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 Vigil.
Latin English Propers booklet, Including the six prophecies and blessing of Baptismal Water, Vigil of Pentecost
PROPERS
Recordings of the music are linked from this site music of the Propers with a commentary and suggestions for choir directors and singers.
ORDINARY
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 Vigil GABC Propers tool.
EXTRA MUSIC
- Sicut Cervus / Sitivit anima mea by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. A recording of the choir singing this piece can be found here.
- Kyrie I ad lib (the longest chant Kyrie)
- Offertory motet: Sequence for Pentecost, Qui procedis ab utroque
- Communion motet: Impleta gaudent viscera, Sarum Hymn
MARIAN ANTHEM
Regina caeli, Solemn tone. Commentary on this Antiphon from the Liturgical year
St Bede's Choir Blog 