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Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”

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Views from the Choir Loft

Will I Be Meeting You in Late June?

Dr. Lucas Tappan · May 9, 2024

N LATE JUNE, I will be joining my fellow Corpus Christi Watershed contributor, Dr. Charles Weaver, as a faculty member for the CMAA COLLOQUIUM being held at the University of Illinois. Dr. Weaver is a full professor at the Juilliard school of music (considered by some as North America’s preëminent conservatory). I’m pleased to be teaching a class called Fundamentals for Men and Women, a Gregorian chant course intended for real chant beginners—both those who can read modern notation and those with no musical training. In the past, both Dr. Weaver and I have served as faculty for the CCW Symposium, but I’ve not yet had the pleasure of meeting him in person. (Needless to say, I’ve noted assiduously his articles on Views from the Choir Loft.)

CMAA Summer • The CMAA (Church Music Association of America) has released their upcoming “in-person” events for 2024. The Saint John Newman Center in Champaign, Illinois, will host the Colloquium this summer. Their newly-renovated chapel is lovely, as evidenced by the photos of some of the aspects of the renovation. I encourage you to check out the events I’ve assembled below.

CMAA Summer Courses
June 18-22, 2024 (Champaign, IL)

Their Summer Courses will have three options this year.

  • Chant Intensive, to be taught by Jeffrey Morse, of St. Joan of Arc Parish in Phoenix, AZ.
  • Vocal Intensive, to be taught by Dr. MeeAe Cecilia Nam, of Eastern Michigan University
  • Organ Improvisation, to be taught by Dr. Horst Buchholz, Director of Music, Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Diocese of Detroit

For the Vocal Intensive course, we will be limiting attendance to no more than 15 registrants. For the Organ Improvisation, we can accept no more than 5 registrants. The three courses will share breaks and meals, as well as working toward the culmination of the courses with a closing Mass in the lovely chapel. Chant Intensive students will prepare the Mass Ordinary and Proper Chants; Vocal Intensive will prepare polyphonic pieces; Organ Improvisation will prepare the prelude, postlude and any other Mass improvisation needed for the liturgy. Get all the details of the courses at this URL, as well as access to registration

CMAA Colloquium
June 24-29, 2024 (Champaign, IL)

Our 34th Annual Sacred Music Colloquium will feature the following plenary speakers for 2024:

  • Bishop Earl K. Fernandes, Bishop of Columbus, OH
  • Gregory DiPippo, Managing Editor, New Liturgical Movement
  • Dr. William P. Mahrt, Editor, Sacred Music, President of CMAA

Join the CMAA for a wonderful six days of learning, singing, praying and laughing together as we work on chant and polyphony with an outstanding faculty. Dormitory housing and meals will be on-site at the Newman Center facilities, as well as all sessions. This may be the most convenient of all our Colloquium locations to date! The repertory will include chanted Mass Ordinaries, Propers, and office hymns, as well as a variety of polyphonic works, including the Duruflé Requiem when we pray for all deceased CMAA Members. With liturgies in the Novus Ordo (in English, Spanish, and Latin), as well as the Usus antiquior, experience the full range of the Roman Rite with reverence and the best we can offer in worship of God. For all the details about the schedule, faculty, registration and housing, visit the website for the CMAA Colloquium.

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

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About Dr. Lucas Tappan

Dr. Lucas Tappan is a conductor and organist whose specialty is working with children. He lives in Kansas with his wife and four children.—(Read full biography).

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President’s Corner

    “Music List” • 17th in Ordinary Time (Year C)
    Some have expressed interest in perusing the ORDER OF MUSIC I prepared for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (27 July 2025). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. As always, the Responsorial Psalm, Gospel Acclamation, and Mass Propers for this Sunday are conveniently stored at the the feasts website.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Communion • “Ask & You Shall Receive”
    All of the chants for 27 July 2025 have been added to the feasts website, as usual under a convenient “drop down” menu. The COMMUNION ANTIPHON (both text and melody) are exceedingly beautiful and ancient.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Jeff’s Mother Joins Our Fundraiser
    To assist our fundraiser, Mrs. Kathleen Ostrowski has drawn several beautiful sketches which she offers to all our readers free of charge. If you have a moment, I invite you download them at this link.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Pope Pius XII Hymnal?
    Have you ever heard of the Pope Pius XII Hymnal? It’s a real book, published in the United States in 1959. Here’s a sample page so you can verify with your own eyes it existed.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    “Hybrid” Chant Notation?
    Over the years, many have tried to ‘simplify’ plainsong notation. The O’Fallon Propers attempted to simplify the notation—but ended up making matters worse. Dr. Karl Weinmann tried to do the same in the time of Pope Saint Pius X by replacing each porrectus. You can examine a specimen from his edition and see whether you agree he complicated matters. In particular, look at what he did with éxsules fílii Hévae.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    Antiphons Don’t Match?
    A reader wants to know why the Entrance and Communion antiphons in certain publications deviate from what’s prescribed by the GRADUALE ROMANUM published after Vatican II. Click here to read our answer. The short answer is: the Adalbert Propers were never intended to be sung. They were intended for private Masses only (or Masses without music). The “Graduale Parvum,” published by the John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music in 2023, mostly uses the Adalbert Propers—but sometimes uses the GRADUALE text: e.g. Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June).
    —Corpus Christi Watershed

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The effectiveness of liturgy does not lie in experimenting with rites and altering them over and over, nor in a continuous reductionism, but solely in entering more deeply into the word of God and the mystery being celebrated. It is the presence of these two that authenticates the Church’s rites, not what some priest decides, indulging his own preferences.

— Liturgicae Instaurationes (1970)

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