PDF Chart • “Plainsong Rhythm”
Whence this lack of curiosity?
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Mocquereau Rhythmic Signs
PDF Download • “Marian Antiphon Booklet” (4 pages) + Five Rhythmic Considerations
This 4-page ‘insert’ contains the seasonal Marian antiphons and various settings of the “Kýrie” my parish will be learning.
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PDF • Draft Booklet “Couture Chant” (255 Pages)
This is very much a “work in progress”…
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PDF Dissertation • “Dom Mocquereau and Music Theory” (282 Pages)
My thesis on how Dom Mocquereau relates to other theories of musical rhythm is now available for download.
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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 • “English Hymns for Three Voices” (SSA), edited by Dr. Theodore Marier—182 pages
My choir will definitely be using these settings. They’re something many have begged for!
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“Solesmes Ictus” • Can It Be Justified? (Examples)
“If you begin by telling a man that in a word like 𝐷𝑒𝑢𝑠 the first syllable corresponds to the weak beat, the second to the strong beat of a modern bar, the only thing accomplished will be to bewilder him thoroughly.” —Father Bewerunge
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What is the Tonic Accent?
We should define our terms. What makes a syllable accented, and what makes an accent a tonic accent?
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PDF Download • 1909 “Modern Notation” Gradual (Extremely Rare) — 712 Pages
The truth is stranger than fiction.
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Video • “Counting Gregorian Chant” … according to Dom Mocquereau’s Method
The example chosen is the strenuous offertory (“Jubiláte Déo”) for the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany.
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“Solesmes Method” • Where was it developed?
Father Ralph March wrote: “If any single man could deserve the title father of the renewed chant it would be Dom Joseph Pothier.”
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Recent Book! • “The Politics of Plainchant”
Fascinating details from never-before-seen letters recently discovered in southern France!
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“Introit” (3rd Sunday of Advent) • Sung According the Church’s Official Rhythm
My humble attempt at singing the Introit for the 3rd Sunday of Advent in accordance with the official rhythm.
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Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “Jeff’s Second Response to Patrick” (6 Dec 2022)
You look upon these thousands of manuscripts in much the same way that I view the plainsong editions of Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers.
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Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “Frederes Feedback”
Why declare that rhythmic signs are permitted if alteration of any kind is unacceptable? It doesn’t make any sense…
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