PDF Downloads • Vernacular Mass Settings Published During The 1960s
If they were set upon avoiding the word “men,” I wish ICEL would have done something like “peace on earth to *those* of good will.”
“Is it not true that prohibiting or suspecting the extraordinary form can only be inspired by the demon who desires our suffocation and spiritual death?” —The Vatican’s chief liturgist from 2014-2021; interview with Edw. Pentin (23-Sep-2019)
If they were set upon avoiding the word “men,” I wish ICEL would have done something like “peace on earth to *those* of good will.”
“The origins of some are not known due to the long and nearly untraceable popular usage they have enjoyed.” —Gregorian Institute
“These samples from Connelly make less sense in English than the Latin originals would to a North Korean.” —Msgr. Francis P. Schmitt
I’d like to produce my own version, setting all six verses to different harmonizations.
Uses Gregorian chant with polyphonic _Falsibordone_ by Caesare de Zachariis (†1594).
This free PDF was provided courtesy of the St. Jean de Lalande Library of Rare Books.
I cannot help but think of this hymn collection as his greatest masterpiece.
Many of these melodies cannot be easily found in any other book.
The book is 1,479 pages. The monastery of Solesmes certainly had a staggering output!
Your more advanced singers will love this piece by Palestrina!
“It contains about two hundred hymns—all from approved sources—and covers every phase of Catholic devotion.” —Foreword by the Bishop of La Crosse
“We feel that the selection of hymns leaves little to be desired…” —From the 1942 Foreword
“Yet zephyrs vainly fan me, and flow’rs to groves invite…”
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