COMPOSER S NOTE The first two volumes of A Gregorian Liturgical Year contained pieces for the Sundays and major feast days of the church from Advent

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1 COMPOSER S NOTE The first to volumes of A Gregorian Liturgical Year contained pieces for the Sundays and maor feast days of the church from Advent I through the Seventh Sunday of Easter, ie the Sunday efore the Day of Pentecost This third volume covers the period from the Vigil of Pentecost through the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary Time 24, Proper 19) Thematic material for each piece is taken from one of the Propers of the Mass (Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Offertory, Communion), and the entire collection is keyed to the threeyear Lectionary shared y Roman Catholics, Episcopalians and Lutherans as ell as some denominational odies not strictly liturgical y nature The pieces range roughly in length from one to three minutes (an approximate timing ill e found at the end of each numer) and the level of difficulty may e said to range from easy to moderate The chant melodies themselves are necessarily taken from the Roman Gradual (Graduale Romanum, Solesmes 1974) and the arrangement of the pieces takes the form of the liturgical calendar found in that volume In the tales of contents hich follo, R stands for the Roman Catholic lectionary and sacramentary, E for the American Episcopalian Book of Common Prayer, and L for the Lutheran Book of Worship These tales also coordinate the various ays of designating Sundays after Epiphany and Pentecost, ie Epiphany and Pentecost (Lutheran), Ordinary Time (Roman Catholic) and Proper (Episcopal) The composer has attempted to select chant melodies associated ith texts common to all three churches for every Sunday and maor feast of the church year* Thus organists ill kno that a given piece does indeed elong to the day or feast appointed hether or not the melodies themselves are easily associated merely y hearing them Players are encouraged to adopt a fairly free rhythmic approach to these pieces ut ithout, at the same time, exaggeration Special attention should e paid in this regard to ovious points of cadence Suggestions for registration have een kept to a minimum; all of the pieces are registered for a to manual and pedal instrument ith one enclosed division, crescendi/decrescendi thus referring to the Sell division Imaginative players ill find many and other attractive cominations Most of the pieces in these volumes are intended for use as preludes, offertories or communion meditations, although there are a fe postludes as ell The composer hopes organists serving nonliturgical churches ill find these pieces useful in their particular situations as an enhancement to the eauty of orship, and that all players ill e nudged to explore the onders of Gregorian chant Gerald Near Green Valley, Arizona, 2016 *Text citations are given at the top of each piece Note that the numering of Psalms in the Roman lectionary differs from the systems used y Episcopalians and Lutherans A most useful and highly recommended resource is The Gregorian Missal (Solesmes, 1990) hich contains in addition to all the chant melodies used in A Gregorian Liturgical Year translations in English of all chant texts i

2 Pentecost Vigil Mass Emitte Spiritum tuum: Mode VIII Offertory: Psalm 103 (104):3031 e = c S S closed, rit Œ (Ped), a tempo a tempo rit, rit, a tempo Sell: strings Pedal: 16', S to Ped (or) Sell: flutes 8', 4' Pedal: 16', S to Ped AE126 (4) Copyright 2016 y Aureole Editions

3 The Day of Pentecost* Factus est repente: Mode VII Communion: Acts 2:2, 4 q = ca 58 Gt Œ Œ 2 S n N Œ Œ N n Œ Œ Sell: strings Great: flute 8' Pedal: 16', S to Ped *See also Vol 1, No 12 AE126 (6) Copyright 2016 y Aureole Editions

5 The Body and Blood (Corpus Christi) Lauda Sion Salvatorem: Modes VII, VIII Sequence Hymn 4 S q = ca 72 (Postludium) Gt (S) Gt Sell: principals 8', 4', 2', light reed Great: principals 8', 4', 2' S to Gt Pedal: 16', 8', 4' S to Ped AE126 (10) Copyright 2016 y Aureole Editions

6 n n a tempo Ó n n n n n molto rit n ca 4'15" Pentecost 2 Ordinary Time 9 Proper 4 Ego clamavi: Mode VIII Communion: Psalm 16 (17):6 e ca Man rit ca 1'00" Sell: flutes 8', 4' AE126 (15) Copyright 2016 y Aureole Editions

7 Pentecost 3 Ordinary Time 10 Proper 5 Deus, qui sedes: Mode VII Alleluia: Psalm 9:5, 10 6 Gt q = ca 100 Ó Ped S Gt S (Man) poco rit Ó a tempo Gt (Ped) S ooe, + flute 8', 2 2/3' S 3 Œ n Sell: ooe 8' Great: flute 8' Pedal: 16', 8' 3 n N AE126 (16) Copyright 2016 y Aureole Editions

8 Pentecost 5 Ordinary Time 12 Proper 7 In te Domine speravi: Mode VII Alleluia: Psalm 30 (31):2, 3 (1, 2) 8 [Antiphon] q = ca 72 Ó Ó Ped Gt rit Fine n ca 2'40" Œ S Gt a tempo n Œ Sell: cornet Great: principal 8' Pedal: principals 16', 8' n [Repeat Antiphon] rit n AE126 (20) Copyright 2016 y Aureole Editions

