Category: “Spirituality” (36 posts)
Music for the English Language Roman Missal: The Sung Epistle (with audio)
May 19, 2009 by — 0 comments.
Following up on my initial post on ICEL’s release of selections of Music for the English Language Roman Missal, I decided to provide an illustration of how to point and deliver the sung Epistle according to the formula provided by ICEL. The text chosen is the Revised Standard Version of Ephesians 4:1–13 — the Second [...]
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Spirituality; Uncategorized.
Gloria XI, in segmented MP3 files
April 23, 2009 by — 0 comments.
Following up on the Credo I segmented MP3s, I have made available phrase-by-phrase segments of Gloria XI, the melody that the Roman Church proposes for Sundays in Ordinary Time (Ordinary Form) and Post-Pentecost (Extraordinary Form). When parishes employ a Gregorian chant setting of the Gloria, almost invariably it is the Gloria VIII “de Angelis”. While [...]
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Spirituality.
Credo I, in segmented mp3 files
April 18, 2009 by — 5 comments.
The Second Vatican Council called for steps to be taken so that the faithful may also be able to say or to sing together in Latin those parts of the Mass which pertain to them, regardless of how predominant the usage of the vernacular could and indeed has become.[1] Given the widespread musical illiteracy of [...]
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Spirituality; Uncategorized.
A story of incremental progress at the parish level
February 21, 2009 by — 0 comments.
Mia Coyne posts this anecdote on the MusicaSacra Forum (slightly edited below for spelling and grammar, and some emphasis): The Beauty and Power of Gregorian Chant in Today’s Liturgy Our small schola has been singing simple Gregorian chants on Saturday morning Mass for about a year. At first, even our pastor, who gave a permission [...]
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Liturgical Reform; Spirituality.
SMTV Vol. II, No. 1.2 – Bogoroditse Devo Raduisya (Rachmaninoff)
January 9, 2009 by — 0 comments.
Bogoroditse Devo, raduisya, Blagodatnaya Mariye, Gospod s Toboyu. Blagoslovenna Ty v zhenakh, i blagosloven plod chreva Tvoyego, yako Spasa rodila esi dush nashikh. Rejoice, O virgin mother of God, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne [...]
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Recordings; Spirituality; Videos.
Fr. Dwight Longenecker on Gregorian chant
December 23, 2008 by — 0 comments.
Fr. Dwight Longenecker, a convert to Catholicism from Evangelical Protestantism, reflects on his first encounter with Gregorian chant when he was a student at Bob Jones University (my emphases in bold): I was suddenly transported both back in time to a more mystical, monastic and medieval age. It was easy to feel romantic about it [...]
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Spirituality.
Dom Dominic Johner OSB on the Introit for the Third Sunday of Advent
December 8, 2008 by — 0 comments.
(View a high-resolution image of the square notation.) [audio:http://www.christusrex.org/www2/cantgreg/cantus/in_gaudete_in_domino_c_g_p.mp3] 1. Rejoice in the Lord again I say, rejoice: 2. let your modesty be known to all men: 3. for the Lord is nigh. Be nothing solicitous: 4. but in every thing, by prayer let your petitions be made known unto God. Ps. Thou hast blessed [...]
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Spirituality.
Dom Dominic Johner OSB on the Communion Antiphon for the Second Sunday of Advent
December 5, 2008 by — 0 comments.
(View a high-resolution image of the square notation.) [audio:http://www.christusrex.org/www2/cantgreg/cantus/co_ierusalem_surge.mp3] 1. Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand on high: 2. and behold the joy that cometh to thee from thy God. —Baruch 5:5; 4:36 Subdued joy, the quiet happiness of Advent, inspires this melody. It knows that the hopes of the soul are not in vain, that [...]
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Spirituality.
Dom Dominic Johner OSB on the Offertory Antiphon for the Second Sunday in Advent
December 4, 2008 by — 0 comments.
(View a high-resolution image of the square notation.) [audio:http://www.christusrex.org/www2/cantgreg/cantus/of_deus_tu_convertens.mp3] 1. O God, turning, thou wilt bring us life, 2. and thy people shall rejoice in thee: 3. show us, 0 Lord, thy mercy, 4. and grant us thy salvation. —Psalm 84(85):7-8 For a musician the change in the character of the melody at the beginning [...]
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Spirituality.
Dom Dominic Johner OSB on the Alleluia Verse for the Second Sunday in Advent
December 3, 2008 by — 0 comments.
(View a high-resolution image of the square notation.) [audio:http://www.christusrex.org/www2/cantgreg/cantus/al_laetatus_sum2.mp3] 1. I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: 2. We shall go into the house of the Lord. —Psalm 121(122):1 Allelúia with its two ascending fourths begins with an energetic swing, making one surmise that a greater development is to follow. In the [...]
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Spirituality.
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