Tag: “Roman Gradual” (27 posts)

Proper chants for the Ordinary-Form Confirmation Mass

December 15, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra3 comments.

Today for the first time ever, I was asked to provide input on music for a Confirmation Mass. This particular Mass is to be held at St. Ignatius on May 8, 2010. Not knowing if there was music specifically for this Mass, I referred to the 1974 Graduale Romanum. Sure enough, on page 644 one [...]

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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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English-language polyphonic Offertories by Richard Rice

September 17, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra1 comment.

Earlier today, Richard Rice released six Offertory settings on the MusicaSacra Forum: Not exactly new, just the latest sifting through the archives, which gave me a chance to rework these ten year old English Offertory settings. They are all SATB a cappella, strictly common practice, in the Tudor English Anthem vein (to the best of [...]

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SMTV Vol. II, No. 9.1 – Veritas Mea (Dufay)

September 4, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

Véritas mea et misericórdia mea cum ipso: et in nómine meo exaltábitur cornu eius. My truth and My mercy shall be with him: and in My Name shall his horn be exalted. Scripture: Psalm 88(89):25 Liturgical Function: Offertory Ordinary Form: Common of a Martyr outside Paschal Time[1] Extraordinary Form: Common of a Bishop Martyr[2] Composer: [...]

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Fr. Pierre Paul — a “humble visionary… of great courage with an eye to the future of sacred music”

August 10, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

Jeffrey Tucker spoke to Fr. Pierre Paul, maestro di cappella at St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, about the steps Fr. Paul has taken to realize the vision for liturgical music as outlined in the Church’s liturgical legislation and traditions. A summary of the conversation may be found on NLM. Some excerpts are below (emphases, comments, [...]

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Thomas Day on Archbishop Rembert Weakland OSB

May 12, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra3 comments.

Since the media has seen fit to place former Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland in the news, I thought it would be useful for some to get another angle on his background.  I first encountered his name in 2002 when reading Thomas Day’s 1990 book Why Catholics Can’t Sing: The Culture of Catholicism and the Triumph [...]

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Style wars, the competent musician, and truly market-driven worship

April 29, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra4 comments.

Jeffrey Herbert at The Authentic Update has been following the discussion at the Gotta Sing Gotta Pray blog post highlighted yesterday on this site, and has commented on it at length (reproduced below with links, footnotes, comments, and emphases): A commenter asked the following question after listening to several clips from the latest settings of [...]

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“In aeternum cantabo”

April 24, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

Fr. Mark Daniel Kirby, who blogs at Vultus Christi, offers what he calls a “modest contribution” to the discussion on New Liturgical Movement (and by extension the MusicaSacra Forum and this blog post) surrounding the question “Can Hymns Licitly Replace Propers?” In fact, the contribution ends up being much more valuable than how he describes [...]

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Gloria XI, in segmented MP3 files

April 23, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra0 comments.

Following up on the Credo I segmented MP3s, I have made available phrase-by-phrase segments of Gloria XI, the melody that the Roman Church proposes for Sundays in Ordinary Time (Ordinary Form) and Post-Pentecost (Extraordinary Form). When parishes employ a Gregorian chant setting of the Gloria, almost invariably it is the Gloria VIII “de Angelis”.  While [...]

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Credo I, in segmented mp3 files

April 18, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra5 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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