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- Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:47 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Latin II
- Replies: 41
- Views: 29673
Just back from a holiday in France, including overnighting at a new Formule 1 hotel in Reims (budget - £60 for 6 people for 1 night, inc breakfast). Disconcertingly, the toilet/shower block was playing muzak. It played Ride of the Valkyries whilst in the shower; we were accompanied by Winter Wonder...
- Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:44 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Latin II
- Replies: 41
- Views: 29673
- Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:36 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Latin II
- Replies: 41
- Views: 29673
Whether you like it or not, English is fast becoming the universal language. For those whose mother tongue is not English, English is almost always the first second-language that is taught. Esperanto never was. Given the universal nature of the English language, arguably, then, it is better that: &s...
- Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:55 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Use of Latin
- Replies: 46
- Views: 57210
- Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:31 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Use of Latin
- Replies: 46
- Views: 57210
- Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:28 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Use of Latin
- Replies: 46
- Views: 57210
- Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:24 pm
- Forum: Sounds Off
- Topic: Tips for composing and arranging music
- Replies: 37
- Views: 75612
As a fellow clarinettist, I too learnt to improvise whilst in a Jazz quintet. I'd echo what Thomas has said - it needs practice. In addition to tape/CD, don't forget using tools such as SmartMusic running on your computer to help the learning process. If you can persuade others to help, though, doin...
- Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:21 pm
- Forum: Core Repertoire
- Topic: Antiphons
- Replies: 30
- Views: 69979
- Wed Dec 28, 2005 8:49 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Mass settings for Christmas & Easter
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4454
We use Alan Smith's Agincourt Acclamations from the SSG's Baptised With Fire collection for Christmas and Easter main celebrations; this Advent, we sang Bernadette Farrell's acclamations (from Celebration for Everyone, but they will be elsewhere too); in Lent we tend to sing my own, unpublished sett...
- Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:15 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Performance Anxieties - What Are Yours?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11671
Keeping your nerve
Have you come across Keeping Your Nerve by Kate Jones? It's a Faber Music publication. Amazon's site has a review: 5 out of 5 stars No Better Guide Exists! This small book is an absolute must for performers of all ages, abilities and instruments. The information given is informed and easily accessib...
- Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:03 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Late arrivals at the Liturgists' Ball
- Replies: 91
- Views: 44950
- Tue Jun 07, 2005 8:44 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Well, no one said it would be easy...
- Replies: 27
- Views: 17251
Meanwhile, back at the ranch…
Crumhorn, Christ tells us to "turn the other cheek" - which some commentators explain is more about passive resistance than about a masochistic tendancy. I suggest that you do this: choose texts that you know will get past the PP's inspection, and then use alternative tunes, such as those suggested ...
- Fri Jun 03, 2005 1:41 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Letting go
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10360
Alan, I've been where you are! I'm sure many of the forum lukers and posters have been. I ran the music here for 10 years before I decided I really needed a break (for many reasons). But, during that time, I trusted the youngsters in the group to run things, on occasions, when I wasn't there. I'd li...
- Thu May 19, 2005 10:55 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: More Latin
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7015
Taizé music is far more than Latin texts though, using many "modern" languages as well. And the point of the use of Latin in Taizé settings is that it is short phrases, repeated over and over, phrases that are easily translated into your own tongue and remembered so that you know what it is you ar...
- Mon May 16, 2005 10:13 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Ratzinger, Liturgy and England
- Replies: 67
- Views: 36689
I am fortunate to celebrate, albeit annually, with Catholics from many different language groups. Each takes its turn to prepare morning and evening prayer. It is interesting (for me at least) to compare the approaches to the Lord's Prayer. Some go for the 'uniform' approach - we'll all say/sing Pat...