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March / April 2020 Saint James Catholic Church 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, Antiphons, Psalmody, Canticles) 3. Styles of chant a. Gregorian b. Meinrad and similar c. Anglican 4. Marian Antiphons: a. Alma Redemptoris Mater- Advent, Christmastide through Feb 2 b. Ave Regina caelorum- Feb 3 through Lent c. Regina caeli- Eastertide d. Salve Regina- Ordinary Time after Pentecost until Advent 2 GREGORIAN TONES 3 N P: Canticle of Simeon [Nunc dimittis] 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 sign of the cross 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. 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 Magnificat 8 ANGLICAN CHANT 9 ALMA REDEMPTORIS MATER AVE REGINA CAELORUM REGINA CAELI 10 SALVE REGINA 11 .