Exsultet Chant

OCP sheet PREVIEW129170 music Exsultet

Chant

No Assembly Edition, Cantor, a Cappella

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bb œœœœ œ œ œ PREVIEW& œ œ œ œ œ ˙ \ œ œ Ex - ult, all cre - a - tion a - round God’s throne! Je - sus Christ, our

b | b œœ- œœœ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ˙ King, is ris - en! Sound the trum- pet of sal - va - tion!

b œ- - | œ & b œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ Re - joice, Oearth, in shin - ing splen - dor, ra - diant

bb œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ & œ ˙ \ œ œ œ œ in the bright- ness of your King! Christ has con- quered! Glo - ry

bb - | œ & œ œœ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ˙ ﬁlls you! Dark - ness van - ish - es for ev - er!

bb œœ œ œ- œ œ - | & œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ Re- joice, O Moth - er Church! Ex - ult in glo - ry!

bb œœ œœ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ˙\ The ris - en Sav - ior shines up - on you!

The English translation of the Easter Proclamation (Exsultet) from The Roman Missal © 1973, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. (ICEL). All rights reserved. Used with permission. Published with the approval of the Committee on the Liturgy, National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Note: For the short form, the parts within square brackets are omitted, and parts to be added are indicated in the music. Parentheses around a text indicate that it is to be sung by a deacon or priest only. Edition 10960-Z 3

b | b œ œ œ œ œœœ- œ & œ œ œ œ œ Let this place re - sound with joy, ech - o -

bb œ & œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ing the might - y song of all God’s peo - ple!

PREVIEW(Deacon or Priest only) b - œ - | & b œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ [(My dear - est friends, stand- ing with me in this ho - ly light,

bb œ œœ œœ œ - | & œ œ œ œœ œœœœ join me in ask - ing God for mer - cy, that he may give

bb & œœœœœ œœœœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ his un- wor- thy min - is - ter grace to sing his Eas- ter prais - es.)] b (Deacon or Priest only) All Cantor/Deacon/Priest & b œœœ œ œ˙ œœœ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ (The Lord be with you. And al - so with you.) Lift up your b All Cantor/Deacon/Priest & b ˙ ˙ œœœ œ œ œœ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ hearts. We lift them up to the Lord. Let us give thanks b All & b œœœ œ œ ˙ œœœ œœœ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ to the Lord our God. It is right to give him thanks and praise.

b œ - | & b œœœœœœ œ œœœ œ œ œ œœ It is tru - ly right that with full hearts and minds and voic - es

Exsultet 4 b œ- - | & b œœœœœ œ œœœœ œœœœ we should praise the un - seen God, the all - pow - er - ful Fa - ther, b & b œœœ œ œœœ œ œ œ œ ˙ PREVIEWand his on - ly Son, our Lord Je - sus Christ. b - | & b œ œœœœœœ œ œ œ œœœœœ For Christ has ran- somed us with his blood, and paid for us the price

bb œ - | & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ of Ad - am’s sin to our e - ter - nal Fa - ther!

bb œ - | œœ - | & œ œ œ œ œœœ œ œ œ œœœ This is our pass - o - ver feast, when Christ, the true Lamb, is slain, b & b œ œ œ œ œœœ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ whose blood con - se - crates the homes of all be - liev - ers.

bb œ œ œ - | œœ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ˙ \ This is the night when ﬁrst you saved our fa - thers: b œ & b œœœœœœ œ œ œ œ you freed the peo - ple of Is - ra - el from their

b - | & b œ œœ œœœœ œœœ œ ˙ slav - er - y and led them dry - shod through the sea.

Exsultet 5

b | & b œ œ œ œ œœœœ œ œ œ œ œœœ œ ˙ [This is the night when the pil- lar of ﬁre de- stroyed the dark-ness of sin!]

b | - | œ & b œ œ œ œ œ œœœœ œ œ œ œ œœ PREVIEWThis is the night when Chris-tians ev-ery-where, washed clean of sin and freed b - | & b œœœ œœœœ œœœ œ œ œ œ œ from all de - ﬁle - ment, are re-stored to grace and grow to -

bb œ œ œ | œœ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ geth- er in ho - li - ness. This is the night when Je- sus Christ

bb œ - | & œ œ œ œœœ œœœœ œœœ œ ˙ broke the chains of death and rose tri- um- phant from the grave. b - & b œ œœœ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ [What good would life have been to us, had Christ not come

b - | & b œœœ œ œ œ ˙ œœ œœœœ as our Re - deem - er?] Fa - ther, how won - der - ful

bb œœœœ & œœœœ ˙ \ œ œ œ ˙ \ your care for us! How bound - less your mer - ci - ful love! b & b œœœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ To ran - som a slave you gave a - way your Son.

