The Recovering Choir Director

sounds like a beautiful ceremony. if you ever find a link to to duruflé ubi caritas in pdf format, will you let me know please? i’ve been searching for months …

happy holy week to you, *courage* for the end of the quadragesimal season, and i wish you a very lovely, glorious, luminous easter.

wait…so if you don’t want to purchase the music…

what about taking the midi file of Ubi Caritas and playing it on NoteWorthy player?

I took a midi file from the Silvis Woodshed and played it on the freeware NoteWorthy player (through a link I got from Cyber Hymnal) and you got the notes right there. Except you’d have to use the Print Screen feature and paste it in a picture file and type or write in the words.

Since it’s a short piece, this whole process shouldn’t take too long.

No, everyone sings exsultemus. It’s just that some parts get to the T before others, IIRC.

In my opinion, this is the equivalent of recording from the radio.

Oh, absolutely, but I am impressed that you intend to sing it to yourself for your own edification in four-part harmony with corrected syllabification. I would like to share that commute! I will even take (one of) the parts.

If and when another Durufle piece comes to light, will Durand publish it to lose money?

There is a free version of this setting that has been around for about a thousand years … Auctor ignotus

Daniel Muller, who fifteen years ago, after having passed a musical knowledge and keyboard skills test and later received a merit raise, still worked for less than four dollars an hour as a salesman in a music publisher’s choral department

No hurt feelings, Mr. Art.

I think you should keep what you have done for reference.

My only point was that, if we want good music and want to encourage more, it is only just to pay for it. And the Durufle “Ubi caritas” is some good music. And if we sent Wonder Bread sandwiches to France, they would get squished.

I have to say that in this day and age it is tempting to just walk over and push [1 > 2 sided copy] [collate] [staple] [16] and then the green button, especially when imported French editions are so expensive. I paid a handsome sum last year for tiny Langlais “books” from Combre only to receive one with a few virtually illegibly light pages.

But again, all those editions could easily be printed in the United States … if only the market demanded. If Durand realized where the euros were to be made, they would be sending two complimentary French tutors to Minnesota post haste.

I’ve never seriously thought that paying for music was a way of supporting good music. Up till now I’ve never seen the problem with photocopying. I would wonder why one choir director gave out nice green Bach chorale booklets, rather than giving us the photocopy of the song for the upcoming Sunday. I guess I’ve been too caught up in making good liturgy, neglecting to practice at least some charity towards people in the music business who’ve helped make it ppossible. Wow.. less than $4 an hour?…you’ve definitely put a face to the fine print on the bottom of sheet music.

Sadly, we’ve lost two good organist at my financially struggling church (which is on the list for closure) because the pastor didn’t have money to pay them. It was the second time I’ve heard one say “Sorry, but I have to leave…in honor of the profession…he’s [the pastor] not paying me…”

I seems that this mentality I’ve had (and probably many others) that music should be free hurts musicians on many levels with low or no salaries.

Peace, all.

Everything Liam said, and more. There’s more legal and free music available these days than any one director could ever hope to utilize. Having done both in my time, I would say that copy-making spendthrifts are in a more serious state of sin than telemarketers, and deserving a far deeper level of hell.