Nathan_the_Organist

I would second Ratzinger's The Spirit of the Liturgy as well as Square Notes. Another good podcast could be The Liturgy Guys. While not music specific, they do a good job covering general litu…

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Ascendens Christus by Victoria could be beautiful, though you would need 5 strong voices to pull it off.

I would second the Aichinger Regina Coeli also.

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Ordinary: Heritage Mass
Entrance: Lift Up Your Head, Ye Mighty Gates (no procession)
Offertory: In His Temple Now Behold Him
Communion: Of the Father's Love Begotten and So…

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I also discovered a typo in my original version one. See corrected attached.

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@CantorCole

I'm not saying it has to rhyme. When I read through it, it just didn't flow as well to me, and I think the lack of rhyme was part of that.

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Maybe the new versions are better as literal translations (my latin isn't good enough to judge). There is no rhyme to them however which just makes them really awkward to sing.

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I would say season can trump. I typically program seasonal hymns for Lent, Easter, Advent, and Christmas and save the Eucharistic hymns for Ordinary Time. Even on feast days such as Pentecost, I�…

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When it last fell on a Sunday in 2020, we used Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates and Of the Father's Love Begotten. Not explicitly Presentation hymns, but they could tie the feast to the broa…

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For Serviam and the other Dorico users, how easy is it to do psalm tones? In Finale, I do it using the non breaking space (Alt + Space) and I can get multiple words all under one note. Does Dorico …

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Ode to Joy for recessional?

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I've harmonized with both a lawnmower and the vent hood over the stove.

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Here is a version I have. I helped out at a rural parish in my area that has strong polish roots and they sang this.

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I saw this article this morning. I thought you guys would find it interesting

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Here is the second setting in the same three keys.

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I recently discovered the Ton Royale used for the Magnificat at Notre Dame in Paris. I decided to set the English text of the Magnificat to this same psalm tone. I was being indecisive on how exact…

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[Edited to remove a reply to the above discussion that was not family-friendly. --admin]

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Last summer I played for a wedding where the musicians and the priest all thought the ceremony was at 2. When 2 comes around the church is empty. It turns out the couple and all the guests thought …

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Processional: Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise
Offertory: Sing We Triumphant Hymns of Praise
Communion: Alleluia Sing to Jesus
Recessional: Rejoice the Lord is King

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I think this would be a fantastic idea to put together. I've thought that it could be a fun project, but probably one beyond my time and possibly skill level.

It would also be go…

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John Henry Newman's text Lead Kindly Light set to the hymn tune Sandon. Jerusalem My Happy Home would be another good one.

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Here it is. I finally got it to work. I think there might have been something weird with my original pdf when I extracted it from the larger pdf. Hopefully this is what you are looking for.

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January 22 is the anniversary of Roe, but it is also on the church calendar as the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children. Therefore it could be appropriate to program music that …

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I would pick the tone based on the mode. Whatever mode the original chant is in, I would use the same one for the tone. Ex: 4th Sunday of Lent Introit is in Mode 5, so use the Mode 5 tone from Mein…

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Prelude: Fr Weber Entrance Antiphon
Processional: As With Gladness Men of Old
Ordinary: Mass of St Francis Cabrini
Offertory: We Three Kings
Communion: Fr Weber Antiphon a…

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If Leonard Bernstein was alive today, he would be insulted.

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Why can't we cancel bad songs just because they are bad? I was in favor of cancelling Haas's music long before it was popular to do so. I think this song falls into the same category.

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Gamba, I would say the reason is that the entrance, offertory, and communion accompany a liturgical action. They need the flexibility to adapt to the varying length of the action. The psalm is a li…

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