Roborgelmeister

The Walford Davies arrangement that first appeared in The English Hymnal, 1906, is quite useful.
https://hymnary.org/hymn/NEH1985/page/280
https://hymnary.org/hymn/NEH1985/page/281

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can give a nice meditative background music for the congregation while they receive.
Sorry, that is NOT what I said, nor what Don stated to eloquently. Marian hymns, yes, at the offertory, but…

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At communion, hymns that are directed to Our Lord, or speak of his love and mercy, are acceptable. Jesus the very thought of thee is not, strictly speaking, a Eucharistic hymn, but is very appropriat…

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The Catholic Hymn Book... It has a section called "Offertory at Mass" containing eleven hymns
Some of those hymns come from the mid 60s edition of the Peoples Mass Book. J. Clifford …

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At the Offertory, the Church is preparing the gifts and uniting the offering of our lives to Christ’s sacrifice. Because this is a moment of preparation rather than proclamation, a quieter, devotiona…

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I served for 10 years in a parish for a Sunday evening (last gasp) mass. Because it wasn't in a particularly "good" part of town (there were visible bullet holes in the parish hall), t…

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The earliest compilations of OCP used unreliable sources. Fred Bock, for crying outloud, and Crystal Cathedral, FEL (the earliest hymnal before Young Americans) and Peoples Hymnal, the predecessor of…

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I retired from church music because of toxic people, not the music. I decided the pay was too small and the working hours too great to put up with it any longer. Never been happier.
I wouldn&…

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Hymns in the English language were certainly used and sung at the low Mass prior to 1965 or so.
The Ave Maria Hymnal has recomendations similar to those by Cardinal O'Connell. My copy is…

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Could this be what you are seeking? From the St. Gregory.
This uses G. Woodward's translation, and there is an error in stanza 2, "knapt", not kept.

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a priest who dealt with this by being proactive and telling people the order of the procession and telling people to let the choir into the procession behind the servers
But, but, but, that wo…

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What I was told that thirteen or more textual alterations of a P.D. text qualify to make it an original work. I cannot, however, verify that. That was when I was working on the hymnal that came to na…

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McDougall's most used hymn text in our time - Christ, Mighty Savior
If someone were to use McDougall's original text, there would be no copyright issue. Or - the user could make his…

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The theme is Kyrie Cunctipotens.

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Hymns Ancient and Modern Revised (1950) has all of the processions covrved in the English Hymnal. Some might find these translations preferable to those in EH. The English Catholic Hymn Book (various…

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I never had sopranos who could sing high notes without it sounding like their shoes were too tight. But I would be happy to play this as a free harmonization. Exciting!

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His collection, Pange Lingua, was published in 1916.

https://media.churchmusicassociation.org/pdf/pangelingua.pdf

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She said she didn't want there to be an opening song so I don't need to do How Great Thou Art
God is merciful and just!
What I did in a situation very much like the one you en…

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A rather complete list of organ literature based on the Marian Antiphons is found in this document:

A Survey and Critique of Marian Antiphons in Organ Literature.

http…

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From the SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER, 1954 issue of CAECILIA.

Clearly, the Gregorian Psalm Tone, Mode IV, was a favorite! A very brief biography of Paul Cross is found the the Passionist Order…

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Henri Carol has a setting of Salve Regina, although I'm uncertain what melody he is referencing! Page 122.

https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/5/52/IMSLP602915-PMLP969875-Pi%…

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Marcel DUPRÉ, Eight Short Preludes on Gregorian Themes for Organ. Op. 45.
IMSLP, directed to...
https://petruccimusiclibrary.ca/files/imglnks/caimg/d/d0/IMSLP807920-PMLP1273564-Dupr%C3…

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This might be something for you to consider. The American Gradual, Bruce Ford.
https://americangradual.org/

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