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¡Anuncio! • “Nuevo Himnario en Español”

Veronica Moreno · April 22, 2024

M Lo que sigue es la traducción
M al español del reciente anuncio
M de Jeff Ostrowski.

ACE DIEZ AÑOS, hicimos un anuncio. Declaramos al público que empezaríamos a trabajar en un himnario en Español. Desde ese día, mucha gente nos ha preguntado de ese proyecto. Han preguntado si ha sido abandonado. Hoy hago otro anuncio: nuestro proyecto nunca fue abandonado. Lentamente, hemos estado recopilando libros y recursos de todo el mundo. Creemos que hay una urgencia para crear un himnario tradicional en Español para el pueblo Católico.*

Buscamos Voluntarios • Por ahora, estamos pidiendo ayuda de personas que hablan Español como lengua materna. Vamos a crear un grupo especial de voluntarios—“CŒTUS” en Latín – que podrán oír todas las canciones en avance. Nuestro proceso de revisión es muy simple: (a) mandamos himnos propuestos al equipo; (b) si un gran número de participantes señalan una “cuestión” o algún “problema” o un “desacuerdo”, regresamos el himno a nuestro equipo de expertos—incluyendo algunos que trabajan en el Vaticano. Si le interesa ayudarnos, por favor escriba a:

M jeff@ccwatershed.org

Un Ejemplo en Español • He aquí un ejemplo de nuestro arreglo musical de Ad Regias Agni Dapes (un himno antiguo apropiado para el Tiempo de Pascua o para el Santíssimo):

Free rehearsal videos for each individual voice await you at #33013.

¡Basta Con Lo Cursi! • Un sacerdote nos dijo: “A los católicos hispanos en nuestras parroquias les dan las sobras y basura – pero merecen lo mismo que reciben todos los demás.” No creemos que la música liturgica de la Misa tiene que ser “cursi” o “secular” o “Poco-Sagrado” o “sin dignidad.” Por ejemplo, no hay razón que no se pueda traducir este himno, Ad Regias Agni Dapes al español. Lo cantamos el domingo pasado con un coro 100% voluntario que dirijo:

To access this hymn’s media in the Brébeuf Portal, click here.

¡No Es Ciencia Espacial! • Ya que sus feligreses hayan aprendido una melodía excelente – al seguir las técnicas de (melodías compartidas) hechas famosas por el Brébeuf Hymnal—la misma melodía puede ser usada por otros textos. A continuación, se muestra otro ejemplo (del domingo pasado) interpretado por el coro 100% voluntario que tengo el privilegio de dirigir. Una de las cosas que repito constantemente en este curso en video es la idea de que los directores de coro deben ser conscientes que se esfuercen por evitar la monotonía. Con ese fin, es posible notar que agrego pequeñas “improvisaciones de órgano” entre los versos:

To access this hymn’s media in the Brébeuf Portal, click here.

Título del Himnario • Todavía no hemos escogido un título para nuestra colección. Estamos considerando algo como: Himnario De La Santa Fe.

* Muchos tenían grandes expectativas para un himnario en español publicado por GIA Publications llamado ORAMOS CANTANDO. (Quizás no debimos haber tenido tantas esperanzas, porque GIA Publications es propiedad y está operado por una familia que no es cristiana.) En resumen, ORAMOS CANTANDO fue una gran decepción. Básicamente, tomaron un montón de canciones de Broadway de los años 80 con temas de “mariposas” y “reuniones” y las tradujeron al español. Una cantidad desproporcionada de las traducciones fue realizada por una sola persona. Además, muchas canciones incluidas en ORAMOS CANTANDO tienen letras escritas por hombres notoriamente abusivos, incluido uno acusado por más de 44 mujeres de horribles crímenes sexuales desde 1979.

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About Veronica Moreno

Veronica Moreno is married to a teacher and homeschools five children. She has been cantor at her local Catholic parish for over a decade.—(Read full biography).

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President’s Corner

    PDF • “O Come All Ye Faithful” (Simplified)
    I admire the harmonization of “Adeste Fideles” by David Willcocks (d. 2015), who served as director of the Royal College of Music (London, England). In 2025, I was challenged to create a simplified arrangement for organists incapable of playing the authentic version at tempo. The result was this simplified keyboard arrangement (PDF download) based on the David Willcocks version of “O Come All Ye Faithful.” Feel free to play through it and let me know what you think.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF • “Music List” (Sunday, 28 December)
    Readers have expressed interest in perusing the ORDER OF MUSIC I’ve prepared for Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, & Joseph (28 Dec. 2025). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. The FAUXBOURDON verses for the Communion Antiphon are particularly gorgeous. As always, the Responsorial Psalm, Gospel Acclamation, and Mass Propers for this Sunday are available at the feasts website alongside the official texts in Latin.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF • “Music List” (Xmas Midnight Mass)
    Readers have expressed interest in perusing the ORDER OF MUSIC I’ve prepared for Christmas Midnight Mass (“Ad Missam In Nocte”). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. The ENTRANCE CHANT is simple, but quite beautiful. As always, the Responsorial Psalm, Gospel Acclamation, and Mass Propers for this Sunday are available at the feasts website alongside the official texts in Latin.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    PDF Download • “In Paradisum” in English
    We always sing the IN PARADISUM in Latin, as printed on this PDF score. I have an appallingly bad memory (meaning I’d be a horrible witness in court). In any event, it’s been brought to my attention that 15 years ago I created this organ accompaniment for the famous and beautiful ‘IN PARADISUM’ Gregorian chant sung in English according to ‘MR3’ (Roman Missal, Third Edition). If anyone desires such a thing, feel free to download and print. Looking back, I wish I’d brought the TENOR and BASS voices into a unison (on B-Natural) for the word “welcome” on the second line.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    What does this mean? “Pre-Urbanite”
    Something informed critics have frequently praised vis-à-vis the Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal is its careful treatment of the ancient hymns vs. the “Urbanite” hymns. This topic I had believed to be fairly well understood—but I was wrong. The reason I thought people knew about it is simple; in the EDITIO VATICANA 1908 Graduale Romanum (as well as the 1913 Liber Antiphonarius) both versions are provided, right next to each other. You can see what I mean by examining this PDF file from the Roman Gradual of 1908. Most people still don’t understand that the Urbanite versions were never adopted by any priests or monks who sang the Divine Office each day. Switching would have required a massive amount of effort and money, because all the books would need to be changed.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “Santo Santo Santo”
    Those searching for a dignified, brief, simple, bright setting of SANCTUS in Spanish (“Santo Santo Santo”) are invited to download this Setting in honor of Saint John Brébeuf (organist & vocalist). I wonder if there would be any interest in me recording a rehearsal video for this piece.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

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