NE OF THE MOST AWESOME things we do at my parish is Sunday Vespers. The entire congregation sings, alternating between Men & Women. It is beautiful beyond anything I could have imagined, although it took us a few months to get going. This would not be possible without the 465-page book I mentioned, created by Albert Bloomfield. The Magnificat changes each week, and I accompany Vespers on the organ. (Reminder: The men and women alternate, sitting on opposite sides of the congregation.) So, which organ scores do I use to accompany the (ever-changing) Magnificat antiphon & verse? Well, you can download them if you wish (see below). You’ll notice the harmonies underneath the psalm tones are missing, because I like to improvise them. These scores are very ugly. They’re for private use only.
* PDF Download • First Vespers of JANUARY 1st
—“Octave Day of Christmas” • a.k.a. Circumcision.
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • Epiphany
* * (Complete Vespers) • Feast of the Holy Name
* PDF Download • Feast of the Holy Family
—This booklet is incomplete.
—First Sunday after Epiphany.
“2nd Sunday after Epiphany”
* PDF Download • ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT (25 Pages)
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 3rd Sunday after Epiphany
“4th Sunday after Epiphany”
* PDF Download • ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT (25 Pages)
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 5th Sunday after Epiphany
* PDF Download • 5th Sunday after Epiphany (“Zizánia”)
—Dom Lucien David was Abbat Pothier’s protégé.
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 6th Sunday after Epiphany
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • Septuagesima Sunday
Sexagesima Sunday
* PDF Download • ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT (25 Pages)
Quinquagesima Sunday
* PDF Download • ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT (25 Pages)
Hymn for Vespers: AUDI BENIGNE CONDITOR
* PDF Download • MAGNIFICAT (1st Sunday of Lent)
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 2nd Sunday of Lent
3rd Sunday of Lent (“Third Sunday of Lent”)
* PDF Download • ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT (24 Pages)
4th Sunday of Lent (“Lætare Sunday”)
* PDF Download • ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT (24 Pages)
5th Sunday of Lent (“Passion Sunday”)
* PDF Download • ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT (24 Pages)
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 5th Sunday of Lent (“Passion Sunday”)
Hymn for Vespers: VEXILLA REGIS PRODEUNT
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • Palm Sunday
Temporary file to accompany Eastertide Vespers (includes the hymn)
Hymn for Vespers: AD REGIAS AGNI DAPES
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • Low Sunday
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 2nd Sunday after Easter
“Good Shepherd Sunday”
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 3rd Sunday after Easter
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 4th Sunday after Easter
5th Sunday after Easter (“Pétite Sunday”)
* PDF Download • ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT (20 Pages)
* PDF Download • Vespers Hymn for the Ascension
—Also used on the Sunday which follows the Ascension.
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • Sunday after Ascension
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • Pentecost Sunday
Complete booklet to accompany Pentecost Sunday Vespers II:
* PDF Download • PENTECOST SUNDAY
* PDF Download • Trinity Sunday Vespers Booklet
—22-page booklet to accompany Trinity Sunday Vespers II.
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • Trinity Sunday
* PDF Download • HYMN for TRINITY SUNDAY
—Set to “Gonfalon Royal” tune from the Brébeuf hymnal.
Simplified setting of the Magnificat: Trinity Sunday
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 4th Sunday after Pentecost
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 5th Sunday after Pentecost
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 6th Sunday after Pentecost
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 7th Sunday after Pentecost
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 8th Sunday after Pentecost
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 9th Sunday after Pentecost
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 10th Sunday after Pentecost
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 11th Sunday after Pentecost
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 12th Sunday after Pentecost
12th Sunday after Pentecost • A New Method To Accompany
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 13th Sunday after Pentecost
(Version for singers, since this Tone is difficult, can
also be printed for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost.
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 14th Sunday after Pentecost
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 15th Sunday after Pentecost
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 16th Sunday after Pentecost
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 17th Sunday after Pentecost
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 18th Sunday after Pentecost
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 19th Sunday after Pentecost
Father Weinmann • 19th Sunday after Pentecost
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 20th Sunday after Pentecost
* * (print double sided) • Christ the King Sunday
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 21st Sunday after Pentecost
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 22nd Sunday after Pentecost
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 23rd Sunday after Pentecost
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 24th and LAST Sunday after Pentecost
* * (Complete Service) • 1st Sunday of Advent
* * (Complete Service) • 2nd Sunday of Advent
* * (Complete Service) • 3rd Sunday of Advent
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 22 December (verse 10 has error)
* * (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • Sunday after Christmas
For some reason, I find it easier to improvise the harmonies for psalm tones, rather than read them.
If you have never done Vespers before, this xerox sheet is (perhaps) the best way to begin.
EXTRAS:
“Booklet: Feast of the Transfiguration, 6 August”
* PDF Download • ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT (25 Pages)
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