GerardH

Orchestral Preludes for Pentecost
Great suggestion! Corrected link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Sonatas_(Mozart)

Comment by GerardH April 23 permalink
ICEL Litany of Saints with Petitions
Bumping. Has the full litany been translated? I've found the version for ordination, so that fills in a few blanks.

Comment by GerardH April 23 permalink
Consecration to the Sacred Heart
Jesus, in your heart we find - words by James McAuley, music by Richard Connolly. It's a modern (recent, not modernist) high-quality hymn.

Comment by GerardH April 23 permalink
Teaching the Liturgy and the Sacraments
I would recommend resources by Brant Pitre. He has several publications and talks in the format of "The Jewish Roots of X"

Comment by GerardH April 23 permalink
Orchestral Preludes for Pentecost
The Wikipedia page for Pentecost has a section on music. Perhaps a movement from a Bach cantata could work?

Comment by GerardH April 17 permalink
The Divine Mercy Chaplet Chanted in English (in Chant Notation)
FYI this setting is by Maria Smetkiewicz and is still under copyright.

Comment by GerardH April 14 permalink
1962 Confirmation Rite
Oil and water will never mix One word: emulsifiers

Comment by GerardH April 12 permalink
Solemnities and Vigils
I think @Liam's confusion is in the bracketing - (Solemnity or Feast) of the Lord vs Solemnity or (Feast of the Lord). The latter is correct and what OP meant

Comment by GerardH April 9 permalink
Psalm tones ancient, obscure and retired
There's the ton royale from Paris. Looks to be 16th century.

Comment by GerardH April 9 permalink
Easter Octave Vespers (LOTH)
Fairly sure there is the option to use Benedicamus Domino, alleluia alleluia per ancient tradition, even with a lay cantor. Exactly where that permission is given, I'm not 100% sure. The tones are given in the Antiphonale Romanum I & II

Comment by GerardH April 6 permalink
Ferial Propers for the Easter Season
@Ellie, Ben hasn't been active on the forum for many years. Here is an archived copy of his first file, and you may find others by pasting the urls into the Wayback Machine at archive.org. You may find Fr Weber's Proper of the Mass Volume…

Comment by GerardH April 2 permalink
Fulton Sheen
... I had been wondering the same thing, to be honest. Makes sense.

Comment by GerardH April 1 permalink
Suggest piano voluntaries
When called upon to accompany funerals on piano, I have used Priere de matin by Tchaikovsky and the Bach Prelude in C from the Well-Tempered Clavier. Durufle's Opus 1 for piano solo is unfortunately unpublished: Tryptique: Fantaisie sur des th…

Comment by GerardH April 1 permalink
Fulton Sheen
This article from Adoremus should shed some light.Nevertheless, only “those servants of God may be venerated by public cult who have been numbered by ecclesiastical authority among the Saints or the Blessed” (CIC 1187).In short, no, he may only be p…

Comment by GerardH March 31 permalink
Sir James mcMillan's new work Angels Unawares
He has plenty of accessible repertoire. O Radiant Dawn should be an Advent staple for every choir if it isn't already. I'm sure there's more to discover among the rest of the Strathclyde motets

Comment by GerardH March 31 permalink
How do you pronounce “laud”?
Yes, but not in English.

Comment by GerardH March 30 permalink
How do you pronounce “laud”?
Applaud, auditory and August are all derived Latin too

Comment by GerardH March 30 permalink
Need help with PDF to MusicXML (5 staves/system)
Claude T on cpdl seems to enjoy converting pdf to mxl...

Comment by GerardH March 27 permalink
Rubrics Regarding Prelude Hymns on Good Friday?
Here's an idea: arrange a celebration of the second rite of reconciliation (I think that's the right number?) and sing hymns while the individual confessions are being heard

Comment by GerardH March 26 permalink
Rubrics Regarding Prelude Hymns on Good Friday?
How long is 'some time'? There needs to be very clear separation between this - a devotion - and the solemn liturgy. Paschale Solemnitatis (1988) has this to say: 72. Devotions, such as the Way of the Cross, processions of the passion, and…

Comment by GerardH March 26 permalink
STB Music - Holy Triduum
I've heard a possibly-apocryphal tale that Mozart originally composed the Ave verum to be sung a capella, but that was deemed unpublishable, so he added instrumental accompaniment. I'm not sure how verifiable that is, since the autograph …

Comment by GerardH March 19 permalink
Duruflé and Solesmes rhythm
remember that Durufle was writing for French Latin, not Italian Latin @Mora citation needed Depends what you mean by 'French Latin' - if you're referring to Latin with French vowels like with historical performances of Charpentier�…

Comment by GerardH March 16 permalink
Tenebrae booklets (bilingual Latin-English pre-55)
The question is sightly confusing; I assume you're referring to the psalm tones? These are defined by the mode of the corresponding antiphon - if the antiphon is labelled 8g, you sing the psalm to tone 8g.

Comment by GerardH March 9 permalink
Tenebrae booklets (bilingual Latin-English pre-55)
FWIW, the 2005 Antiphonale Monasticum I antiphon melodies for Lauds differ in several spots from those Matthew has published here. Whether that is a Roman vs Monastic difference I do not know. Rhythmic signs are omitted.

Comment by GerardH March 8 permalink
Victoria - Popule Meus: Editions
Beautiful edition, @joewalkr04. I'm looking at your Musescore file; how did you do the original clefs at the beginning?

Comment by GerardH March 8 permalink
Completely Hypothetical Question
In some areas of Europe there was a tradition of celebrating the entire (Roman Rite) Mass in Greek for certain feasts.

Comment by GerardH March 7 permalink
Confirmation during Lent
Come down, O Love Divine (DOWN AMPNEY) hits both Holy Spirit and sin/repentance

Comment by GerardH March 4 permalink
Tenebrae booklets (bilingual Latin-English pre-55)
These are beautifully done. On p.41 of Maundy Thursday, you have the first verse of the Benedictus notated twice. Haven’t checked the others

Comment by GerardH February 27 permalink
Any recommendation for organ prelude based on Marian chant/ hymn?
Liszt: Ave Maria d'Arcadelt

Comment by GerardH February 22 permalink
Psalm Tone Cadences - Syllable Rules
'A Grammar of Plainsong' from Stanbrook Abbey has clear explanations of how the psalmtones are fitted to Latin texts. That might be a good starting point. The ornate tones used for introit and communion are less flexible than the tones use…

Comment by GerardH February 12 permalink

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