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Search Results for: simple english propers

Is It Time To Stop Singing The Propers?

Dr. Alfred Calabrese · January 19, 2020

I know how difficult it can be to introduce chant to a Novus Ordo parish.

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 21, 2020

New Collection of Propers from GIA

Fr. David Friel · October 2, 2016

The growing market for Mass propers is a sign of promise.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Alius Cantus Aptus, Authentic Liturgical Renewal Reform, CanticaNOVA Publications, Hymns Replacing Propers, Proper of the Mass in English, Propers, Roman Missal Third Edition, Simple English Mass Propers, Singing the Mass Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Essential Resources • Psalm Tones for Mass Propers

Jeff Ostrowski · June 15, 2016

“The singing of the Communion Antiphon alone, which sufficed at sung Mass when Holy Communion was not given, is insufficient under the new conditions…” —Solesmes (1957)

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Mass Propers • Fascinating Articles From 1924

Jeff Ostrowski · April 5, 2016

Editors of “The Tablet” felt these essays were horrendous!

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

OFFERTORY: Chant Propers in Three Parts for Sundays & Feasts

Fr. David Friel · June 14, 2015

Exciting New Collection of Simple English Propers!

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Polyphony For Three Voices, Proper of the Mass in English, Simple English Mass Propers, Simple Steps To Improve Parish Music, Singing the Mass Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(4 of 7)

Dr. Lucas Tappan · February 24, 2015

This year one, a seminarian from our parish is being ordained. He requested that we sing the Propers for his first Mass.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Hilgartner 20 November 2012, Hymns Replacing Propers Last Updated: October 15, 2022

Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(3 of 7)

Andrew Leung · February 21, 2015

When the GIRM says “four options”, they really mean four preferences…

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Hilgartner 20 November 2012, Hymns Replacing Propers Last Updated: October 15, 2022

PDF Download: Father Charles Dreisoerner’s “Graduale Romanum” In English (202 pages)

Guest Author · December 22, 2014

Did you know the entire Roman Gradual was set to English texts in 1984?

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Chants for the Church Year, Deacon Patrick Cunningham, Graduale Romanum Roman Gradual Propers Last Updated: August 17, 2024

Review: An English Gradual (Belmont Abbey, 2013)

Jeff Ostrowski · December 10, 2014

For myself, I prefer the liturgy entirely in Latin or entirely in the vernacular. Others will disagree.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Graduale Romanum Roman Gradual Propers Last Updated: January 1, 2020

New Propers Collection By Lawrence M. Rutherford

Jeff Ostrowski · November 19, 2014

“English Psalm-Tone Propers for the Ordinary Form of the Mass” is now available in print!

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Graduale Romanum Roman Gradual Propers, Simple English Mass Propers, Sung Vs Spoken Propers Novus Ordo Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Mass Propers In English

Jeff Ostrowski · August 11, 2014

Roosevelt was President while paralyzed. Churchill gave speeches but couldn’t pronounce “S” correctly. Surely, then, we can implement the Mass Propers with these 11 collections! • the Graduale Romanum has been set in English by many composers; here are some collections with audio samples+

Filed Under: Articles, Featured Tagged With: Graduale Romanum Roman Gradual Propers, Hymns Replacing Propers, Sung Vs Spoken Propers Novus Ordo Last Updated: November 24, 2020

Inaccurate Statements About Translations Of The Mass Propers (A Pet Peeve)

Jeff Ostrowski · July 18, 2014

The quickest way to make this clear to a skeptical priest or liturgist is to request that they bring you some Offertory antiphons from MR3. (They don’t exist!)

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Graduale Romanum Roman Gradual Propers, ICEL New Translation of the Roman Missal, Roman Missal Third Edition Last Updated: January 1, 2020

The Pipe Organ and Propers Flourish with Vexo and Weismann

Richard J. Clark · May 9, 2014

While the pipe organ languishes in some places, it flourishes in others. There are three reasons why.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Improvisation, Pipe Organ, Propers Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Saint René Goupil • Gregorian Chant Propers

Gregorian videos, organ accompaniments, and audio recordings for the 1962 “Graduale Romanum.”

Lalemant Propers • Graduale Romanum in English

What if you’re unable to prepare the Offertory for this Sunday? You had planned to rehearse it, but ran out of time … Problem solved!

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    “Music List” • 4th Sunday of Easter (Year C)
    Some have expressed interest in perusing the ORDER OF MUSIC I prepared for the 4th Sunday of Easter (11 May 2025). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. I don’t know a more gorgeous ENTRANCE CHANT than the one given there: Misericórdia Dómini Plena Est Terra.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Entrance Chant” • 4th Sunday of Easter
    You can download the ENTRANCE ANTIPHON in English for the 4th Sunday of Easter (11 May 2025). Corresponding to the vocalist score is this free organ accompaniment. The English adaptation matches the authentic version (Misericórdia Dómini), which is in a somber yet gorgeous mode. If you’re someone who enjoys rehearsal videos, this morning I tried to sing it while simultaneously accompanying my voice on the pipe organ.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • “Repertoire for Weddings”
    Not everyone thinks about sacred music 24/7 like we do. When couples are getting married, they often request “suggestions” or “guidance” or a “template” for their musical selections. I created this music list with repertoire suggestions for Catholic weddings. Please feel free to download it if you believe it might give you some ideas or inspiration.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    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
    When to Sit, Stand and Kneel like it’s 1962
    There are lots of different guides to postures for Mass, but I couldn’t find one which matched our local Latin Mass, so I made this one: sit-stand-kneel-crop
    —Veronica Brandt
    The Funeral Rites of the Graduale Romanum
    Lately I have been paging through the 1974 Graduale Romanum (see p. 678 ff.) and have been fascinated by the funeral rites found therein, especially the simply-beautiful Psalmody that is appointed for all the different occasions before and after the funeral Mass: at the vigil/wake, at the house of the deceased, processing to the church, at the church, processing to the cemetery, and at the cemetery. Would that this “stational Psalmody” of the Novus Ordo funeral rites saw wider usage! If you or anyone you know have ever used it, please do let me know.
    —Daniel Tucker

Random Quote

If the homily goes on too long, it will affect two characteristic elements of the liturgical celebration: its balance and its rhythm. The words of the preacher must be measured, so that the Lord, more than his minister, will be the center of attention.

— Pope Francis (11/24/2013)

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