A quick post before lunch to update y'all on what's going on here at Duquesne.
The advanced men's chant schola, under the baton of Dr Kurt Poterack, prepared a gradual in English by Richard Rice for this afternoon's Mass, and we also took a look at the Alleluia and Dies Irae for tomorrow's Requiem Mass for the deceased members of the CMAA (a Mass that's held at every Colloquium).
Dr William Mahrt's series on modes and psalm tones is also interesting. Dr Mahrt is having us memorize psalm antiphons by ear and helping us understand the characteristics of each antiphon—its final tone, range, etc. We're going to progress tomorrow to singing Psalm 110 in the tones corresponding to the modes of the antiphons we've tried to memorize; that should be fun to watch....
Off to lunch, then another session with Dr Mahrt for polyphony. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm stuck on falsobordone and am looking forward to singing Solemn Vespers again this year.
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Dear Old Melchizedek! Overlooked by Lutherans, lionized by Mormons, the Unknown and Unknowable King of Salem, born of a virgin, fully clothed, fully grown and already circumcised.
ReplyDeleteYesterday, I found a four-leaf clover in the yard and taped it inside a birthday card which I gave to my brother this afternoon. By sheerest coincidence, then, I turned in my bible to Ps. 110 after reading your blog, and found there another four-leaf clover which I put there years ago.
So, here's to luck on the solstice! Thanks for the post.