full Subvenite in English?
Does anyone know of an English version of the Subvenite? In the Ordinary Form, it's the first appointed Responsory for the Final Commendation at a Funeral Mass (in the EF, it's the Libera me). Neumatic...
View ArticleAdapting psalm tones for the vernacular
Hello all,I'm working on setting the Dutch translations of the Mass propers for this coming weekend to psalm tones. Just something very simple as I'm not an expert. Whilst thinking about this and...
View ArticleEnglish Chant Ordinaries
1. I am looking for English adaptations of the following:Gregorian Mass Settings:I (Lux et Origo), VII (De Angelis), IX (Cum Jubilo), XI (Orbi Factor), & XVII+ anything adapted from the Kyriale...
View ArticlePsalm settings for Canada
I've been working with Arlene Oost-Zinner to adapt some of her Responsorial Psalm settings (recently published in the Parish Book of Psalms) to conform to the Canadian Lectionary. Do any of our friends...
View ArticleMagnificat Translations Allowed?
Is using a translation other than the one in the Breviary allowed? Is there a document that forbids unapproved (OCP) translations of the Magnificat or Benedictus being used in the Liturgy?Also, I...
View ArticleAdoro Te Devote
Yesterday I finished a project I started in my Colloquium-issued PBC, a translation of Adoro Te Devote, one of the 5 Eucharistic hymns of St. Thomas Aquinas.Having looked through all the translations I...
View ArticleWhere have RyanD's SEP organ accompaniments gone?
RyanD's very useful organ accompaniments to the Simple English Propers seem to have shifted house.Could someone please tell me where to find them? Many thanks.Christmas blessings to all.PeterAuckland,...
View ArticleThe C of E's Common Worship Chant
I have just for the first time looked at the Prefaces for eucharistic prayers in the Church of England's Common Worship, and it looks to me like they have produced a hybrid of Simple and Solemn Tones...
View ArticleMusic for the Imposition of Ashes
I am interested to hear what music you use during the imposition of ashes. What other English options are available that use the Missale Romanum, Graduale Romanum, or Graduale Simplex texts besides By...
View ArticleWeekday Chant Propers
I am looking for a nice, simple English setting of the Propers for Tuesday of the 3rd week of Lent. I am a music teacher at a Catholic school, and our bishop - a strong supporter of chant and Adam...
View ArticleMass of the Blessed Fire - American Chant
Tooting my own horn, for those of you who hadn't seen it.http://www.praytellblog.com/index.php/2013/01/19/blessed-fire/This is inculturation at its best, I think – real, authentic American chant...
View ArticleSunday Evening Prayer during Lent
At the request of Scott Turkington (who gets to do such things at his Cathedral), I've prepared English chant for Evening Prayer II for the Sundays of Lent, using the text from Christian Prayer, with...
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St. Ralph Sherwin • Completed Mass • using the new ICEL translation of the...
Dear friends,Some of you may be interested in this newly composed Mass: MASS in honor of SAINT RALPH SHERWINAnd here is a SAMPLE VIDEO.If you visit the website, you will find numerous practice videos,...
View ArticleVerse before the Gospel during Lent
Mode I settings of responses and verses for Sundays and Weekdays during Lent (for those of you not singing Tracts, of course...). PDF file printed two-sided should make a booklet on regular...
View ArticleMaking the Resp. Psalm more like the Gradual (a.k.a. "Gradual Tones")
An excellent question was posed at tonight's plenary lecture here at the Colloquium. Jeffery Tucker asked if there was a way to make the responsorial psalm sound more like the gradual, and Dr. Mahrt...
View ArticleResponsorial Psalms for the Easter Vigil (100's of free, online PDF's for...
Friends,I know that many of you will be responsible for Easter Masses, and some of you may be searching for Responsorial Psalms for the Easter Vigil.Here's a site where you can find more than 100 free...
View ArticleLooking 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 ArticleSetting English Texts to Gregorian Psalm Tones
Recently I have seen several postings about setting English psalm texts to Gregorian psalm tones. I decided to post my own thoughts. I sat down to write this morning and ended up spending most of the...
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...
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