Looking For - Litany of the Saints - Organ Accompaniment
Does anone have an accompaniment for the Litany of the Saints as found in the Roman Missal? It has been requested that this be accompanied on organ at my church during the Vigil Mass, and all I can...
View ArticleMusic for Sprinkling Rite?
Are there any music compositions of the English Antiphons for the sprinkling rite, such as "I saw water flowing" that are public domain or that are at least worthy of suggestion? Has anyone composed...
View ArticlePentecost Sequence, English Plainchant
1Does anyone happen to have already the Pentecost Sequence in English (Come O Holy Spirit Come, and from thy celestial home...) set to the original plainsong melody?2"O Most Blessed Light Divine, shine...
View ArticleSimple English Propers
A couple of days ago Jeffrey Tucker posted an article on Chant Cafe ("A Missal for the Choir") in which he aptly pointed out the need for music directors to have at hand a copy of the Missal or...
View ArticleTwo English (2010 ICEL) Plainsong Mass Settings w/Accompaniment (free PDFs)
Many of you already know about these settings as found in the Vatican II Hymnal, but I thought I'd bring attention to them one more time—especially as I finally completed organ/keyboard accompaniments...
View ArticleGraduale Parvum
I now have a working copy of the Graduale Parvum on my computer. I have a sendable PDF, and a gigantic .doc file. Yes, I know that .doc is not a good format for typesetting but that's the way it is. I...
View ArticleSimple English Propers: Verses for Offertory: 18 Sunday in OT (C); 24 Sunday...
Comparing the SEP with the 1935 Offertoriale for this Sunday one may discover a discrepancy in this Sunday's offertory: the verses are from Precatus est Moyses instead of Sanctificavit Moyses. Below...
View ArticleAlleluia Verses for Ordinary-form Wedding Masses
I have set, in modern notation, the four options for the Alleluia verse in the Ordinary Form Nuptial Mass, as well as simple and melismatic English-language adaptations of the Alleluia verse, as found...
View ArticleNo Credo in the Vatican II hymnal!
I just received my copy of the Vatican II hymnal, and am overall very impressed. Maybe I'm completely out of the loop on some relevant piece of information, but I am very disappointed and baffled by...
View ArticleWeekday Entrance and Communion Antiphons
I try to find hymns which reflect the day's Entrance and Communion Antiphons, but sometimes that's difficult. If I wanted to chant those antiphons in English to a simple Psalm tone, where can I find...
View ArticleEnglish setting of Mass VIII de Angelis
Attached is an English setting for Mass VIII de Angelis
View ArticleLooking for a music of the second Memorial Acclamation
I'm looking for a music of the second Memorial Acclamation, 'When we eat this bread...'We've been singing the first one, 'We proclaim your death...' with ICEL chant, and my pastor would like to have it...
View ArticleVespers for Francis of Assisi - Oct. 3 - 100% in English with Latin too.
Here is a beautiful work, the entire rhymed office for first and second Vespers of St Francis of Assisi. This was composed by Julian of Speyer circa 1250 AD. It seems to work very well in either...
View ArticleEnglish adaptaions of Preface chants
Also of interest to one of my IVE seminarians is finding English adaptations using the most solemn preface tone of the (what he called) Gallican Prefaces, those restored in the 1962 Missal. But any...
View ArticleAmerican Gradual OT 29?
Among various downloads I have files called OT 27-29 and OT 29-Christ the King. However, neither is inclusive! Has OT 29 been edited for the American Gradual yet?
View ArticleChabanel Psalm for 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)
Is there a technolog/colleague who could produce a Gregorian-notated (i.e. square-note) graphic file of the antiphon for the Chabanel Psalm for Sunday, November 10 as found in the Vatican II Hymnal?...
View ArticleCommunionantiphons.org is down
Hi, all. If any of the 3 of you out there have been wondering what happened to www.communionantiphons.org, please know that we're working on it. It's a misunderstanding over not renewing the domain,...
View ArticleMore English Propers, Advent/Christmas
This is the first part of my collection of English Plainsong for the Modern Roman Rite, which contains chant settings of official liturgical texts using the most recent English translations of the...
View ArticleSATB harmonisation of simple psalm tones
In order to offer choirs a more challenging and motivating way to sing the psalm verses from my Klein Graduale, I would like to add a SATB harmonisation of each of the following psalm tones:...
View ArticleFeedback Needed: Sunday Antiphonary
I have posted about this before but I have made progress/changes and I was hoping to get feedback.Since the last time I posted I have made one significant change. Before I was attempting to use the...
View ArticleSeeking accompaniments for English plainchant
This discussion was created from comments split from: Moving beyond the Simple English Propers.
View ArticleAgnus VIII - English adaptation?
I have the Gloria and Sanctus, and looking for the Agnus. A parishioner requested the Missa de Angelis in English for his wedding, and I am at pains to accommodate requests of this sort.
View ArticleEnglish versions of Responsories
Would someone help me determine whether there is an English version of the Responsory "Vidi dominum facie ad faciem"? Item: of the Communio / Responsory "Discubuit Hiesus et discipuli eius." Are these...
View ArticleEpiphany Proclamation 2014 (now attached)
Hi all,Does anyone have a file for this year's Epiphany Proclamation in English? I recall seeing forum-made versions in the past, but I haven't seen one yet this year. Is anyone out there thinking past...
View ArticleRecomendations needed for vernacular plainsong compilation
As a youth who is directing a small schola, I am unable to teach the Simple English Propers throghout the year, and would like to compile a small booklet of some such vernacular chants for repeated...
View ArticleName this Alleluia
Could someone please help me identify this alleluia? My predecessor used it and it's very nice. I just want to be sure to credit/ask permission of the appropriate folks. Thanks!
View ArticleNew Collection: Responsorial Introits
(I was informed by my diocesan Office of Worship (Madison, Wis.) that the local ordinary has approved these for public worship. The PDF linked below is a color-coded evaluation copy; this same PDF will...
View ArticleII Vespers for St. Joseph - March 19 - free booklet
Around where I live I can count at least three different St. Joseph Catholic Churches within driving distance.If there are as many of them where I live as where you live, than this booklet is for...
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