Aristotle Esguerra

Ave Maria Chant in English
Here's another attempt for discussion. The melodies in both files are the same; one includes liquescents. I included the fa-do-re in the incipit just because. (I prefer omitting the fa altogether.) The phrase "pray for us sinners" wa…

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Gender-species neutral group composition exercise
I say NO to RECTO TONO. The LAST thing we want is parishioners agonizing over whether they are singing on the same pitch with their neighbor. Men trying to sing falsetto in order to match the pitch of the women around them. Twelve-year-old boys try…

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Start of "Choir Season" - First rehearsals...
Continued seamlessly from "summer choir season". All choirs rehearsed the SEP chants for next Sunday (as we've been SEP propers consistently since the book's release in summer 2011, I'm now testing their ability to chant th…

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What Fr. Ruff wants
@melofluent et al., here is the abbot's (relatively obscure) blog, which was started this past Lent.

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Pope Francis calls for prayer and fasting Sept. 7th, for peace in Syria
Simple English Propers has a couple of appropriate introits: • 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (corresponds with #30 above) • 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (corresponds with #31 and #32: For Refugees and Exiles)

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Proper Use of the Cope & Organist/Choir Vestments
That picture brings back many happy memories; thanks for posting. It was taken on August 10, 2005 at Ottobeuren Basilica in Bavaria during a Pontifical High Mass (EF) celebrated by Bp. Fernando Arêas Rifan—the opening liturgy of the International F…

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Missing PDFs?
@Earl_Grey, this PDF has translations of the Introit, Offertory, and Communion antiphons (but not the Gradual, Alleluia, or Tract).

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Some questions about weekday propers
Welcome to the forum! Here's what I've found (corrections welcome): 1. On page 492 of the 1974 Graduale Romanum it states: Pro pastoribus in genere, pro fundatoribus Ecclesiarum, pro missionariis, textus aptiores seligantur ex iis qui p…

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Weekday Entrance and Communion Antiphons
@Earl_Grey, I just sent you a private message regarding this.

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Guilty Pleasures
The Toronto Mass by Tim Elia. The spoken Preface leading into the Holy, Holy, Holy gets me every time.

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Alleluia Verses for Ordinary-form Wedding Masses
Link above is fixed and available here as well.

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5 top non-Office hymns
1. My Song Is Love Unknown (LOVE UNKNOWN) 2. Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life (THE CALL) 3. The King of Love My Shepherd Is (SAINT COLUMBA) 4. To Mock Your Reign, O Dearest Lord (Green/THE THIRD TUNE) 5. Now Thank We All Our God (NUN DANKET)

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Favorite Parts of the Ordinary?
@JulieColl So, I take it there are no Mass settings in the Kyriale in which all the parts are in the same mode? Not to my recollection. Another question: what would be the benefit of having all the parts in the same mode? Continuity? Seamlessness?…

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Favorite Parts of the Ordinary?
@Adam: Yes and yes. (And yes…and yet!)

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Favorite Parts of the Ordinary?
Part of my answer to this question is here. I also appreciate those settings of the Sanctus that potentially can move seamlessly from the sung Preface's final la: I*, III, IV, V*, VI*, VII, VIII**, XI**, XIII, XV**, XVI**, XVIII, ad lib. III. …

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The Choral Graduale Simplex (English, harmonized SATB plainsong)
Identical voice leading at the final cadence is now shared among the following Mode VIII antiphons: OF Immaculate ConceptionIN I Ash WednesdayOF Fifth Sunday of Lent/Palm SundayOF Ordinary Time IIOF Ordinary Time III Identical voice leading at the …

Comment by Aristotle Esguerra July 2013 permalink
pointless comments
I like turtles.

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Help needed! Can you compose music? How about a short Alleluia?
A bit late. Didn't feel like photoshopping it purple.

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I need help with psalm tone.
One may enter hyphens explicitly, after the syllable and before the neume. Please also note the curly brackets at the beginning of the verse, which tell Gregorio over which letter to place the neume. name: Psalmus 90; office-part: Psalmus; book: Li…

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Sacred Music Apologetics
I guess I'm not concerned as much with changing anyone's worldview (that is ultimately the action of the HS) as I am with sharing good news. People can receive it or not. Agreed. People can't argue with positive anecdotes, they can s…

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Teaching Gregorian Chant to Children
Start with simple litanic forms first: Kyrie, Agnus Dei, etc. Sheet music optional.

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CMAA Compositions/Arrangements
Choral Graduale Simplex — 121 SATB a cappella Introits, Offertories, Communions, and other processionals for the liturgical year

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New Tool for Gregorian Propers
@bbloomf, would you mind checking the font size for the introit's user-notes field? It appears to give smaller output compared with those of the other propers.

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NPM 2013 In Washington, DC
I just have no desire to set foot in D.C. This.

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New Tool for Gregorian Propers
@bbloomf, any chance that the propers for the Sacred Heart of Jesus can be incorporated into the drop-down list? No rush here…whenever you are able.

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The spiritual benefits of singing the propers
From a choir member's recent FB status update: I woke up with this viral song in my head. (Below) Imagine it an octave higher and that was what I was singing all morning. The funny thing is I couldn't think of how it ended after "the …

Comment by Aristotle Esguerra July 2013 permalink
The spiritual benefits of singing the propers
At the anticipated OF Masses earlier this evening, I too heard the Laetare introit in the first reading, I also heard the introit for Holy Thursday in the second reading, and echoes of the Tract for the First Sunday of Lent in (the longer form of) t…

Comment by Aristotle Esguerra July 2013 permalink
The Choral Graduale Simplex (English, harmonized SATB plainsong)
Alterations to Mode IV melodies & harmonies affect the following settings: Introit, Advent IOffertory, Lent II/TransfigurationCommunion, Lent IVOffertory I, Assumption Because these are foreign modalities I decided to standardize the harmonizat…

Comment by Aristotle Esguerra July 2013 permalink
SATB Funeral music needed
Sorry to hear about the sudden death. Here are a couple of pieces you might consider: Goss: God so loved the world Ingegneri: O bone Iesu

Comment by Aristotle Esguerra June 2013 permalink
Latin/French People's Missal Includes Propers
There is a Latin/English version of this available on (a very large) PDF as well: Mass and Vespers with Gregorian Chant. I do not think that this has been republished by anyone. Here's its accompanying discussion thread.

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