Society of Saint Gregory

...but patience is such a virtue, don't you think?

musicus wrote:(The Composers' Corner forum does showcase Composers' Group work, but those files are posted by the moderator.)

Not yet, it doesn't
Watch this space folks... it's coming soon to a small screen near you...

I'll rectify that this evening.
Sorry Folks, I just hadn't noticed!

(27 Sept: On-line LP is now updated)

Yes - details arrived with me yesterday and are now available from the homepage or here directly.

Andrew: Yes, I do, thanks!

I can only refer you to my post to the notices section last week where I said that there is a problem, though it doesn't always happen. Currently I have no news, but I am working on it! There are still one or two areas that netweaver have not sorted out. Meanwhile, if an error message comes up, all ...

Heeding the calls on a different thread which suggested we might have an internet link, I have investigated the possibility with New Hall. The ideal solution - a firewalled connection to their network - is not possible (we left it too late to ask). They have offered a dial-up (oh yawny, yawn, yawn )...

musicus wrote:I suppose it's American software, with an American vocabulary

The dictionary is fully configurable - even has some Finnish slang words banned for good measure! But Merseysider's comment is so funny that I'm not going to allow the word, even now!

Gwyn wrote:I quite like the idea of Paul Wellicome's Dancing Gloria; who's it published by?

It isn't published by anyone. I suggest anyone who wants to look at a copy PMs me, and I'll get the composer to contact you.
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If there were a website where the output of Composers' Group could be posted............ isn't this the subject of another thread, entitled "Music on the SSG Website"? Perhaps some kind person could create a link. link to the thread is: Music on the SSG website . There is no website for output of C...

⋅ Te Deum We praise you, O God Examples Te Deum This great 5th century hymn of praise can look forbidding when presented as a long page of Latin plainchant. Most English versions are paraphrases and to be true to the text should reflect the shift in it from universal praise to hopes and f...

The Sequences are remnants of the medieval liturgy. The first two are obligatory, the latter two optional. ⋅ Victimae paschali laudes — Easter Sunday Christians, to the Paschal Victim ⋅ Veni Sancte Spiritus — Pentecost Holy Spirit, Lord of light ⋅ Lauda Sion Salvato...

Apart from the first two titles these are all types of texts rather than individual texts. ⋅ Veni Creator Spiritus Come, O Creator Spirit blest ⋅ Litany of Saints ⋅ Song of Farewell ⋅ Acclamation for Baptised ⋅ A Sprinkling Song ⋅ Song of B...

These texts are taken from the Easter Triduum. ⋅ Ubi Caritas Where charity and love are found ⋅ Pange, lingua gloriosi Hail our Saviour's glorious body ⋅ Crux fidelis Faithful cross ⋅ We worship you, Lord Examples Ubi Caritas Where charity and love are found, ...

Psalms The psalms are the core sung texts of the liturgy: the Responsorial Psalm and the Liturgy of the Hours. They also provide the majority of texts for the antiphons (such as Entrance and Communion) at Mass and other rites. The following texts are suggested for their suitability through out the l...