PDF Download • Organ Accompaniment for “Audi Benigne Conditor” (Vespers Hymn for Lent)
Finding the “perfect” accompaniment for hymns can be challenging. Here is my attempt.
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.”
Finding the “perfect” accompaniment for hymns can be challenging. Here is my attempt.
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Veronica Brandt has posted a beautiful antiphon reputed to keep the plague away; updated to correct a semitone variance in the first copy she made • The Cantuale Romano-Seraphicum from 1951 is mentioned • Free download of “Stella Caeli” along with the Litany of Our Lady+
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An extremely rare hymnal compiled by the Most Rev’d Joseph Schrembs, Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio.
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There’s something comforting about the Brébeuf hymnal translations, since they were created by Catholic priests.
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I followed the “Brébeuf hymnal method,” in which every verse is written out…
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You can compare my accompaniment to that of Achille P. Bragers.
Download this PDF score—free to all—and sing during Advent!
“One of the challenges of a small choir is having enough singers to pull off any kind of polyphony. ” —Andrea Leal
Including a “preview” of the forthcoming Brébeuf Hymnal SATB Choral Supplement.
“Dazzlingly luscious” is probably best way to describe this Mass.
We have completed part 1. When part 2 is finished, we’ll release that, as well.
This is part 1 of 3 — and the other parts will be released soon.
This may look simple on paper, but it sounds *incredible* when sung by a full choir. Guerrero rocks!
With permission from the CDF, the nuptial blessing at a sung EF Mass may be chanted according to this melody.
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