Tag: “Music Education” (35 posts)
A case study in copywriting emulation
April 30, 2009 by — 4 comments.
Gregor Kollmorgen at New Liturgical Movement has alerted readers there of beginners’ Gregorian chant lessons that will take place this summer at the Institute of Christ the King’s St. Francis de Sales Oratory in South St. Louis. Upon reading their announcement, I couldn’t help but notice the similarities between its wording and an earlier announcement [...]
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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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Chanttracks.com – Chants of the Gregorian Missal for Sundays
February 6, 2009 by — 0 comments.
Matthew Curtis has made available for paid MP3 download the entire list of proper chants as found in the Gregorian Missal for Sundays and the CMAA’s Communio collection of proper Communion chants. You may purchase selected Sundays for $2.99, or the entire collection for $49. Based on the samples in the store, these promise to [...]
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Epistle and Gospel chants in MP3 and PDF format
February 3, 2009 by — 0 comments.
The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter’s Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary is recording the Epistles and Gospels chanted to their respective melodic formulas; they have also provided PDF scores of these readings for printing and study. Listen and look at what they have posted thus far; this project should be complete by the end of [...]
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Program notes for music selected for the March for Life bus trip
January 28, 2009 by — 2 comments.
Below are some program notes for the Gregorian chant compilation CD I put together for our parish’s March for Life bus trip last week–you know, the event (what event?) you only hear about in the blogosphere (what blogosphere?). All errors are my own. The full program is downloadable in PDF format after the jump.
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Update on Gregorian Chant lessons at St. Matthew’s, Dix Hills
October 23, 2008 by — 1 comment.
The last two Wednesdays have seen the class grow from four to almost twenty willing participants. In these first four weeks students have learned all of the responses of the Mass, Mass XVII (Sundays in Advent and Lent), and the simple setting of Alma Redemptoris Mater (seasonal Marian antiphon from Advent I to the Purification/Candlemas). [...]
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On chanting by heart, from the heart
October 6, 2008 by — 0 comments.
Starting last week, I started to memorize two of the simpler Gregorian Chant propers for the upcoming Sundays; namely the Introit and Communion antiphons. The motive was to so as to better internalize the melody, text and meaning of each. It makes a huge difference. From my brief experience, it liberates the chant from the [...]
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Weekly Gregorian Chant lessons start tonight!
October 1, 2008 by — 2 comments.
At 7:30 PM in the chapel of St. Matthew’s Parish in Dix Hills. Go here for details. Additionally, there may be copies of The Parish Book of Chant available for purchase at this inaugural lesson.
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Update on Gregorian Chant lessons at St. Matthew’s, Dix Hills
September 25, 2008 by — 0 comments.
Lessons will begin on Wednesday, October 1 in the Chapel of St. Matthew’s Parish, from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM. See this page (updated) for more details and a FAQ list.
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“The Liturgical Music Quiz”
September 22, 2008 by — 1 comment.
The Catholic Way, a website new to me, offers this quiz written by Bill Dobbs on the history of liturgical music (with particular emphasis on the Roman Catholic Church), in a “find your fate” format. While those well-versed in the history of liturgical music should find this quiz a cinch (I found it very easy), [...]
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