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A choir member visits the original Solesmes-edition in France! This is where it all began. The gift shop has chant books with all the answers, cookies, and many treats!
Dr. Edward Schaefer once said: “I hate the ictus because it’s so confusing. I use white out on each ictus before distributing the music to my singers.”
To my knowledge, this is the first online recording of the simple Norbertine “Regina Caeli.”
“My desire, Leroy, is to answer your question in a rigorously straightforward way.” —Jeff Ostrowski
Now I will explain what that means.
Whence this lack of curiosity?
This particular variant hints at “tone painting.”
With an excerpt from the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
This 4-page ‘insert’ contains the seasonal Marian antiphons and various settings of the “Kýrie” my parish will be learning.
Including a comparison chart (PDF) which many readers will appreciate.
A few days ago, Dominique Gatté released something quite extraordinary.
I’d be interested to know what Dr. Weaver thinks about how the mode is given.
“Kids, you’re only on this floating rock for a very short time.”
This is surely one of music history’s great ironies!
Few Catholics seem to realize it was Pope Pius XII who suppressed Tenebrae, a ceremony deeply loved by the faithful for centuries.
