MarkS

Et exultavit and Quia respexit from the Bach Magnificat come to mind.

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Under the File submenu select 'open' which should bring you to 'Finale files'—look for the 'backups' folder and see if it is in there (should be unless automatic backups…

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This is Finale's 'orchestral' order—if it were a full orchestral score, the harpsichord (or other keyboard) would be where it is now (above the strings, below other percussion). To re-…

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In music history the term organum refers to a range of early polyphonic practices from the 9th to 12th centuries. In the earliest, simplest form, the two voices started on a unison and then split, on…

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Oh good grief!

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Seconding Zoom recorder. We have been using the H4n for recordings of all sorts and streaming. Very versatile, and relatively inexpensive.

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And H is what Germans call Bb

'H' is actually what Germans and some Central Europeans call our B natural, and 'B' refers to B-flat.

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Thanks, Richard. I enjoyed seeing your programs. I thought I would share one of my upcoming programs—an all-Bach program on November 7, the day Daylight Savings time ends this year, and therefore it …

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the Holy Father surrounds himself with people who hate the faith and every traditional expression of it

Statements like this are where you lose me.

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Bach's "O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig" BWV 656

Truly gorgeous, but the third 'verse' seems to require a full plenum, so might not work for Communion in some contex…

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Pachelbel's "Ricercare in C-minor"
Pieces that are sectional like this one are particularly handy for Communion as it is easy to 'customize' the length depending on ho…

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From Hymnary.org: "God of our fathers, Whose almighty hand " (National Hymn), was written in 1876 for the "Centennial" Fourth of July celebration at Brandon, Vermont.

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...They would Google it! https://www.ccel.org/ccel/ccel/eee/files/enghml.htm

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Well, this sounded fun, and it's a pretty tune that I have actually never heard before, so here is my quick and dirty first effort!

I think these Appalachian tunes benefit from so…

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It is paired very effectively with ST BOTOLPH in H82

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Keep the cluster! That suspension is my favorite moment. And I would linger all over the E.

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You could solo out the melody in the pedals (there is an E. Power Biggs edition which transcribes it this way as one alternative) but standard practice would be to play it entirely on one manual, and…

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I so want to interpret Francis' comment as sarcastic/ironic. Mozart operas? Mozart is a supreme vocal composer. And do we really want to dismiss something like the Beethoven 'Missa Solemnis…

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Oh goodness!

a whole dissertation on vocal writing
That would be fun! Although, in general, I think it's probably a good policy to assume that your colleagues have AT LEAST…

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So, to list some of the most well known works in what we might call his 'mature' style (he is the author of a number of earlier works that had important performances):

Any of…

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It's really easy to give facile descriptions of what Lauridsen is doing harmonically (although this fails to take into account what else he is doing compositionally). It is really difficult to w…

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I have worked with a lot of community choirs in one capacity or another for many years, and I have yet to run across a self professed Wiccan or pagan—I think they constitute a vanishingly small perce…

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people who join community choirs do so because they are specifically choosing not to join a church choir

I second Mr. Osborn's comments, and would add that many folks, even religi…

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