Wednesday, August 15, 2007

RITUAL SECTIONS NOW

Part 7 - Numbers 835-856

This small section of 22 titles covers Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, Reconciliation, and Funeral Masses.

STUFF WE SING AT HOLY GHOST, AND WILL CONTINUE TO SING (5):
840 Lord's Prayer (Chant) / 845 My Soul Proclaims (NEW BRITAIN)
847 Lord's Prayer (Chant) / 855 Song of Farewell (OLD HUNDREDTH)
856 In Paradisum

STUFF WE HAVEN'T DONE AT HOLY GHOST BUT I WOULDN'T MIND INTRODUCING IN THE FUTURE (4):
838 Blest Be the God of Israel (FOREST GREEN) / 843 O Radiant Light (Mode I)
849 Create a Clean Heart (Alstott) / 852 Grant them eternal rest (Alstott)

STUFF I WON'T TOUCH WITH A 39-1/2 FOOT POLE (13):
835 Verse and Response (Joncas)
836 O Come and Sing unto the Lord (Joncas) (The tune IRISH is much better.)
837 As morning breaks (Joncas) (Chant style verses - good. Antiphon very weak.)
839 Intercessions (Joncas) / 841 Blessing (Joncas) / 842 Light and Peace (Inwood)
844 Psalm 141 (Inwood) / 846 Intercessions (Inwood)
848 Blessing (Inwood) (Looks like chant style, but sounds like something someone would sing to single strums of the guitar instead.)
850 Lord, Make Us Turn (Alstott) / 851 Penitential Litany (Prendergast/Sullivan)
853 The Lord Is My Shepherd (Alstott) / 854 Intercessions (Walker)

Running total after seven posts:
STUFF WE SING AT HOLY GHOST, AND WILL CONTINUE TO SING: 84 (15.1%)
STUFF WE HAVEN'T DONE AT HOLY GHOST BUT I WOULDN'T MIND INTRODUCING IN THE FUTURE: 103 (18.5%)
STUFF I WON'T TOUCH WITH A 39-1/2 FOOT POLE: 369 (66.4%)

Next post - complete Mass settings. This should be FUN! Ho ho ho!
Peace,
BMP

1 comment:

PhiMuAlpha2681 said...

If the text is solid, do the Inwood (848) with the harpsichord and, voila, it becomes recitative ala Monteverdi. Not familiar with it, this is just a thought.