lmassery

Keeping it short
Our Masses are almost always done in under an hour, even when our parochial vicar uses incense, chants everything and uses the Roman Canon. But we do use EMofHC. homilies under 10 mins. I think we do a good job streamlining things. The lector is…

Comment by lmassery May 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
Friends, I've (mostly) finished the Lent and Easter Seasons collection of these here: https://www.antiphonrenewal.com/simplified-latin-propers I am wondering if I should keep going into Ordinary time... Does anyone utilize these?

Comment by lmassery May 2022 permalink
Entrance Antiphon Hymns Project (mostly) completed
Friends, I have added a set of Entrance Antiphon Hymns in Spanish to this website. Fernando Gil composed them and did an awesome job. https://www.antiphonrenewal.com/antífonasdeentrada

Comment by lmassery February 2022 permalink
Chant-ified OCP/GIA Hymns
I did this to a couple recently

Comment by lmassery February 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
OOOO pretty. Can you tell me how to type ligatures on a windows PC? I don't want to belabor it but will give it a shot if it's easy.

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
I wonder if you have a different edition because those pages don't match either my Gregorian Missal or Roman Graudal, and neither do the ligatuers. I have the one published in 1990. O well

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
And this Resurrexi - yae? Note that the Gregorian Missal keeps the entire word capital for this one. I'm not sure if there is a reason for that, so I left it

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
Smvanroode and Serviam, how's this? The only suggestion I didn't take was the ligatures - the Gregorian Missal does not use them, neither does Gregobase, and I don't use a Mac. So, one less thing to change.

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
Also I fixed up the format a little, made it bigger, and added Title and scripture text. Any other comments about the format/look of the page? I want to get that just right before I keep going!

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
Also Salieri, you can just post the code here if you want - fewer steps for both of us. I also prefer to avoid using the Cephalicus unless it is in the incipit, as you did on valde - it's just a strange one to explain to choirs and it brings…

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
Salieri - I'm not offended, please keep it up. I accept your reasoning on the leap of the 4th, so that's a good correction. I am using the source and summit editor and I didn't know you could add titles and subtitles! Can a transla…

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
Salieri, couldn't have said it any better. Agreed re: the Gaudemus pattern - I already did keep one here for Lent 5 offertory https://www.antiphonrenewal.com/_files/ugd/a10150_75f0ffefccf34360a9fc5d3294765498.pdf

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
Wow, Serviam, that is awesome! Looks sooooo good, thank you. Perfect font. A couple thoughts - could we use the formal names, like "First Sunday of Lent" instead of Lent I. I also just noticed my first staff line is blue. I have no id…

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
I had someone on Facebook recommend keeping the Incipit exactly the same no matter how difficult, for the sake of continuity with tradition. I did keep some, but simplified others that I felt were too complex. What do others say? Is it necessary t…

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
Bri email me lmassery@sjohio.org That’s L for Luke!

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
Serviam, send me an email at lmassery@sjohio.org

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
I'm glad to hear that trenton. One of my concerns is that some of these simplifications are still too hard. What say some of you regarding the level of difficulty? Too complex, too simple, just right?

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
To Saieri’s point, even if the simplex or the Graduale Parvum is what the council intended, there’s still a great a gap in difficulty between that and, say, one of the endless offertory chants in the Graduale if one is growing the repertoire of one&…

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
Chonak yes I saved them all in a word document.

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
If anyone out there feels inclined to help this project out, I really could use someone willing to edit each pdf to include the Feast day and the translation from the Gregorian Missal. Between the couple jobs I have and 4 kids, I simple don't …

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
Salieri - good tip thanks. Serviam - are the dominican chants based off of the same exact melodies? I don't want to be further removed from the Latin tradition nor have to compare contrast each Solemnes with teh Dominican before each attempt…

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
Palestrina, sure, I will draft an intro eventually. The project is just beginning. I started off using only my musical intuition, but now I'm relying heavily on the principles laid out by Fr. Kelly in the book linked above. Around page 100 he…

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
The similarity is both set the proper text. It seems the main difference in process would be that the GP uses preset melodies for each mode, as the Simple English Propers did. From the forward: "The use of the Graduale Parvum is facilited in …

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
Salieri - these are excellent suggestions. I agree with your suggestion about the US in Deus and will make that change. That's funny, I thought to myself as I worked on Visionem that this would probably be the most pointless revision - it…

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
Furthermore, to asnwer smvanroodes question again, I am consulting this book by Fr. Kelly I was shown. https://www.saintmeinrad.org/media/1387/chant_manual03.pdf

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
Serviam thank you for the encouraging words and for using my work. I will see about adding the translation! PeterJ, thank you

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
Bri, thank you so much! 1. Adding a translation would require several more steps since I'm exporting the pdfs directly from the score editor which doens't have that capacity to add random text - but I will sincerely try to make that hap…

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
Simplified Latin Propers
Thanks folks. smanroode, here's my process: I start with the Solesmes edition. I try to keep at least the first word of the incipit the same. I sing through the chant and analyze the direction and emphases of each phrase. Each phrase seems…

Comment by lmassery January 2022 permalink
All Souls 2021
Prelude: cast thy burdens on the Lord, From Elijah, Mendelssohn. Introit from graduale Brudieu kyrie Psalm 23 Anglican chant by hylton Stewart Alleluia: simplex Sicut Cervus, Palestrina Lux aeterna chant Psalm 130, davies, more Anglican chant I hea…

Comment by lmassery October 2021 permalink
Common-Meter Offertories for the Liturgical Year [2023 Revised and Expanded Edition]
With the permission of the illustrious author, Aristotle, I have begun setting these to organ scores at my website www.antiphonrenewal.com starting with Advent 2021 I will eventually include melody scores as well as the organ/SATB.

Comment by lmassery September 2021 permalink

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