HISTORY
A commentary on the History of the Sunday and the Season in general can be found in the excellent Liturgical Year, by Dom Prosper Guéranger. Commentary on the Feast, commentary on the Mass
PROPERS
Recordings of the music are linked from this site music of the Propers with a commentary and suggestions for choir directors and singers. A more detailed history and commentary on the music for today is explained in The chants of the Vatican Gradual, By Dominic Johner, OSB.
ORDINARY
Vidi Aquam, Missa super Dixit Maria, Hans Leo Hassler. (Kyr.,Glo., Cr., San., Ben., & Agn.)
MUSIC
This site has the chant notation automatically set from code held in Gregobase. This online programme that will also works on phones allows you to choose from comprehensive lists what chants you want to sing and will format it all into a pdf document. You can also click on the neumes and it will play the pitches, and show the range. Here is a link for the options for the Sunday GABC Propers tool.
EXTRA MUSIC
- Offertory motet: Sequence for Sunday within the octave, Postquam hostem
- Communion motet: Hymnum canamus gloriae, St Bedes hymn for the Ascension
- Communion motet: Ascendens Christus (Jacob Handl)
- Domine Salvum Fac second melody.
MARIAN ANTHEM
Regina caeli, (Franz Xaver Witt) Commentary on this Antiphon from the Liturgical year