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Coming to italicized text... From my understanding this appears when the original only states "ij" for a text repetition (you know that from the Kyriale) and the editor has to lay out the t…

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Thanks for this discussion, although it reads indeed as you were sometimes talking past each other. Thanks especially to you @smvanroode for the hint to Johan te Velde, which seems to be an incredibl…

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Oh, this is one my favourites!

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It's over two weeks already since the second album under Simon Johnson appeared: Veni Creator Spiritus, with music for pentecost. It's interesting how the choir sound has evolved.
Re…

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Oh I'm looking forward esp to Ep 2!

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A short addendum: Malcolm's lovely "Ingrediente Domino" can be found in the collection "Ash Wednesday to Easter for choirs" from 1998 by OUP. The book can be borrowed online …

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More ideas? I wondered what are the most famous motets of Palestrina. Through his vast oeuvre, only a few compositions come to mind that stand out. But I also don't know him tremendously well ei…

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I like the wider font, or in general: I like that it is a font which perceivably different to the standard Solesmes font. It's a bit of variety while still being classical - just as we like to r…

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Hi all,
I came across this wonderful online library of Italian church music of the 16th to 18th century:
https://www.fortunato-santini.de/edition-santini.php

It originate…

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A short update for the record: Mr Wetzel replied, but he is not allowed to share it. Westminster Cathedral never replied to me, it seems they would like to reserve the piece for the Cathedral.

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Don’t worry too much about looking like a laughingstock. In the Netherlands we’re still waiting for the new Missal translation. 22 years later, it’s still not ready...

Same for German…

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HIP = historically informed practise

I think the example is perfect to demonstrate some problems with HIP.

1) Is HIP about what has been in 1892? From the record of the …

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Wow, that sounds really good! How did you produce the mp3? It gives a really good impression how the piece could sound, other than the typical piano-midis.

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As far as I know its a convention for such editions to write down the clefs of the original manuscript/print and sometimes also the incipit in mensural notation (Allen Garvin does this regularly in h…

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I just came across this collection/edition project:
https://www.fortunato-santini.de/edition-santini.php

I don't have the resources to try out a tremendous amount of this, …

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@igneus
Thanks for the information!
I once started to code a CPDL scraper to store all the information I want in a database (of course never finished). Your answer made me search Github…

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Finally the first recording of Westminster Cathedral Choir under Simon Johnson is available! "Lumen Christi", released by the Ad fontes label by Buckfast Abbey. I waited for it for quite so…

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This is great, thanks!

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Interesting, thanks! However, there is a section for the chant in the oldest manuscript.

But compare this recording from Westminster cathedral under George Malcolm:
https://www.…

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Since you mentioned the Psalm Miserere in the context of Ash Wednesday, I'll note that the famous Allegri setting of this psalm uses the mode 2 psalm tone. As indicated in program notes for a re…

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I would appreciate more settings of the propers in the vernacular. I see that there are many approaches for English propers, some very close to gregorian melodies, some simplified, then settings for …

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For the love of all that is good, don't make your people vest in those hideous Protestant choir gowns.

Hahaha, yes you're right. Although - I used to sing in an academic cont…

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Don't want to rant, but this is typical for the whole reform and one of its flaws. There are a ton of options everywhere. Some are very weird. E.g. in this case: Why should anybody want a differ…

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Hey,
I might be a little late to the party but wanted to add a few remarks:

First, I highly recommend the Byrd masses. To me they feel much more intimate and emotional (without …

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I think I could help. I have a similar project (and will surely need help in the near future too), but I already downloaded all of the gregobase files in one folder. Please contact me and describe wh…

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Link is broken:
https://media.musicasacra.com/pdf/tones.pdf

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I wrote it down from the recording and could share it if you are interested. It's typeset in Lilypond, are you familiar with that?

@Maureen:
I would still be interested whi…

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Thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for. I had found the webpage dedicated to GM, but didn't find the score – sorry, that page is a mess. THANKS A LOT!

@tomjaw: I would…

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Dear all

I am fascinated by the choral compositions of George Malcolm, choirmaster at Westminster Cathedral. Unfortunately it seems that the scores are seldom available. I haven't…

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