9 Pentecost 6 Ordinary Time 13 Proper 8 Omnes gentes plaidite: Mode VI Introit: Psalm 46 (47):2, 3 (1, 2) 9 [Antiphon] q = ca 82 Gt S Ped Œ n S n n Œ Gt n rit n Fine ca 2'45" S poco meno mosso n n n [Repeat Antiphon] Man Sell: strings Great: flute 8' Pedal: 16' S to Ped AE126 (21) Copyright 2016 y Aureole Editions

10 Pentecost 7 Ordinary Time 14 Proper 9 Suscepimus, Deus: Mode I Introit: Psalm 47 (48):10, 11 2 (8, 9 1) e = ca92 10 S Ped n n n n n n Sell: flute 8' Pedal: 16' S to Ped OR Sell: strings Pedal: 16' S to Ped AE126 (22) Copyright 2016 y Aureole Editions

11 Pentecost 8 Ordinary Time 15 Proper 10 Ad te Domine, levavi: Mode II Offertory: Psalm 24 (25):13 q = ca n S Man n n n N n n n rit n a tempo Œ Sell: flutes 8', 4' Great: 8' principal OR Sell: strings Great: 8' flute AE126 (24) Copyright 2016 y Aureole Editions

12 Pentecost 9 Ordinary Time 16 Proper 11 Eripe me de inimicis meis: Mode II Alleluia: Psalm 58 (59):2 [Antiphon] q = ca 58 3 n 12 S Ped Gt poco píu mosso 3 rall n n rit a tempo n [Fine] ca 2'15" Œ 3 Sell: strings Great: flute 8' Pedal: 16', S to Ped AE126 (26) Copyright 2016 y Aureole Editions

13 (Gt) 3 S n n n Gt rit [Repeat Antiphon] Pentecost 10 Ordinary Time 17 Proper 12 Exsultate Deo adiutori nostro: Mode VII Alleluia: Psalm 80 (81):2, 3 13 S q = ca 42 Gt Ped Œ Œ poco rall a tempo Œ Œ Œ Sell: light reed 8' Great: flute 8' Pedal: 16', 8' AE126 (27) Copyright 2016 y Aureole Editions

14 Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ n n Œ Œ Gt rit ca 1'45" Pentecost 11 Ordinary Time 18 Proper 13 Panem de caelo: Mode V Communion: Wisdom 16:20 14 S e = ca 80 legato n Sell: strings (ox closed) Great: flute 4', Gt to Ped Pedal: no pedal stops OR Sell: strings (ox closed) Pedal: flute or reed 4' AE126 (28) Copyright 2016 y Aureole Editions

15 Pentecost 12 Ordinary Time 19 Proper 14 Respice, Domine: Mode VII Introit: Psalm 73 (74):20, 19, 22, Gt e = ca 110 S open Œ S Gt S (Gt) Œ Sell: flutes 8', 4', S to Gt Great: principal 8' Pedal: 16', S to Ped AE126 (30) Copyright 2016 y Aureole Editions

16 Pentecost 13 Ordinary Time 20 Proper 15 Bonum est confidere: Mode V Gradual: Psalm 117:8 (118:8) 16 e = ca 88 S closed Gt Œ Œ S Œ Ped n n n n rit Sell: strings, S to Ped Great: flute 8' Pedal: (32'), 16', S to Ped AE126 (32) Copyright 2016 y Aureole Editions

17 Pentecost 14 Ordinary Time 21 Proper 16 Inclina, Domine: Mode I Introit: Psalm 85:14 (86:14) e = ca S S closed n ( ) n n n n n n n n Ped Sell: strings, S to Ped (No pedal stops dran) n AE126 (34) Copyright 2016 y Aureole Editions

18 Pentecost 16 Ordinary Time 23 Proper 18 Iustus es Domine: Mode I Introit: Psalm 118 (119):137, 124, 1) q = ca S Gt 3 3, Ped S Œ Gt Man 3 Ped rit ca 1'05" Sell: strings Great: flute 8' Pedal: 16', S to Ped OR Sell: flutes 8', 4' Great (or Choir): light reed 8' Pedal: 16', S to Ped AE126 (37) Copyright 2016 y Aureole Editions

19 Pentecost 17 Ordinary Time 24 Proper 19 Da pacem, Domine: Mode I Introit: Sirach 36:18 e = ca S legato Œ n a Gt n Sell: flute 8', ox closed Great: flute 4' Pedal: S to Ped (no pedal stops dran) OR Sell: flutes 8', 4' Great (or Choir): 4', 1 1/3' Pedal: 16', S to Ped AE126 (38) Copyright 2016 y Aureole Editions

COMPOSER S NOTE The first volume of Gregorian Liturgical Year completed in March, 2000 contained pieces for the Sundays and major feast days of the

COMPOSER S NOTE The first volume of Gregorian Liturgical Year completed in March 2000 contained pieces for the Sundays and maor feast days of the church from Advent I through the Last Sunday in Epiphany