1863 Historic Graduale of Fr. Hermesdorff is now online!
Some of you will be interested to know that the fascinating 1863 Hermesdorff Graduale is now available HERE.You will enjoy comparing his first version to his second version (which he died before...
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Friends,Where do you get the readings on a weekday?Feb. 5 is the Memorial of Saint Agatha, virgin and martyrWhat is the Responsorial Psalm?The St. Agatha MEMORIAL Resp. Psalm is Ps. 31 ("Refrain: Into...
View ArticleEF music director- 1 year reflection
I have to share my joy with all my CMAA friends. In preparing the Introit for today's Mass, I realized that I had survived my first full year as music director at an FSSP parish. This was new territory...
View ArticleFurther analysis of the antiphons: Graduale vs. Missale
The article by Christoph Tietze in Sacred Music 133.4 (Winter 2006) is very enlightening. Most readers of this forum are no doubt aware that there are vast differences in the antiphon texts found in...
View ArticleQuestion re-phrased
In the old days, there was not a real concern if the texts being sung matched perfectly the ones the priest prayed. Deference was made to the traditional version that had been sung for many...
View ArticleWho purchased the one on Ebay today?!
I tried to purchase the GR today that was in London and I feverishly was punching the bid button and putting in higher and higher amounts but to no avail. DARN! Did one of you get...
View ArticleTonus Creationis for Easter Vigil - Draft
I'm working on a draft pointing of the Tonus Creationis formula for the Easter Vigil to relieve cantors of stress this year et in saecula saeculorum. Draft and formula pdfs are attached. Any...
View ArticlePlacement of choir in church
We have a very small chant group and we sing a capella. Is it appropriate for us to sing from a location other than the choir loft? What do other groups do? I am only interested in groups that sing the...
View ArticleWho else is aware of this fact?
Friends,Has anyone else noticed that the Sundays after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) to a very large extent have chronological Scripture readings?Sequentially ordered --- like, where one Introit...
View ArticleModern notation propers in Latin
Is there a modern-notation version of the Graduale available on here somewhere? I saw the modern-notation for "Chants of the Church", but not the LU or the Graduale. I'm specifically looking for Latin...
View ArticleIn what communio is this passage from Wisdom 16 used?
℣. Panem de caelo praestitisti eis. ℟. Omne delectamentum in se habentem.℣. You gave them bread from heaven. ℟. Containing within itself all sweetness.Is there an on-line index listing the psalms and...
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