How Does The Vatican “Rhythm” Actually Sound?
With an excerpt from the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
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An Anglican “Mess”
If I live to be 100 years old, there’s something I’ll never understand.
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Jeff Writes A Song About Dr. Weaver And Himself
This article—a “mini-dissertation” on syllabic plainsong—writes songs using the names of various CCW authors.
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My Response to Dr. Weaver’s Latest Article
Is it fair to forever bind Dom Guéranger to what he wrote about “barbarous archaisms” in 1855?
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“Momentous Release!” • Freakishly Rare Gradual & Vesperal Published by Pothier’s Protégé (1,638 pages!)
He screamed into the telephone: “There’s no such thing as Gregorian Chant!”
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Analysis • “Archaic and Quack Ideas on Chant”
“Gentlemen: Nobody is going to follow the archaic and quack ideas on Chant you are trying to propagate.” Mr. John Sandar
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PDF Download • 1909 “Modern Notation” Gradual (Extremely Rare) — 712 Pages
The truth is stranger than fiction.
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PDF Download • Max Springer’s Gradual in Modern Notation (870 pages) — Extravagantly Rare!
In addition to this rare book by Max Springer (870 pages), I release the draft copy of a new Gregorian project (157 pages).
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PDF Download • Traditional Notation Gradual-Book (692 Pages) on Five Lines!
This book makes it easy for singers who only know Treble Clef.
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PDF Download • “How Does the Official Rhythm Actually Sound?”
Including three (3) professionally-scanned versions of the Kyriale, released here for the 1st time!
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Pothier Teaches Us to Sing an Antiphon
A look at Dom Pothier’s performance instructions for a communion antiphon reveals a great deal of complexity in this pre-Mocquereau interpretive approach.
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The Official Chant Rhythm • “How Does It Sound?”
“The Vatican Edition … contains absolutely all that is needed for the exact rendition of the liturgical chant.” —Sacred Congregation of Rites (1911)
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Gregorian Chant • “Its True & Authentic Rhythm”
For this coming Sunday (Passion Sunday), there’s only one “MMV” singers must observe—and I placed a little arrow above it.
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The Responsa ad dubia and the Solesmes Chant Restoration
The early history of Solesmes plainchant research provides a historical parallel for responding to current Vatican liturgical rules.
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PDF Download • Vespers Organ Accompaniment — “Our Lady of Guadalupe” (12 December)
Vatican II said: “Pastors must see to it that Vespers is celebrated in parishes on Sundays and the more solemn feasts” (SC §100).
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