The Recovering Choir Director

Selected audio from the CMAA Colloquium Ordinary-form Mass, June 23, 2009

June 30, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 2 comments.

Below are ten MP3s of last Tuesday’s Ordinary-form Sung Mass celebrated by Fr. Jeffrey Keyes, CPPS. Other than the instances of Amen, Alleluia, and Hosanna, the entire Mass was sung in the English language.

Introit[1]

Introductory Rite; Penitential Rite; Opening Prayer[2]

Liturgy of the Word

Offertory[3]

Motet, Interlude

Orate fratres; Preface; Eucharistic Prayer I; Great Amen[4]

Lord’s Prayer; Agnus Dei; Domine, non [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized.
Tags: Church Music Association of America; CMAA Colloquium XIX (2009); Fr. Jeffrey Keyes CPPS; Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB; Roman Rite (Ordinary Form); Theodore Marier; William Mahrt.

A Simple Gradual for Mass (Lent B) / Un Graduale Simple Para la Misa (Cuaresma B)

April 1, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

For Spanish-speaking faithful who are (or will be) interested in Gregorian plainsong melodies to their language, Fr. Randy Soto has collaborated with Fr. Samuel F.Weber of the Institute of Sacred Music to produce this Simple Lenten Gradual of thirteen antiphons for Mass.  Download the PDF here.
The visual treatment of the elisions, which are very common [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized.
Tags: Fr. Randy Soto; Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB; Graduale Simplex; Institute of Sacred Music (St. Louis); Lent (Quadragesima); Simple Gradual; Spanish (Español); Vernacular Plainsong.

Two English-Latin sung Tenebrae resources

March 30, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 2 comments.

In the Roman Rite, Tenebrae — the “Office of Darkness” — combines Matins and Lauds of the Divine Office on Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday.[1]  While some parishes hold these liturgies, they are a distinct minority.  (I myself have never assisted at Tenebrae; I didn’t know such a thing existed until one of [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized.
Tags: Archdiocese of St. Louis; Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis; Divine Office; Easter Triduum; Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB; Good Friday; Gregorian Chant; Holy Saturday; Holy Thursday; Holy Week; Institute of Sacred Music (St. Louis); Jeffrey Tucker; Lent (Quadragesima); Roman Rite (Ordinary Form); Sacrosanctum Concilium; St. John Cantius (Chicago); Tenebrae; Vernacular Plainsong.

A Simple Gradual for Lent

March 19, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 1 comment.

Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB, who heads the Institute of Sacred Music in the Archdiocese of St. Louis, provides a Simple Gradual for Lent.  About this small collection, Jeffrey Tucker writes,
Fr. Samuel Weber has put together a small collection of Lent music for everyone that can be used for any occasion during Lent, whether entrance [...]

Filed under: Vernacular Plainsong.
Tags: Archdiocese of St. Louis; Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB; Graduale Simplex; Gregorian Chant; Institute of Sacred Music (St. Louis); Jeffrey Tucker; Simple Gradual; Vernacular Plainsong.

Kudos to Archbishop Raymond Burke

April 4, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

The Vatican II Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum Concilium says (my emphasis in boldfaced italics):
115. Great importance is to be attached to the teaching and practice of music in seminaries, in the novitiates and houses of study of religious of both sexes, and also in other Catholic institutions and schools. To impart this instruction, [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized.
Tags: Archbishop Raymond Burke; Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis; Fr. John Zuhlsdorf; Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB; Gregorian Chant; Music Education; Sacrosanctum Concilium; St. Louis Review.