Tag: “Responsorial Psalms” (11 posts)

The Propers of the Mass: The Word of God Singing To Us, With Us, Through Us

December 2, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra9 comments.

(NB: This is a working draft of an article that may or may not appear elsewhere. Comments and constructive criticism encouraged.) In a 2006 letter, Bishop Robert C. Morlino of Madison, Wisconsin reminded us of the Second Vatican Council’s clear teaching about where the presence of Christ occurs during the Mass: [T]he most sacramentally intense [...]

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Subscribe to Year C responsorial psalms (now until November 22)

September 21, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

I will be distributing my collection of Year C responsorial psalms for the Ordinary form of the Mass via e-mail starting in November. If you would like to receive these in your inbox, please subscribe to the list below. Access is not limited to church musicians; any and all should feel free to subscribe. To [...]

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Responsorial Psalms for Sundays (Year B) until Christ the King

May 1, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

The following Responsorial Psalm settings are now available in the Original Compositions section of this website: Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary [...]

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Five more Responsorial Psalms to Gregorian chant melodies

April 27, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

Five additional Responsorial Psalm settings are now available in the Original Compositions section of this website: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Like the other settings [...]

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“Save money. Save the liturgy. Save the world.”

April 20, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

Brian Michael Page at Christus Vincit: The Blog recently recorded an audio promo for the St. Noel Chabanel Responsorial Psalm Project. The Chabanel Responsorial Psalm Project Promo (download mp3): [audio:http://lalemantpolyphonic.org/catholic_responsorial_psalms/miscellaneous/commercial_chabanel.mp3] Below is a transcript of the audio, posted without commentary (but with added links): Are you sick and tired of spending parish money on responsorial [...]

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On needless repetition in the Ordinary Form Mass

April 16, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra2 comments.

Earlier this year on the MusicaSacra Forum, “Pes” makes a few observations about needless repetitions in the Roman Rite. Some background: while repetitive elements such as the second Confiteor had already been omitted from the missal in the 1962 revision, other elements were subject to the pruning shears of the Consilium headed by Archbishop Bugnini, [...]

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More Responsorial Psalms to Gregorian chant melodies

April 7, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

More Responsorial Psalm settings are available in the Original Compositions section of this website: Most Holy Trinity, Year B Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Year B Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Year B Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year [...]

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A sung illustration of the Chabanel Psalms

March 18, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra2 comments.

Jeff Ostrowski — who may be as indefatigable as Jeff Tucker in advancing the cause of authentic liturgical music — has put together a sung illustration of what one of his endeavors, the St. Noel Chabanel Psalm Project, can offer to the parishes throughout the United States regarding the Responsorial Psalms found in the Lectionary. His [...]

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Eastertide (Year B) responsorial psalms set to Gregorian chant melodies

February 24, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

Following up on the Easter Vigil responsorial psalms set to Gregorian chant is this collection of Eastertide Responsorial Psalms set to Gregorian chant melodies. While advertised as Year B, many of these Responsorial Psalms are also for Years A and C (such as Easter Sunday, Divine Mercy Sunday, Ascension, Pentecost Vigil and Sunday). These Psalms [...]

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Easter Vigil responsorial psalms set to Gregorian chant melodies

February 22, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra3 comments.

Hopefully these are posted in time for someone to consider using them. Like the interlectionary chants in the Graduale Romanum, all of these are in Mode VIII. The melodies are adaptations of those commonly found in the antiphons of the Divine Office, and the psalm tones for the verses (8G or 8c) are fully notated [...]

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