2014 NPM National Convention St. Louis, Missouri ACCESSIBLE CHANT RESOURCES Breakout Session F-03 Friday, July 18, 2014 9:15-10:30 am Charles Thatcher, presenter Everything you need to find the chant resources that will serve you and your assembly. Chant websites referred to in the presentation: St. Meinrad Archabbey (Fr. Columba Kelly, OSB) www.saintmeinrad.org/the-monastery/liturgical-music/downloads Church Music Association of America (CMAA) www.musicasacra.com Corpus Christi Watershed www.ccwatershed.org Sacred Music US (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB) www.sacredmusicus.org Illuminare Publications (Adam Bartlett) www.illuminarepublications.com ORDINARY OF THE MASS Latin Language Resources steps should be taken so that the faithful may also be able to say or to sing together in Latin those parts of the Ordinary of the Mass which pertain to them. (Sacrosanctum Concilium, no. 54) Each worshiping community in the United States, including all age groups and all ethnic groups, should, at a minimum, learn Kyrie XVI, Sanctus XVIII, and Agnus Dei XVIII, all of which are typically included in congregational worship aids. More difficult chants, such as Gloria VIII and settings of the Credo and Pater Noster, might be learned after the easier chants have been mastered. (Sing to the Lord, no. 75) 1. Jubilate Deo A Vatican II collection of easy Latin Gregorian Chants for the faithful, including the chants of the Ordinary mentioned above in Sing to the Lord See the following for the original Vatican edition and an edition in modern notation. DOWNLOAD www.ceciliaschola.org/notes/jubilatedeo An edition in modern notation and an accompaniment are available from GIA 1
2. Hymnals for use in Roman Catholic churches (GIA, WLP, OCP, etc.) All contain the Jubilate Deo Mass. The well-known Gregorian Chant Mass VIII (Missa de Angelis) is also found GIA s Worship and Gather. 3. Liber Cantualis (Abbey of Solesmes) A more extensive collection of common chants, including the Jubilate Deo Mass 4. Kyriale (Abbey of Solesmes) Contains all of the Gregorian Chant Mass Ordinaries. 5. Parish Book of Chant (CMAA website) PURCHASE/DOWNLOAD Order of sung Mass for both Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms of the Mass, as well as the complete Kyriale of Gregorian Chant Masses. (Also contains the Mass for the Dead, selected Communion Chants, and a number of other hymns and chants.) 6. St. Antoine Daniel Kyriale (Corpus Christi Watershed website) DOWNLOAD PDF scores, video, YouTube ORDINARY OF THE MASS English Language Resources With regard to compositions of liturgical music, I make my own the "general rule" that St Pius X formulated in these words: "The more closely a composition for church approaches in its movement, inspiration and savor the Gregorian melodic form, the more sacred and liturgical it becomes; and the more out of harmony it is with that supreme model, the less worthy it is of the temple". It is not, of course, a question of imitating Gregorian chant but rather of ensuring that new compositions are imbued with the same spirit that inspired and little by little came to shape it. (Chirograph of Pope John Paul II for the centenary of Pope Pius X s motu proprio Tra le sollecitudini on sacred music, no. 12) 1. The Roman Missal (2010) 2. Chants from the Order of Mass Charles Thatcher (WLP) Accompaniment of the Roman Missal Ordinary chants 3. St. Meinrad Kyriale 2011 Fr. Columba Kelly, OSB (St. Meinrad website) Five complete Mass ordinaries based on Gregorian Chant originals, plus three extra settings of the Gloria PURCHASE/DOWNLOAD 2
