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Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”

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Hautcrêt Abbey Gradual

This complete Gradual circa 1250 probably originated at Hautcrêt Abbey.  It contains the temporal, the sanctoral and the Commune Sanctorum, votive masses, the Kyriale and litanies, antiphons and processional responsories, the tropes of the Kyrie Cunctipotens and Fons bonitatis and several additions from the 14th century.  A study of the musical and liturgical content shows this manuscript is a faithful copy of an older Gradual of the order from 1140.

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