liturgical_organist

How to argue organ over piano
B. Ruelas Ford; With regard to songs such as "On Eagle's Wings', those aren't hymns. "On Eagle's Wings" in particular stole its melody from a pop song in the movie "Gigi" [a young Parisian girl being trai…

Comment by liturgical_organist November 2012 permalink
Hymns for processions
Processional Hymns should have a short refrain that can be memorized. E.g. the Lourdes Hymn. 2 words, 5 syllables divided over 4 or 5 notes, works in any language! Here's an official source of liturgical Latin processional hymns: "Cantus …

Comment by liturgical_organist May 2012 permalink
Holy Thursday : Let All Mortal Flesh : Spanish Translation?
Holy Week's long gone, but here's my comment: why sing something to a French folk carol tune in Spanish during Holy Week? Why not something really Spanish, Latin American, or Mexican? Or use a Latin chant tune in either the Latin original…

Comment by liturgical_organist April 2012 permalink
When is it necessary to get new chants approved?
Wouldn't the WORDS used to the chant have to have been approved?

Comment by liturgical_organist January 2012 permalink
catholic organist compensation
Catholic churches here in the S.Fco Bay area don't pay AGO prices, and only the big rich Catholic churches have organists anymore. I used to play for a Catholic S. J. Diocese parish in a very rich area near Stanford [30 yrs ago]. Got paid $75.…

Comment by liturgical_organist January 2012 permalink
Looking for information about Camil Van Hulse
Read up on the copyright law, available on line. Music doesn't lose its copyright when it goes out of print. Van Hulse wrote lots of music, I play his organ music based on chant, especially a set based on the Sequences for the different season…

Comment by liturgical_organist January 2012 permalink

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