4. Missa Emmanuel Richard Proulx (GIA) Octavo / Worship and Gather (unaccompanied) 5. Mass in Honor of St. Ignatius Russell Weismann (GIA) Octavo 6. Missa Simplex Richard Proulx (WLP) Octavo / One in Faith hymnal / We Celebrate hymnal (Gloria only) 7. Antiphonal Gloria from Congregational Mass John Lee, adapt. Richard Proulx (GIA) Octavo / Worship and Gather 8. Nicene Creed from Jubilation Mass James Chepponis (GIA) Octavo / Worship 9. Psallite Mass Collegeville Composers Group (Liturgical Press) Texts set to simple chant tones. Some texts in English, Spanish, and Latin. 10. Mass in Honor of St. Cecilia David Hurd (Liturgical Press) 11. Belmont Mass Christopher Walker (OCP) Octavo / Journeysongs 12. Gloria from Mass of Grace Lisa Stafford (WLP) PROPERS OF THE MASS there are four options for the Entrance Chant: (1) the antiphon from the Missal or the antiphon with its Psalm from the Graduale Romanum, as set to music there or in another setting; (2) the antiphon and Psalm of the Graduale Simplex for the liturgical time (GIRM, no. 48) GRADUALE ROMANUM / THE ROMAN GRADUAL 1. Graduale Romanum (Abbey of Solesmes) Complete set of Gregorian Chants of the Ordinary and Propers of the Mass for the entire Church Year Selected verses of the accompanying Psalms are indicated. 3
2. Gregorian Missal (Abbey of Solesmes) Gregorian Chant Ordinaries of the Mass, Propers from Graduale Romanum for Sundays, Feasts of the Lord, and Solemnities of Saints English translations provided for the texts of the Propers 3. Simple English Propers Adam Bartlett (CMAA) PURCHASE/DOWNLOAD Simple chant settings of the Entrance, Offertory, and Communion antiphons of the Mass, with texts drawn from the Graduale Romanum The modes of the antiphons are the same as the original Latin chants Practice videos are available 4. Lalemant Propers Jeff Ostrowski (Corpus Christi Watershed) PURCHASE/DOWNLOAD The Entrance, Offertory, and Communion antiphons, as well as the Graduals (and the Tracts during Lent), and the Alleluias Texts are drawn from the Graduale Romanum. A single psalm tone is used for all of the chants. THE ROMAN MISSAL 1. Entrance Antiphons from the Roman Missal Communion Antiphons from the Roman Missal Fr. Columba Kelly, OSB (St. Meinrad) PURCHASE/DOWNLOAD Gregorian-style chant settings of the antiphons suitable for schola, with a simple congregational refrain for the assembly 2. Lumen Christi Simple Gradual Adam Bartlett (Illuminare Publications) PURCHASE/DOWNLOAD Simple chant settings of the Entrance, Offertory, and Communion antiphons of the Mass, with texts drawn from the Roman Missal, the Graduale Romanum, and at times from the Graduale Simplex Organ accompaniments are available in PDF for many of the antiphons. (N.B. These antiphon settings are not the same as those found in Bartlett s Simple English Propers.) 4
GRADUALE SIMPLEX / THE SIMPLE GRADUAL 1. Graduale Simplex (Libreria Editrice Vaticana) Gregorian Chant Ordinaries of the Mass, Common Sets of Propers 2. By Flowing Waters Paul Ford (Liturgical Press) The complete Graduale Simplex, with the melodies adapted to the English translations 3. Simple Gradual Propers for Ordinary Time Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB (Sacred Music US) PURCHASE (Lulu) / DOWNLOAD The Graduale Simplex processional antiphons, responsorial psalms, and alleluias for Ordinary Time 4. Communion Chants for the Church Year Charles Thatcher (WLP) The Communion Antiphon and psalm texts from the Graduale Simplex for Advent/Christmas, Lent/Easter, and Ordinary Time (30 chants) Set in the 8 Church Modes, some antiphons are in chant style, others are metered. SATB harmonies are included. RESPONSORIAL PSALMS 1. Lectionary Psalms for Advent & Christmas / Lectionary Psalms for Lent & Easter Fr. Columba Kelly, OSB (GIA) For Sundays of the seasons 2. Responsorial Psalms for Weekday Mass: Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter Fr. Anthony Ruff, OSB (Liturgical Press) For Weekdays of the seasons 3. The Parish Book of Psalms Arlene Oost-Zinner (CMAA) PURCHASE/DOWNLOAD For Sundays 4. Lumen Christi Missal Adam Bartlett (Illuminare Publications) Psalm refrains for Sundays, Weekdays, Solemnities, and Feasts of the Church Year 5
