The Recovering Choir Director

R.I.P. Joyce Linton

January 13, 2010 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 1 comment.

Thanks to Art Bryan Manabat, a member of the schola I used to lead at the Saturday afternoon Extraordinary-Form Masses at Holy Innocents Church in midtown Manhattan, for bringing to my attention the death of one of our ad-hoc choristers, Joyce Linton, the “lady with the voice”. Her funeral Mass, celebrated as an Extraordinary-Form missa [...]

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Tags: Art Bryan Manabat; Funerals; Holy Innocents Church (New York City); New York City; Roman Rite (Extraordinary Form; Usus Antiquior).

SMTV Vol. I, No. 11.1 – Requiem Mass for Four Voices: Introit and Kyrie (Anerio)

November 7, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 1 comment.

(This entry is part 14 in the series “Sacred Music Television, Vol. I.”)

Réquiem aetérnam dona eis, Dómine,
et lux perpétua lúceat eis.
Te decet hymnus Deus, in Sion,
et tibi reddétur votum in Ierúsalem.
Réquiem aetérnam…
Kýrie eléison. (iij)
Christe eléison. (iij)
Kýrie eléison. (iij)
Eternal rest grant them, O Lord,
and may perpetual light shine upon them.
A hymn becometh thee, O God, in [...]

Filed under: Recordings; Videos.
Tags: Bach Collegium San Diego; Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone; California; Funerals; Giovanni Francesco Anerio; Ruben Valenzuela; Sacred polyphony; San Diego; Solemn High Mass (Missa Solemnis); YouTube.

“Australians making odd choices for funeral songs”

July 3, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

RC from Catholic Light – another blogger I was able to meet at Colloquium XVIII – brings attention to this story about alius cantus aptus taken to its dubious extreme in Australia. One would trust/hope/pray most of the music selections would not be considered for a proper Catholic funeral – AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell”, anyone?
“Some [...]

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Tags: Funerals; Humor.

“A Week of Musical Heaven in Chicago”

July 2, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

(This entry is part 6 in the series “CMAA Colloquium XVIII (2008).”)

Catholic blogging pioneer Fr. Rob Johansen (Thrown Back), with whom I had the pleasure of dining and conversing at Colloquium XVIII, has posted a multimedia presentation (pictures, audio and his own commentary) of the Requiem Mass that he celebrated in Loyola University’s Madonna della [...]

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Tags: Church Music Association of America; CMAA Colloquium XVIII (2008); Fr. Rob Johansen; Funerals; Gregorian Chant; Loyola University; Roman Rite (Ordinary Form); Sacred polyphony.

Mass for the Dead

July 16, 2005 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 13 comments.

Music for 9:30 AM Funeral Mass of Louise Oriani, Our Holy Redeemer Church, Freeport, N.Y.
Introit3: Requiem aeternam (Chant, Mode VI) [ gif | mp3 ]
Sign of the Cross1: spoken, English
Greeting1: spoken, English
Kyrie2: Missa pro defunctis
Collect/Opening Prayer1: spoken, English
First Reading3: spoken
Verbum Domini dialogue3: spoken, English
Gradual3: Requiem aeternam (in TTB falsobordone)
Tract3: Absolve, Domine (in TTB falsobordone)
Sequence: Dies [...]

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Tags: Freeport (New York); Funerals; Louise Oriani; Roman Rite (Ordinary Form).

Mass for the Dead

December 11, 2004 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

Music for Funeral Mass of Ernest Oriani, Our Holy Redeemer Church, Freeport, N.Y.
Introit: Requiem aeternam (Gregorian chant)
Kyrie: Missa pro defunctis
Collect/Opening Prayer: chanted, English
Epistle: spoken, English
Verbum Domini dialogue: spoken, English
Gradual: Requiem aeternam (recto tono)
Tract: Absolve, Domine (recto tono)
Sequence: Dies irae (Gregorian chant)
Gospel Reading: spoken, English
Verbum Domini dialogue: spoken, English
General Intercessions: “Hear our prayer”, spoken
Offertory: Domine Jesu [...]

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Tags: Ernest Oriani; Freeport (New York); Funerals; Roman Rite (Ordinary Form).