Ten Anglican Chants

A series of original Anglican Chants set to various psalms, played by me on the St John's College (University of Queensland, Australia) organ.

You can learn about how the text notation works here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/32744924/Anglican-Chant-How-to

You can download the score here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/32745135/Ten-Anglican-Chants

You can download the MP3 here:
http://soundcloud.com/samplers1712/ten-anglican-chants

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• Composer1992

[organisten]

you would also do well to learn how to "spell" in your chants - F natural is NOT E sharp!

[Composer1992]

@organisten Which one is that in?

[organisten]

@Composer1992 psalm 93. Leading note before the end, and chord is C#, E#, (G# omitted), and dominant 7th b natural.

[Composer1992]

@organisten Oh. Since you said "F natural is NOT E sharp" I was looking for an E sharp because I thought you were upset I was using an E sharp instead of an F, not the other way around. Well sorry to burst your bubble but since I was thinking more about the sound than the technically-correct way of writing it, I just wrote enharmonically which is easier for me.

[culyert]

If you have a choir and feel like trying any of mine, please let me know the choir's reaction. While my choir has sung some of them and the cathedral choir in Toronto has also sung a few, they are overwhemingly unsung! I think yours are eminently singable (despite the keys!)

[Composer1992]

@culyert Thanks for the offer. Perhaps the dean of my college where the choir is will look into it, perhaps he's heard the ones he already has many times before.

[organisten]

@Composer1992 well aware of what you enharmoniclally did; as you yourself admit, it was not technically correct.

[MrJpridgway]

I am not sure all choirs would appreciate reciting notes and quarters ending on (sometimes extreme) discords. A few of the keys are very difficult to come to to terms with and you hae a fondness for conseceutive 5ths which do not, in my opinion, sound well in a chant setting - having said all that, I do like the chant for psalm 138.

[phlarrdboi]

bof.

these are not my top chants.

[Composer1992]

@culyert I see what you mean- I guess even if you proof enough to think you got everything something usually slips through anyway.

I guess beginners might not appreciate the accidentals, etc, but I just wrote these in whatever key I thought would sound good.

I found your web page- you have a lot more to show than I do, I don't think I should be criticizing your music at all! Rather I should say maybe you should organise your web page into smaller chunks for readability, that's all I can say!