“Entrance Chant” • 4th Sunday of Advent
Like so many Advent antiphons, this one is in the first mode and comes from the prophet Isaiah.
Chaumonot Composers Group
“Entrance Chant” • 3rd Sunday of Advent
This Introit is in the first mode.
“Entrance Chant” • Christ the King
The feast of Christ the King—a completely modern feast—was added in 1925.
“Entrance Chant” • Sunday (17 Nov. 2024)
This Introit is in the sixth mode (known as the “peaceful” mode).
“Entrance Chant” for this Coming Sunday • Jeff Attempts to Accompany Himself on the Organ
Singing Gregorian Chant lifts one’s spirits. Agree or disagree?
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant in English” (31st Sunday in Ordinary Time) for 3-NOV-2024
With a brief digression on “feelings of inadequacy.”
“Entrance Chant” for Sunday (3-NOV-2024)
The reformers borrowed this “Entrance Chant” from Wednesday in the 2nd week of Lent.
“Entrance Chant” for Sunday (27-Oct-2024)
This one was put in a “brighter” mode—owing to its text—based on the somewhat peculiar place the original came from.
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant in English” (29th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
With a digression on a 1971 film called “Fiddler on the Roof.”
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant in English” for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
This coming Sunday—13 October 2024—is the 28th in Ordinary Time.
“Entrance Chant” • For Sunday (13-Oct-2024)
This one’s in Mode 3, imitating the authentic Gregorian chant.
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Plainchant in English)
Today I discuss a myth about accompanying plainsong on the pipe organ.
“Entrance Chant in English” • 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
“Entrance Chant” for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B.
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Years ABC)
Including ten (10) alternate versions!
Live Recording • “Entrance Chant” (14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B)
In the 1970s, some musicians felt that annihilating the Mass propers would lead to “freedom”—but the opposite was true.