• typography
  • writing
  • resources
Menu

eric mellenbruch

  • typography
  • writing
  • resources

writing

What is the Book of Common Prayer?

July 13, 2016

The title page tells us what it is and has been, and prompts us to ask what it should and will be

Read More

In Liturgy Tags Liturgical books, Anglicanism

Gloria in exELLCis?

April 11, 2015

A garbled Gloria betrays a misunderstanding of the nature of this text

Read More

Tags Anglicanism, Chant, Translation

Pascha nostrum

April 10, 2015

Tracing the history of this Easter anthem

Read More

Tags Anglicanism, Ceremonies, Easter, Rite

Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr

April 5, 2015

The origins of this Easter Gloria paraphrase, first sung on this date in 1523

Read More

In Liturgy, Music Tags Anglicanism, Chant, Easter, Hymns, Translation, Printing & Publishing

The blessed sonne of God onely

January 4, 2014

Luther, Coverdale, and Vaughan Williams meet in this favorite hymn-anthem

Read More

In Liturgy, Music Tags Anglicanism, Choral literature, Daily Office, Hymns, Incarnation, Translation, Printing & Publishing

O Sapientia

December 17, 2013

Understanding a series of Magnificat Antiphons that mark a season within Advent

Read More

In Liturgy Tags Advent, Anglicanism, Chant, Creation, Daily Office, Eucharist, Kalendar

The XXV. Sunday after Pentecost

November 10, 2013

Advent themes begin to emerge at All Saints’ Day

Read More

Tags Advent, Anglicanism, Ascesis, Departed, Kalendar, Saints

Poems of Grace

November 5, 2013

Appreciating the Hymnal as a book of poetry

Read More

In Liturgy Tags Anglicanism, Hymns

St Mary the Virgin

August 15, 2013

Understanding the Assumption from an Anglican perspective

Read More

In Liturgy Tags Anglicanism, Heaven, Hymns, Mary, Rite, Saints

John Mason Neale

August 7, 2013

A look at the life and ministry of this extraordinary priest-scholar

Read More

Tags Anglicanism, Saints, Hymns, Translation

The Transfiguration

August 6, 2013

A sign of the new life that awaits us

Read More

In Liturgy Tags Anglicanism, Rite, Kalendar, Theosis, Transfiguration

The Nativity of St John the Baptist

June 24, 2013

On the life and ministry of the Forerunner, and music written in his honor

Read More

In Liturgy, Music Tags Anglicanism, Chant, Choral literature, Saints, Hymns, Kalendar, Incarnation, Martyrs, Rite

The Rogation Days

May 7, 2013

On the origins of and provisions for this important observance

Read More

In Liturgy Tags Agricultural festivals, Anglicanism, Ceremonies, Kalendar, Litanies, Processions, Repentance, Rite

The Epiphany

January 6, 2013

A look at the threefold nature of this Principal Feast

Read More

In Liturgy Tags Anglicanism, Baptism, Chant, Epiphany, Hymns, Iconography, Incarnation, Kalendar