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Indispensable & Accessible: Fr. Samuel F. Weber Propers in English

Richard J. Clark · October 16, 2020

N INDISPENSABLE resource and gift to the Church is the comprehensive work of Rev. Samuel F. Weber O. S. B. In 2014 Ignatius Press published his Proper of the Mass. More recently, he has published additional volumes including Propers for Weekdays, Proper and Common for the Saints, and for Christian Initiation:

• Volume II: Proper of the Mass – Entrance, Offertory, and Communion Antiphons for Weekdays of the Temporal Cycle • Click here to download 

• Volume III : Proper of the Mass – Entrance, Offertory, and Communion Antiphons for Proper Commons of Saints •  Click here to download. 

• Volume IV: Proper of the Mass – Entrance, Offertory, and Communion Antiphons for the Conferral of the Sacraments of Christian Initiation Click here to download. 

MORE ASTONISHING is that they are available for FREE at Fr. Weber’s website: Sacred Music US. There is so much on this website that it is perhaps overwhelming at first. It is a treasure-trove!

ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENTS

In addition, he offers organ accompaniments. Although handwritten, they are clear and easy to read. This offers an opportunity for those not as familiar with chant notation to access the abundance Fr. Weber has offered. You may download the complete organ accompaniments (2,502 pages!) here. 

These three volumes are especially useful for daily Mass. Often there are multiple options for each antiphon that range from Solemn to more simple, to a simple psalm tone. This too accommodates a range of abilities, rehearsal time, and preference. The antiphons possess sublime elegance that grace the Novus Ordo Mass with simple, yet proper reverence and solemnity. These are clearly rooted in the traditions of Gregorian Chant, as one will recognize myriad chant formulae.

While Fr. Weber’s work has become a staple at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and at St. John’s Seminary in Boston, this music is truly for every parish. He makes singing the propers at Mass easy to access both musically and financially.

While Fr. Weber is generous in offering free downloads, I find the hard volumes to be most useful and easier to navigate on a daily basis. Please support his extraordinary work!

Thank you, Fr. Weber!

 

Opinions by blog authors do not necessarily represent the views of Corpus Christi Watershed.

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Graduale Romanum Roman Gradual Propers, Propers Ignatius Press by Fr Samuel Weber Last Updated: May 26, 2021

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About Richard J. Clark

Richard J. Clark is the Director of Music of the Archdiocese of Boston and the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.—(Read full biography).

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23 May 2022 • FEEDBACK

From a reader: “I wasn’t looking for it. But, I stumbled across your hand-dandy arrangement of Pachelbel’s Canon. Jeff, this is the greatest thing since sliced bread! I had to play a wedding on Saturday. The bride requested the Canon. There were 11 bridesmaids! The organ loft is a football field away from the communion rail. It’s so difficult to play and keep checking the mirror. Your arrangement is absolutely genius. One can skip and choose which variations to use. The chord names are handy so that when my eyes are off the music, I always know where I am at. A thousand times thank you for sharing this arrangement!”

—Jeff Ostrowski
19 May 2022 • “Trochee Trouble”

I’m still trying to decide how to visually present the “pure” Editio Vaticana scores, using what is (technically) the official rhythm of the Church. You can download my latest attempt, for this coming Sunday. Notice the “trochee trouble” as well as the old issue of neumes before the quilisma.

—Jeff Ostrowski
16 May 2022 • Harmonized Chant?

This year’s upcoming Sacred Music Symposium will demonstrate several ways to sing the CREDO at Mass. This is because—for many parishes—to sing a full-length polyphonic CREDO by Victoria or Palestrina is out of the question. Therefore, we show options that are halfway between plainsong and polyphony. You can hear my choir rehearsing a section that sounds like harmonized plainsong.

—Jeff Ostrowski

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Impelled by the weightiest of reasons, we are fully determined to restore Latin to its position of honor, and to do all We can to promote its study and use. The employment of Latin has recently been contested in many quarters, and many are asking what the mind of the Apostolic See is in this matter. We have therefore decided to issue the timely directives contained in this document, so as to ensure that the ancient and uninterrupted use of Latin be maintained and, where necessary, restored.”

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