Tag: “Palestrina” (11 posts)
Gregorian chant and polyphony from the CMAA Pilgrimage to the National Shrine
September 27, 2009 by — 21 comments.
Below are the chant and polyphony files from yesterday evening’s Solemn High Mass according to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, celebrated in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. at the conclusion of the CMAA Fall [...]
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Chant, polyphonic propers, and motets for a Nuptial Mass (Ordinary Form)
September 11, 2009 by — 0 comments.
This question was posed to me by a bridegroom-to-be[1]:
I was wondering if you had any suggestions for what to use for a Gradual during a nuptial mass [Ordinary Form]. Oh, and any motets? Motets would be good too.
Firstly, here are the options for chanted propers for the Ordinary Form Nuptial Mass((Source: Graduale Romanum (Solesmes, 1974) [...]
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SMTV Vol. II, No. 7.1 – Tu es Petrus (Palestrina)
July 3, 2009 by — 3 comments.
Tu es Petrus
et super hanc petram aedificábo ecclésiam meam
et portae ínferi non praevalébunt advérsus eam.
Et tibi dabo claves regni caelórum.
Quodcúmque ligáveris super terram erit ligátum et in coelis,
et quodcúmque sólveris super terram erit solútum et in coelis.
Et tibi dabo…
Thou art Peter
and upon this rock I shall build my church
and the gates of hell shall not [...]
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Choral music list for Pontifical High Mass, Sacred Heart, NYC
June 20, 2009 by — 1 comment.
Here is the list of choral music presented during last night’s Pontifical High Mass, celebrated at St. Jean Baptiste Catholic Church in Manhattan—Bishop Fernando Arêas Rifan, celebrant and homilist.
Introit: Cogitatiónes Córdis éjus (Gregorian chant, mode V)
Kyrie: Missa Pange Língua (Josquin Des Prez)
Gloria: Missa Pange Língua (Josquin Des Prez)
Gradual: Dúlcis et réctus Dóminus (Gregorian chant, mode [...]
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Update on music for the Installation Mass of Archbishop Vincent Nichols (with links to selected scores)
May 14, 2009 by — 0 comments.
From the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster via NLM (links and emphases added):
James MacMillan has been commissioned to write two pieces: one for choir, organ, brass and timps, the other for choir a cappella. Both are settings of texts from the pre-reformation rite of reception and installation of an Archbishop of Canterbury.
Other music will [...]
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My observations on the music of the Installation Mass of Archbishop Dolan
April 16, 2009 by — 3 comments.
On NLM, Jeffrey Tucker and numerous commenters have shared thoughts on yesterday’s Installation Mass of Timothy M. Dolan as Archbishop of New York. I watched the liturgy online as it was unfolding, and provided live commentary on Plurk and in Fr. Zuhlsdorf’s UStream.TV chat room. (If you go to the chat room, you will find [...]
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Ordo musicae in Dominica Resurrectionis
April 12, 2009 by — 0 comments.
St. Peter’s Church, Merchantville, NJ
Easter Sunday
Mass in the Traditional Roman Rite
Vidi aquam: chant
Propers: from the Graduale Romanum
Kyrie: from Mass I (Lux et origo)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus: Thomas Tallis Mass for Four Voices (for ATTB)
Communion motet: Palestrina: Sicut cervus
On the organ:
J.S. Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden (prelude)
Two improvisations on the Victimae paschali laudes (at the procession, and [...]
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SMTV Vol. II, No. 1.4 – Alma Redemptoris Mater (Palestrina)
January 23, 2009 by — 0 comments.
(This entry is part 8 in the series “Sacred Music Television, Vol. II.”)
Alma Redémptoris Mater, quae pérvia caeli
Porta manes, et stella maris, súccurre cadénti,
Súrgere qui curat, pópulo: tu quae genuísti,
Nátura miránte, tuum sanctum Genitórem
Virgo prius ac postérius, Gabriélis ab ore
Sumens illud Ave, peccatórum miserére.
Loving Mother of our Savior, hear thou thy people’s cry
Star of the [...]
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Juventutem 2008 CD now available on CafePress
December 22, 2008 by — 0 comments.
Just in time for the gift-giving holiday of…Epiphany, members of Juventutem Australia have just issued a CD of selected Gregorian chants, motets, and organ pieces that were employed during last summer’s World Youth Day and affiliated events leading up to it. At the time of this post, it is priced at $18.99 USD on CafePress.
The [...]
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Personal Juventutem, WYD and Australia 2008 highlights
August 1, 2008 by — 0 comments.
Now that I’ve had time to digest the experience, here’s an incomplete list of sacred and secular noteworthies from The Land Down Under, in no particular order other than perhaps chronological:
Getting used to the winter sun rising in the Northeast
Meeting paternal and maternal relatives who settled in the Melbourne area, including a nephew who would [...]
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