M. Jackson Osborn

Name that psalm plainchant tune
Okay. Anglican chant is indeed for choirs, not for the people, and for the psalms of the office - not for the mass. That isn't to say that its use with responsorial psalms and such cannot produce admirable results. So called 'simplified An…

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn November 14 permalink
Name that psalm plainchant tune
It could as well be called 'simplified' Meinrad chant, or 'simplified' Gregorian tones, or 'simplified' Geleneau, etc. It is what it is, its own thing, Though it bears a 'bare-boned' familiarity to other sys…

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn November 13 permalink
Pronunciation of Hebrew words in Church Latin
Probe - I mean Ih-srah-ihl.

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn November 13 permalink
Pronunciation of Hebrew words in Church Latin
The pronunciation you have preferred is the correct one. Only, one should be very carefull with those '-ees'. I prefer a somewhat clipped 'ih' sound - as in the word 'it'.

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn November 13 permalink
Name that psalm plainchant tune
...works as..." I refute that robustly!

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn November 12 permalink
Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter - New Parish
.."annuncio...gaudium magnam"? Through Walsingham's holy grapevine.

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn November 12 permalink
Hymn for the Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo
I'm sure that this was not intentional on your part, but the first poetic line and most of the second line of your tune is identical to the first line and a half of Winchester New ('On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry').

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn November 5 permalink
Congregation Members Singing Cantor Part in Chepponis Jubilation Mass Gloria
I had thought that 'refrain Glorias' had been banned long ago!

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn November 1 permalink
Requiem Mass introit hymn
I vote for St Anne - The first half of line one of the second stanza is a syllable short. I suggest 'O Lord, who in thy mercy great, And through our prayers, bestow' In the last line of stanza three the word 'this' is awkward on…

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn October 28 permalink
Has the Palmer-Burgess Plainchant Gradual been approved for use in the Ordinary Form?
Sponsa - I share your feelings - I too am very sensitive to environmental noise. We live in a gratuitously noisy world. Schopenhauer once wrote that intelligence decreases in inverse proportion to one's ability to withstand noise undisturbed. T…

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn October 11 permalink
150th anniversary Mass for St Paul's Parish, Harvard Square
You can tell...Red cassocks, surplices, Vaughan Williams and ruffled collars on choir boys are admired by many Catholic musicians. You may be (and probably are) right, but it's not a shoo in.

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn October 6 permalink
Has the Palmer-Burgess Plainchant Gradual been approved for use in the Ordinary Form?
...are available in...True, all five propers are given for every mass in DW:The Missal. and they are required to be sung or recited at every mass in the Ordinariate. This is, unless I am somehow mistaken, not the case in the NO which provides only …

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn October 2 permalink
Has the Palmer-Burgess Plainchant Gradual been approved for use in the Ordinary Form?
...whether or not...Since the introit, offertory, and communion are not provided for in the NO, they may be sung from any source (such as Palmer-Burgess or Bruce Ford's 'American Gradual') as extra ornaments, such as is an offertory …

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn October 1 permalink
Definition of "Solemn"
At the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham a 'solemn high mass' is - everything (except the homily) is sung, incense is offered, a deacon, a sub-deacon (who is an ordained acolyte) and the thurifer wearing a tunicle.All should be …

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn September 18 permalink
Gerre Hancock's Descant for Silent Night?
I'm sure that the place to begin would be the choirmaster of St Thomas'. He would surely be able to get a copy for you. I would like to have Hancocks' descant for Ora labora ('Go labour on')

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn September 7 permalink
Is anyone here a carillonneur?
Does anybody use.... Do you really mean 'chimes', or the sets of handbells that are used in many churches in the US. These were originally made for the indoors practice of change ringing teams. It is curious that they now have become used…

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn September 6 permalink
Eastertide choir burnout?
I have never experienced the 'burn out' which some here describe, some rather colourfully. To be sure, there is much excitement and pressure involved in the months-long preparations, and a certain heart-felt joy knowing that all the rehear…

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn August 24 permalink
Readings on Sacred Music and Liturgy
'The Shape of the Liturgy' - Dom Gregory Dix, O.S.B. (Anglican) Dix's book is exhaustive and has been used by some Catholic schools and seminaries.

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn August 24 permalink
Christmas duets for Soprano/Alto
Donald Swann - Jesu parvule.

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn August 24 permalink
Is anyone here a carillonneur?
Jumping off... Steve Collins, who is an on and off participant in our Forum, is an avid change ringer, and is a scholar of the art of change ringing. He lives in the east, one of the Carolinas, I believe. He served as organist for a number of year…

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn August 23 permalink
Is anyone here a carillonneur?
...so responsive... Yes - as with all instruments it all depends on who is playing them, who made them, and how they have been cared for.

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn August 23 permalink
Is anyone here a carillonneur?
Many years ago I attended a carillon workshop at the Westminster Choir School at Princeton, New Jersey, and played the carillon (Petit & Fritsen) at the church at which I worked, and taught boys from the school to play (they loved it!). Because …

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn August 22 permalink
A "New World Gradual" for the OF
You've got it backwards! The people's respond should be a simple melody whilst the cantor has a more challenging melody.

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn August 14 permalink
Singing advice when you are in an area with poor air quality
It sounds like some choir members complaining about overly (wonderfully, to me!) smokey thuribles. Seriously, I have not experienced your plight, so all I can do is to pray for you. Years ago, at the height of the air pollution era, we had a seri…

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn August 12 permalink
Choir Director, St. John the Baptist (Ordinariate) Bridgeport PA
Greetings, Fr. Keyes, from the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham! Godspeed in your search for a choirmaster. But for my age I would seek to answer your call.

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn August 11 permalink
Very easy pieces for middle school boys' choir?
Two come to mind - St Francis' 'Hymn to Creation':- 'Most High Omnipotent Good Lord', sung to Assisi. It may be found at no 307 in the The Hymnal 1940 It is a melody lovely but simple, one note per syllable, and sou…

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn August 8 permalink
Slowing down at the name of Jesus?
All should bow or genuflect at the et incarnatus during the creed* and sing more slowly at the crucifixus (at least in masses sung in plainchant). I think that slowing down at every mention of our Lord's name would be tedious. I have never hear…

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn August 8 permalink
Happy birthday Guillaume Dufay!
Some 'traditions' begin with a small corps of appreciatives. Perhaps word of mouth will stimulate growth. All the same, God was duly praised and people were aedified. We look forward to your next offering.

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn August 8 permalink
Happy birthday Guillaume Dufay!
How did this musical bouquet blossom forth? How was it recieved? Who is next to be honoured?

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn August 7 permalink
Happy birthday Guillaume Dufay!
I wish that I could be with you for this beautiful offering. Hope all goes well! (Is Binchois next!)

Comment by M. Jackson Osborn August 4 permalink

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