Must We “Love” All Gregorian Chant?
Where “Parce Dómine” (the famous song for Lent) came from.
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
I demonstrate how the “Kyrie Eleison” can be adapted for use in the Extraordinary Form.
Is it fair to forever bind Dom Guéranger to what he wrote about “barbarous archaisms” in 1855?
My husband tells me this edition (by Dom Pothier’s student) is of monumental importance. I take him at his word.
He screamed into the telephone: “There’s no such thing as Gregorian Chant!”
The truth is stranger than fiction.
This can seem like a dry topic, but it actually often deals with practical issues faced by every choirmaster who wants to promote plainchant.
Using this coming Sunday (12th Sunday after Pentecost) as an example.
This is the “pure” Vatican Edition—technically the only version of the rhythm allowed by Church documents!
Ostrowski Vs. Weaver: Solesmes Rhythm, Gregorian Semiology, Dom Mocquereau, Dom Pothier, Mensuralism, and more!
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This is a large file (172 MB), but trust me! You will love it.
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The entire edition was destroyed in a fire (circa 1866) except four rare copies.
For years, I couldn’t understand this business about “the eyes and the ears.” What did Pothier mean? Then it hit me. • Topics include Dom Joseph Pothier, the mora vocis, Abbot Pothier’s brother (Dom Alphonse Pothier), Dom Lucien David, Dom Paul Jausions, and a truly magnificent story about Pope Pius X and Abbot Pothier, which is essential reading+
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We’re under tremendous pressure to transfer our website to a “subscription model.”
We don’t want to do this. We believe our website should remain free to all. It’s annoying to have to search for login credentials (e.g. if you’re away from your desk).
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* Thirteen Men & Coins (Holy Thursday Appeal)
Traditionally on Holy Thursday, the priest washed the feet of thirteen men. Theologians held various opinions regarding whom the “13th man” represented. Before the liturgical changes of Pope Pius XII (which changed the number from thirteen to twelve), the priest washed each man’s feet, kissed his foot, and gave him a coin.
This “coin” business seems providential—inasmuch as our appeal begins on Holy Thursday this year.
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