Exsultet 6 b - | œ - | & b œ œ œ œœœ œ œœœœœ œ œ œœ O hap - py fault, Onec-es-sar-ysin of Ad - am,

b œ - | & b œœœœ œœœ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ PREVIEWwhich gained for us so great a Re- deem - er! [Most blessed of all nights, b & b œœœœœ œ œœœ œ œ ˙ œ œœ chosen by God to see Christ ris - ing from the dead! Of this night

bb - œ- | & œ œ œ œœœœœ œ œœœœ scrip- ture says: “The night will be clear as day: it will be- come

bb œœ & œœœ œ ˙ œ œ œœœœ my light, my joy.” The pow - er of this ho - ly

b - œ - | - | & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œœœœœ night dis - pels all e- vil, wash - es guilt a - way,

b - | & b œœœ œ œ œœ œ œœœ œ ˙ œ œœ re- stores lost in - no- cence, brings mourn - ers joy; it casts out b - & b œ œ œ œ œœœ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ha - tred, brings us peace, and hum- bles earth - ly pride.]

Short form only b - œ - | & b œ œœœ œ œ œœœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œœ The pow- er of this ho - ly night dis- pels all e-vil,wash- es

Exsultet 7 b - | - | & b œœœ œœœ œœœœ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ guilt a- way, re-stores lost in- no-cence and brings mourn - ers joy.

b - | - | & b œœœ œ œ œœœ œ œ œœœ œœ PREVIEWNight tru - ly blessed when heav - en is wed- ded to earth and man b œ & b œœœ œ œ œ ˙ œœœœ œ œœ is rec - on- ciled with God! There- fore, heav - en - ly Fa - ther, in

bb œœ - | & œ œ œ œœ œœœœœœœ the joy of this night, re - ceive our eve - ning sac - ri -

bb œ- | & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ﬁce of praise, your Chur - ch’s sol - emn of - fer - ing.

b - | & b œ œœœ œ œ œ œœ œ œœœœ œ [Ac - cept this Eas - ter can - dle, aﬂamedi-vid-ed but

b - | & b œ œ œœœ œ œ œœœ œœœ œ ˙ un- dimmed, apil-larofﬁre that glows to the hon - or of God.

b - | & b œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ Let it min- gle with the lights of heav - en and con - tin - ue b & b œ œ œ œ œœœ œ œœœ œ ˙ brave - ly burn - ing to dis - pel the dark - ness of this night!]

Exsultet 8 Short form only bb œœ œ & œ œ œ œ œ˙\ œ œ Ac - cept this Eas - ter can - dle. May it b & b œ œ œ œ œœœ œ œ ˙ PREVIEWal - ways dis - pel the dark - ness of this night! b œ - | & b œœ œ œ œ œ œ œœœ œ œœœ May the Morn - ing Star which nev - er sets ﬁnd this ﬂame

bb œ - œ & œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œœœ œœ œ still burn - ing: Christ, that Morn - ing Star, who came back from

bb œ œ- œœœœœœ - | & œ œ œ œœœ œ œ the dead, and shed his peace- ful light on all man- kind, your Son b All & b œ œ œ œ œœœ œ œ œ ˙ œ˙ ˙ who lives and reigns for ev - er and ev - er. A- men.

Performance Notes The singing of the Exsultet at the Easter Vigil is arguably a cantor’s most important and challenging role of the church year. This role was formerly reserved to the deacon. A singer not in holy orders still omits the sentence, “My dearest friends…,” and the greeting, “The Lord be with you.” (See note on page 2.) This edition suggests a convenient pitch. If another is chosen, remember that it must be sustained for ﬁve to seven minutes. Prepare each phrase with adequate breath, and take plenty of time at each full bar. Plan ahead for other breathing points, especially if they are more or less frequent than suggested. A slower, rather than quicker, pace will be found to be advantageous. The black note heads of this edition should be given weight and duration according to the sense of the proclamation. A prayerful reading of the text will be the best guide. It might be helpful to choose (and mark!) a word or two as being the most important of each phrase or sentence.

Exsultet