How Does The Vatican “Rhythm” Actually Sound?
With an excerpt from the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
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MMV melismatic mora vocis
PDF Download • Pristine Scan: Father Mathias’ 1905 Kyriale Organ Accompaniment (186 pages)
Father Mathias served as organist for Strasburg Cathedral, where he founded the “Saint Leo Institute for Church Music” in 1913.
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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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“Response to Dr. Weaver” • 11 March 2024
“It would be a barbarous archaism to adopt this ancient custom in our time.” —Dom Guéranger
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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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The “Mora Vocis” • What is that?
The “Pre-NOH” editions have quite an idiosyncratic way of lengthening the neumes. • Fulsome illustrations are included examining and explaining the mora vocis of the Vatican edition; also mentioned is Dom André Mocquereau, Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val, and Pothier’s Liber Gradualis (1883)+
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