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Reading and Singing the Church\u27s Chant: The Basics
No full textThe article offers tips for reading and singing Gregorian chant. According to the author, the text is the starting point for singing Latin chant. The four basic reading rules for beginners include reading from left to right, reading big notes before little notes, reading lower notes before higher notes, and reading thick curved lines as two notes
Responsorial Psalms for Weekday Mass: Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter
No full textIn Responsorial Psalms for Weekday Mass: Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter, Father Anthony Ruff, OSB, offers a simple chanted setting and makes it possible for the responsorial psalm to be sung at every daily Mass during the seasons of the liturgical year. These responsorial psalms were conceived for unaccompanied singing led by a single cantor, but keyboard accompaniments and guitar chords are provided for those who desire it.
The melodic settings use the eight Gregorian chant modes, as found in the psalm tones of Saint Meinrad Archabbey. Type melodies, one for each mode, are employed repeatedly for varying antiphon texts, making it easier for cantor and congregation to pick up the antiphon melodies. The psalm verses are provided in two translations, the New American Bible translation of the United States Lectionary for Mass and the Grail translation, as revised in 1983 for inclusive human language. This unique collection of psalm music allows us to celebrate the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter more fully.https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/sot_books/1085/thumbnail.jp
Gregorian Chant through the Centuries
No full textChapter 7 in the book Hymns and Hymnody, Volume 1: From Asia Minor to Western Europe, edited by Mark A. Lamport, Benjamin K. Forrest, and Vernon M. Whaley
Do Priests Need to Sing?
No full textThe documents are clear: Yes, priests need to sing. The General Instruction of the Roman Missal states: “Preference should be given to those [parts] that are of greater importance and especially to those sung by the priest or the deacon or the lector, with the people responding…” (no. 40). This statement reinforces the teachings of the 1967 Roman instruction Musicam Sacram, which places sung presidential dialogues (“The Gospel of the Lord,” “The peace of the Lord be with you,” “The Mass is ended, go in peace”) in the first category of importance before the Sanctus or Gospel acclamation (nos. 29-31). Let us be honest, though: We have a problem. When it comes to singing priest celebrants, our pastoral practice and the official documents inhabit two different worlds
Catholic Reformation Hymnody
No full textChapter 6 in hymns and Hymnody: Historical and Theological Introductions: Volume II: From Catholic Europe to Protestant Europe, edited by Mark A. Lamport, Benjamin K. Forrest, and Vernon M. Whaley
Could the Church\u27s Understanding of the Primacy of Gregorian Chant Ever Change?
No full textThe Roman Catholic Church officially holds that Gregorian chant should have “pride of place” in the Roman liturgy. Though this position was reaffirmed at the last ecumenical council, we can all agree that it is not a teaching of apostolic origin and is not a de fide dogmatic definition. How weighty is this official position? Could it ever change? Should it? There is good reason to think that it both could and should
Canticum Novum: Gregorian Chant for Today\u27s Choirs
No full textThe book contains 100 hymns and antiphons with psalm verses for every season and occasion. Word-by-word English translations of the Latin responses are provided to aid the singers’ understanding. The psalm verses are in Latin and English on facing pages with easy-to-follow pointing to match the psalm tones. The English psalm verses are from the Revised Grail Psalms. A demonstration recording of chants from Canticum novum is also available.
Primarily Latin antiphons with psalm verses; with nine strophic hymns. Chants shown in four-line notation, five-line notation, and lineless neumes of the St. Gall school.https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/sot_books/1084/thumbnail.jp
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