Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “Patrick’s Third Response to Jeff” (19 Dec 2022)
“The original chant handed down from the Fathers of the Church has strict rhythmic proportions and a steady beat.” —Patrick Williams
Gregorian Rhythm Wars
Recent Book! • “The Politics of Plainchant”
Fascinating details from never-before-seen letters recently discovered in southern France!
PDF Download • “Kyriale Accompaniment Book” by Dr. Peter Wagner (138 pages)
… including a deliciously dazzling discovery you won’t want to miss!
Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “The Limits of History”
There’s nothing necessarily authentic about the “authentic” rhythm.
PDF Download • “Salve Regina” [Simplex] • An Elegant English Translation (2022)
The incomparable Andrew Hinkley kindly set it to plainchant notation.
Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “Jeff’s Second Response to Patrick” (6 Dec 2022)
You look upon these thousands of manuscripts in much the same way that I view the plainsong editions of Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers.
Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “History Matters” (30 Nov 2022)
“It is important that these melodies should be performed in the manner that they were originally conceived as works of art.” —St. Pius X
Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “On the Nuance Theory of Plainchant”
A brief historical survey of free rhythm in plainchant, as practiced from the modern monastic foundation of Solesmes (1833) to the present.
Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “Repercussion and the Mora Vocis” (21 Nov 2022)
Patrick Williams addresses points raised by Matthew Frederes and Jeff Ostrowski
PDF Download • “How Does the Official Rhythm Actually Sound?”
Including three (3) professionally-scanned versions of the Kyriale, released here for the 1st time!
Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “Feedback from Dom Stephen Concordia”
“I greatly appreciate your hospitality and willingness to engage in dialogue.” — Dom Concordia, OSB
Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “Disputed Questions” (16 Nov 2022)
A few further thoughts on what ways of singing chant are “allowed.”
Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “Patrick’s Second Response to Jeff” (16 Nov 2022)
“Does it make more sense to judge later manuscripts in light of the oldest sources, or to judge the oldest sources in light of later manuscripts?” —Patrick Williams
Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “Charlie’s First Response to Jeff” (13 Nov 2022)
Ostrowski, wishing to avoid fussiness, may justifiably refuse this invitation. But to argue, as he has, that these signs and the prayerful and aesthetic movements they embody are “illicit” is just wildly off the mark.
PDF Download • “Gregorian Accompaniments” … Just in time for Advent! (366 pages)
The second half of today’s article answers questions submitted by Mr. Matthew Frederes.