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CyrilSebastian
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In your church at Sunday Mass, when there has been no organist, has the cantor done double duty: play the organ and sing?
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We really only have one person in our parish who can play the organ and that is the choir director. But he is also perfectly capable of cantoring…In your church at Sunday Mass, when there has been no organist, has the cantor done double duty: play the organ and sing?
We have a few pianists who do sing but I have never seen one of our current pianists lead the singing while playing (other than our choir director.)
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tawny
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O yes; & vise versa; comes in handy when someone gets sick.
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OraLabora
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The titular organist at the local abbey is also the abbot. Since he became abbot he doesn’t get to play as often as he’d like, but the choirmaster is also an excellent organist. So he’ll play a prelude 10 min before Mass starts, then lead the schola for the introit (in Latin Gregorian chant!), and the other chants, up until the offertory. After leading the schola for the offertory antiphon (also in Latin Gregorian chant!), he will play an organ piece for the rest of the offertory. Then he will play a recessional after dismissal.
Of course not today, being Lent. I don’t know if it was the choirmaster or abbot who played for Laetare Sunday as I was at Mass at the cathedral where the schola I belong to was singing. One of our choristers is also an organist and he played the organ for Laetere Sunday at the cathedral.
Of course not today, being Lent. I don’t know if it was the choirmaster or abbot who played for Laetare Sunday as I was at Mass at the cathedral where the schola I belong to was singing. One of our choristers is also an organist and he played the organ for Laetere Sunday at the cathedral.
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MSSheBear
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Our choir director is a cantor who sings and plays the piano at the same time. He actually leads the choir and plays the piano and does some singing when the choir is singing unless there is another cantor available.
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powerofk
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Usually, our organists/pianists/head guitarists (depending on the Mass - we have seven weekend Masses at my parish, and they all have different choirs and choir leaders) double as cantor, but a couple of the Masses (the 2 largest ones) have designated cantors.
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MSSheBear
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Our choir director sings, plays the piano, turns his own pages, and changes the power point slides. I just learned this at choir practice.
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CyrilSebastian
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That is a lot of duties for ONE gentleman.Our choir director sings, plays the piano, turns his own pages, and changes the power point slides. I just learned this at choir practice.
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Sunbreak
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We have 2 organists so when one is gone the other one just plays for an extra Mass. We have no cantor at the English Masses and several people who could cantor for the Polish Mass, although one usually does it. Everyone is a volunteer. The vigil Mass and late Sunday evening Mass don’t have either a cantor or an organist so it’s just congregation singing led by the priest.
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929dad
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Due to a lack of available cantors, I frequently do that while playing for Mass. Yesterday, for example, the cantor was sick so I did “double duty.”
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