Pentecost Sunday

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. Today we are using the music as found in the Sarum liturgical books for the propers found in the Roman Missal. They have minor musical differences.

ORDINARY

Vidi Aquam, Mass for 3 voices, William Byrd (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

• Salve, festa dies, Pentecost (Bridlingtoniense 1)
• Propers from the Sarum Liturgical books, these have slight musical differences to the modern Roman books
• Offertory motet: Veni Creator Commentary from the Liturgical year.
• Communion motet: Beata nobis gaudia, Hymn.
• Prayer for the King: Domine Salvum Fac, from a Jacobite Manuscript c.1740.

MARIAN ANTHEM

Regina coeli (João Baptista Lehman) Commentary on this Antiphon from the Liturgical year