Chant Workshop At Historic Mission San Buenaventura

Corpus Christi Watershed · June 11, 2013

The following information was sent to us, and should be of interest to our readers:

LEASE JOIN US for an entry level Chant workshop on Saturday July 13 from 9AM-12PM at the historic Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, CA. This workshop will be an introduction to Chant as part of the Mass, with the goal of helping Parishioners learn the basics of Gregorian Chant and increase their appreciation and participation. All are welcome, this workshop is useful for clergy and laity alike!

Curriculum will include:

Chant notation and solfege
Chant in English and Latin
Counting
Mass Ordinary
A capstone using the Pange Lingua

No charge for the workshop, materials will be provided!

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Thanks and hope to see you there!

Contact Carl Neimeyer [email]

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“Tonus Solemnior” • How old is it?

In the 1962 Missal, a section called “præfationes in tono solemniore” contains ornate melodies for the Preface. An article posted on the blog of the Church Music Association of America claims the tone comes from “the late 19th century” and said its elimination “is one of the very few good things which the post-Conciliar reform did for Gregorian chant.” The author said: “The Roman solemn preface tone is already beautiful enough, there was no need to give a more Romantic feel.”

Some have asked us whether the tonus solemnior comes from “the late 19th century.” It does not. Their author was wrong by at least 400 years. I have seen this tone in MSS from the 1400s—and it may go back even further. Here is an example from 1494AD. And here’s another from the 1400s. The FSSP priests use these tones on high feasts, and the effect is unforgettable.

—Jeff Ostrowski

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A short version of the INTROIT for the feast of the Epiphany has been added to the Saint René Goupil Gregorian Chant Website.

—Jeff Ostrowski

Confusing Feasts of Christmas

Whether one considers the Missale Vetustum or the post-conciliar calendar—or even the 1908 calendar—the feasts which follow Christmas are very confusing. Last year I created this comparison chart. I hope you find it helpful. As far as I can tell, my chart is the first effort to carefully detail the changes made to post-Christmas feasts (unless we also count the rather basic one by Lauren Pristas).

—Jeff Ostrowski

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