March / April 2020

Saint James Charles Town WV

Session 1‐ page 2 Session 2‐ page 7 Session 3‐ page 9 Session 4‐ page 12

SESSION 4 Music in the Hours

1. Basic characteristics of Hebrew Poetry

Parallelism: a. Synonymous

Psalm 100:5 Good indeed is the Lord, his mercy endures forever, his faithfulness lasts through every generation.

b. Antithetical

Magnificat [Luke 1:52-53] He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up the lowly.

He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty.

c. Progressive

Psalm 19:8 The law of the Lord is perfect, it revives the soul. The rule of the Lord is to be trusted, it gives wisdom to the simple.

2. Major elements (Hymn, , Psalmody, Canticles)

3. Styles of chant a. Gregorian b. Meinrad and similar c. Anglican

4. Marian Antiphons: a. Alma - Advent, Christmastide through Feb 2 b. - Feb 3 through Lent c. - d. - Ordinary Time after until Advent

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GREGORIAN TONES

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N P: Canticle of Simeon []

L- (Ant) Pro - tect | us, Lord, as we stay awake; watch ov - er us as we sleep,

that awake we may keep watch with Christ, and a - sleep, rest in his peace.

(Make the at the beginning of this canticle)

A-  Lord, now | you let your servant go in peace, your word has been fulfilled:

my own eyes have seen the sal - va - tion

which you have prepared in the sight of ev - ’ry people:

a light to reveal you to the na - tions and the glory of your peo - ple Israel.

(bow) G F, Ꞅꝿ S, H - S,

as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for - ev - er. | A - men.

A- (Ant) Pro - tect | us, Lord, as we stay awake; watch ov - er us as we sleep,

that awake we may keep watch with Christ, and a - sleep, rest in his peace.

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4 MEINRAD TONES

Tone 1

Tone 2

Tone 3

Tone 4

5 Tone 5

Tone 6

Tone 7

Tone 8

6 Tone 8-alternate

CANTICANOVA PUBLICATIONS’ TONES

Benedictus Tone

EP Psalm 1

7 EP Psalm 2

EP NT Canticle

Responsory

EP

8 ANGLICAN CHANT

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AVE REGINA CAELORUM

REGINA CAELI

10 SALVE REGINA

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