Part 2 of 5: The Beauty of Repetition

Part 1 of 5: The Church as “She”

The Gloria is not said during Lent, so musicians can “get away” with using a slightly longer Kyrie . . .

“Gregorian chant, which is completely free in its rhythm, takes you into another world: prayerful, reverent, eternal, holy.”

“Why aren’t the Propers from the Roman Gradual identical to the Mass Propers printed in the Roman Missal?”

A very brief excerpt from 1905

Too much beauty . . . Praised be Jesus Christ!

Montpellier H. 159, the bilingual MSS

The earliest source we have for the Canon.

Audit tyrannus anxius (HYMN for the Holy Innocents).

What do Renaissance Polyphony and sea urchins have in common?

Simple Gregorian Antiphons.

Alleluia: Dies sanctificatus illuxit nobis. A holy day has dawned upon us; come all ye nations and adore the Lord. For today a great light has descended upon the earth.

Populus Sion (Introit for the 2nd Sunday of Advent)

Kyrie IV

Communion Antiphon for the 1st Sunday of Advent.

The Sarum use.

An ongoing series dedicated to the Catholic Liturgy.