Society of Saint Gregory

We have 5 volumes of this series published, all as printed books but also as free downloads

The decision was made to create one Anthology, pulling out the best music out of all five as the best music for a new choir and adding hymns for the choir as well.

We are honored to be able to announce ...

Choirbook II now available for free download or purchase at http://www.thecatholicchoirbook.com.

Also, If You Can Sing Joy To The World You Can Learn To Read And Sing Gregorian Chant on the same terms at http://www.basicchant.com.

noel jones, aago

From: Gregorian@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Gregorian@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of William Renwick
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 9:51 AM
To: Gregorian@yahoogroups.com
Cc: liturgy-l@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Gregorian] Music of the Sarum Office-English

Seasons greetings to all:

I am pleased to ...

I have posted a UK version of O Sacrament under Alternate Versions at http://www.thecatholicchoirbook.com.

There are two audio downloads - the O Salutaris and Tantum Ergo - of his here.

http://5-against-4.blogspot.com/search/ ... d%20laloux

I had never heard of him - stunning, absolutely glorious music!

Thanks for mentioning him, Presbyter. It's such great music that the church needs.

Yes, CPDL is a REAL treasure trove - I also like to use this link:

http://www1.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Voicing

Nice to be able to find music for choirs that can't always sing SATB!

noel

Thanks, SC!

The paper size issue was a real concern when deciding on a format. The good news is that we realized that Adobe Acrobat Reader and Preview (on a MAC) both will let you select "FIT TO PAGE SIZE) with some options, so using the universal file format we did - PDF, solves the problem of the ...

Out of frustration with churches that illegally copy music and sing some rather horrid choices, I've created a Catholic Choirbook that is an attempt to feed the need of Catholic musicians to press PRINT on their parish copier, but legally. And the choice of music includes some great music. All of it ...

Thanks - actually it was a quote of a reply to my post - but saw no reason to make the correction, after all, any publicity is better than none at all!

(I have made the correction now - musicus, moderator)

Yes, they are just there to assist those who need something to assist them in seeing where they are - but not to delineate or indicate any word accents. Possibly the audio files might help - and they are scheduled to be recorded over my a choir soon.

It's really not for a choir or a director that ...

The bar markings in the chants are there like the quarter bars in chant, as an organizing feature for the people reading it rather than indicating strict time changes. It's a concession to assist people not used to playing and singing from a score without bar lines.

Thanks for the welcome to the ...

Musica Sacra in the US has posted a number of settings, including my Martyr's Mass - most, if not all the settings, are available for parishes to print and use at no charge, at www.musicasacra.com.

There is a direct link to Martyr's Mass at www.basicchant.com.

noel jones