ServiamScores

For those so inclined, the score is "officially" listed here now:
https://psallitedomino.com/store-1/p/rorate-caeli-s-a-bar

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It (appears) to be official policy that all psalm settings must now match the lectionary text exactly. Those that do not, will not be approved.

Those that are currently licit will no…

Thanked by 2Aristotle Esguerra contemporaryworship92
Xopheros, I confess my perpetual bemusement with your promotion of Esperanto. I love your music, (we sing your Tollite Portas and Missa Tribus Vocibus every year) but for the life of me, I cannot fa…

Thanked by 2OMagnumMysterium tomjaw
That Marier translation is… uh… something.

Thanked by 1MatthewRoth
Very, very lovely.

Thanked by 1Fr_Buffer
As I said, I was told they were formulating a policy to help address this. They recognize the fact that there is a need to accommodate such sharing. Heaven only knows what the result will be. But …

Thanked by 2Abbysmum tomjaw
It’s hard to give a precise number because there are multiple entities involved. That said, at least from the usccb side, this is how it was explained to me:

The common rate of royalt…

Thanked by 2tomjaw Abbysmum
My notes from our meeting have now gone live:

https://psallitedomino.com/blog/composers-guide-2025-pt1

Of particular note to some is the fact that the new lectionary is …

Thanked by 3Aristotle Esguerra CHGiffen irishtenor
I second Marc's idea to use a zoom recorder (or equivalent). You get a lot of bang for your buck. It is certainly the simplest and most straightforward approach. You set them up (often on a t…

Thanked by 4Andrew_Malton CHGiffen oldhymns monasteryliturgist
I also am not sure that the public-domain model works for Catholics, in part because civil-law countries do not have an equivalent by which you may put something in the public domain directly. Only t…

Thanked by 11Abbysmum LauraKaz Earl_Grey rich_enough Liam davido tomjaw ArsMusicaSacra OMagnumMysterium Xopheros CHGiffen
To date, it's really only one musician friend (who used to be an Anglican organ scholar) that's given me any grief over it, and even then, it was mostly in jest. He knows who he is, and he…

Thanked by 3tomjaw Liam CHGiffen
As for communion hymns, one text that I've absolutely fallen in love with is Wondrous Love That Cannot Falter. It is a difficult meter, so I've paired it with IRBY. This will be positivel…

Thanked by 2CHGiffen monasteryliturgist
are there general principles that can assist in the selection of Offertory music?When in doubt, always look to the assigned proper, even if you're not using it. Most propers have a motet (or tw…

Thanked by 1Chant_Supremacist
My understanding based on the context of the conversation is that the lectionary will be formally published, and all settings of psalms must come into conformity with that translation within 3 years.…

Thanked by 1CHGiffen
Thanks, ServiamScores. One question: in "... you have to send things to the Secretariat for Divine Worship and the USCCB copyright office first, before contacting ICEL" - what are "thi…

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Hi friends—
I had a good (2h!) meeting with Mary. I will be formulating my thoughts a bit more formally in the coming days and will report back. Suffice it to say for now, it appears that th…

Thanked by 7Caleferink Chrism mattebery LauraKaz Earl_Grey irishtenor davido
I've always used the lectionary text straight from the USCCB's own website (or more recently, AP&C for the verses). Never doing anything untoward. They just don't want composers …

Thanked by 2BGP bmcgough
There are some battles worth fighting, and others are less so. As long as the rushing isn’t egregious, it might be worth abiding. I’ve given up on the last “hosannaaaaa in excelsis” whenever we do …

Thanked by 1davido
I really think that people are overthinking this. To put it bluntly: so many people rush there because it feels natural to do so. The combination of text and melody just seem to foster that interpr…

Thanked by 1davido
Since no one seems to know about this, I made my own SAB edition that is heavily influenced by this harmonization. Here it is in case it helps anyone else (a little late for this year, I know).

Thanked by 1 MatthewRoth
Greetings all,
Someone recently sent me this link and it is terribly lovely, but researching the disc, I still cannot identify or find the score. Does anyone know it?
https://www.youtu…

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