GOSPEL ACCLAMATIONS Chant Alleluias and Lenten Gospel Acclamations can be found in many of the sources listed above. THE DIVINE OFFICE (LITURGY OF THE HOURS) 1. Worship: Liturgy of the Hours Leaders Edition (GIA) Antiphons for Morning and Evening Prayer II for all Sundays of the year, plus all solemnities, feasts of the Lord, and the Office for the Dead Compatible with the psalms of Worship Third Edition and Worship Fourth Edition The Benedictus Antiphon for Morning Prayer is from the Gospel of the Cycle B readings. The Magnificat Antiphon for Evening Prayer II is from The Gospel of the Cycle C readings. These antiphons would be suitable for singing at the Sunday Mass of the day. 2. Sunday Lauds and Vespers Fr. Columba Kelly, OSB (St. Meinrad) PURCHASE/DOWNLOAD 4-week cycle of Antiphons and Psalms for Evening Prayer I & II and Morning Prayer The antiphons and psalms do not match those from The Liturgy of the Hours, but are rather from the St. Meinrad monastic office. 3. Mundelein Psalter (Hillenbrand Books) The complete 4-week cycle of the Liturgy of the Hours (Morning, Evening, and Night Prayer and Office for the Dead) as found in Christian Prayer All texts are pointed for chanting. Simple two-line psalm tones in the 8 Church modes are provided. A two-week cycle of the traditional Office hymns, in English Long Meter translations, are paired with simple, traditional chant tunes. 4. Hymnal for the Hours (GIA) A good number of the hymns are provided with both traditional Gregorian melodies and metrical tunes. Invitatory antiphons for the year are included in the collection. 6
5. Antiphonale Monasticum Volumes I, II, III (Abbey of Solesmes) Gregorian Chant antiphons in Latin for the revised monastic office of Solesmes. The antiphons for the Benedictus and Magnificat in Volume I correspond to the three year cycle of the Gospel readings of the Mass, making them useful as antiphons for Mass. 5. Liber Hymnarius (Abbey of Solesmes) Contains all of the Latin chant office hymns. The melodies are restored to their original form, as are the texts, as called for by the Second Vatican Council. The Praenotanda explains explains the flexible rhythms of chant singing as informed by years of study of Semiology, the ancient rhythmic signs which made up the first chant notation. Sing to the Lord references the Praenotanda in making the following important claim: Gregorian Chant draws its life from the sacred text it expresses, and recent official editions employ revised notation suggesting natural speech rhythm rather than independent melodic principles. (Sing to the Lord, no. 18; emphasis mine) OTHER RESOURCES 1. St. Meinrad Psalm Tones Fr. Columba Kelly, OSB (St. Meinrad) PURCHASE/DOWNLOAD Time-tested tones in the eight Church modes, which can be adapted to psalm strophes of 2 to 6 lines Available in chant and modern notation Accompaniments available 2. Conception Abbey Psalm Tones Abbot Gregory Polan, OSB (GIA) In the eight Church modes The Accompaniment Edition has a helpful Introduction explaining how the psalm tones work. Also covered are Matching a Psalm with an Appropriate Tone and Matching an Antiphon with an Appropriate Tone. The latter gives an explanation of the modes, how to determine the modality of an antiphon, and recognizing the dominant of an antiphon. 7
3. Canticum novum: Gregorian Chant for Today s Choirs Fr. Anthony Ruff, OSB (GIA0) A collection of Gregorian Chants, ranging in difficulty from simple to very complex Each chant appears with traditional Gregorian notation and modern chant notation. Antiphons in Gregorian notation are paired with Latin psalms with Gregorian psalm tones. Antiphons in modern chant notation are paired with English psalms with St. Meinrad tones. St. Gall notation is also provided when possible (the ancient rhythmic signs which preceeded the invention of musical notation). 4. CMAA online resources Graduale Simplex DOWNLOAD Communio Project (Richard Rice) PURCHASE/DOWNLOAD o Communion Antiphons from the Graduale Romanum in two editions, with psalm verses in Latin or in English (King James Version) o Index for 1970 Missal (OF) and 1962 Missal (EF) Liber Usualis (1961) DOWNLOAD 5. Corpus Christi Watershed online resources DOWNLOAD St. René Groupil Gregorian Chant o Mass Propers, arranged according to EF o Score, Video, Mp3, accompaniments available Liber Usualis (1924) o In modern notation (stems), found on the website in the St. Lalande Library of Rare Books 8