dies Irae sung as the sequence at NO All Souls’ Day masses, and once at a NO…

Comment by davido September 2023 permalink
Tone-deaf youngsters
With 12-13 year old boys, you are probably dealing with the changing male voice. Boys that age are reluctant to sing in treble head voice, and unable to sing yet in male chest voice. If their voices have already dropped, they may have great difficul…

Comment by davido September 2023 permalink
OCP complaint: Missing binder sheets
Very good Charles. The problem is all the sheets they still have.

Comment by davido September 2023 permalink
Gather—Third Edition
I have always thought “God we praise you” was an inelegant, subpar text. Especially paired with NETTLETON it has always seemed a shade trite. That said, it is rather ubiquitous, serves a noble purpose in the ‘get everyone singing’ Novus Ordo world,…

Comment by davido September 2023 permalink
To Accompany Or Not to Accompany
I would either accompany the memorial acclamation all the time, or not accompany it all the time. Congregations (and priests) like the familiar and the predictable. They will not intuit your contributions toward progressive solemnity. They sing best…

Comment by davido September 2023 permalink
Hymn text: "O Queen of Sorrows, Weeping Rose"
As Heath suggested above, "O Queen of sorrows, weeping Rose" set to REPTON

Comment by davido September 2023 permalink
Parts for Thaxted and Lasst Uns Erfreun
LASST UNS ERFREUN as arranged by Vaughan Williams actually alternates unison and SATB singing

Comment by davido August 2023 permalink
Gather—Third Edition
Was it theft when Boniface chopped down the oak tree? Christ smashed the money lenders’ tables? Asking for a friend…

Comment by davido August 2023 permalink
Hymnal Conundrums and Suggestions
You may not find the songs your pastor wants in the ILP books. They cannot always get licensing for old contemporary standards. There is lots of contemporary style music in their hymn books, but it is often composed by ILP composers, and may not be …

Comment by davido July 2023 permalink
Divine Office Hymnal has arrived!
Hopefully the USCCB sees the problem here and allows the hymnal to also be released in square notes

Comment by davido July 2023 permalink
Divine Office Hymnal has arrived!
I would think that communities like yours would be the main target of this Divine Office Hymnal project. How ironic (and Vatican II like) that the hymnal’s “inclusiveness” (modern notation) leaves it unused by the very people for whom it was meant.

Comment by davido July 2023 permalink
Sanctus for Mass IX from the Hymnal 1940
I think this has what you want

Comment by davido July 2023 permalink
Hymnal Conundrums and Suggestions
1. St Michael hymnal is the most appropriate English language book on the market. It does not scratch the “contemporary” itch. 2. OneLicense and a worship aid are your most cost effective solution for incorporating the old “contemporary” that your p…

Comment by davido July 2023 permalink
Divine Office Hymnal has arrived!
The entire hymnal is in modern notation, both plainsong and chorale tunes.

Comment by davido July 2023 permalink
Gather—Third Edition
I have Gather 3 right now. There is enough traditional stuff that you can use it exclusively for 3-4 hymns per weekend. It is slim on good Eucharistic hymns, and the text changes are frustrating. Get the St Michael hymnal when you can. Worship IV i…

Comment by davido July 2023 permalink
Wedding Ordinary and Tenor/Baritone Duets
Michael gives good advice. She will remember what music is picked for the rest of your life.

Comment by davido June 2023 permalink
Article RE: Sentimental Music at Mass
Nihil, this is dynamite That is to say, “drying out” the experience of worship. That’s what generates so many kind of undefined complaints, where people can’t articulate a theological objection, but it just doesn’t hit right to them. “Where have th…

Comment by davido June 2023 permalink
Article RE: Sentimental Music at Mass
Chris, you do have a point about “what was sung at Grandma’s funeral” carrying more associative power than what is heard at Sunday mass. But not to worry, Grandma’s funeral will be the last time any of the family will ever set foot in church again.…

Comment by davido June 2023 permalink
Wedding Ordinary and Tenor/Baritone Duets
The Faure “Mater Maria gratiae” would work for tenor/bass. Also Faure’s Ave verum duet

Comment by davido June 2023 permalink
Corpus Christi procession hymns
PLTT based on their music list https://asms.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/music-list_2022-06-01_2022-06-30.pdf it would appear to be the hymn Come sing the praise of Jesus by Jack Copley Winslow http://ehymnbook.org/CMMS/hymnSong.php?id=pd09047 whic…

Comment by davido June 2023 permalink
Must cantors be Catholic?
As a professional musician, I was hired to serve as a cantor. The experience of Catholic sacred music did influence my determination to subsequently convert.

Comment by davido June 2023 permalink
Novus Ordo Francis Burgess propers (AUG)
Trying these now in stemless notation. Been playing a lot of Source and Summit scores this spring and getting used to the clean, spare look of stemless. So I spent some time with Lilypond to try to replicate their results. Not quite as nice as Sourc…

Comment by davido June 2023 permalink

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