Gregorian Chant based on Graduale Triplex

Audio to download This music free to share under a Creative Commons Music Sharing License.	Text, translation	Source Notation, Rehearsal sheet or Modern-notation score	Description
Introit Antiphon and verse:
Ego clamavi quoniam exaudisti me Deus: inclina aurem tuam: et exaudi verba meam. Custodi nos, Domine: ut pupillam occuli. Sub umbra alarum tuarum protege nos.	I call upon you, God, for you will an swer me; bend your ear and hear my prayer. Guard me as the pupil of your eye; hide me in the shade of your wings.	Rehearsal sheet.	Entrance Song  29 Sunday in Ordinary Time
Antiphons:
Dominus dixit ad me: filius meus es tu, ego hodie genuite.	The Lord said to me: You are my Son; this day have I begotten you.  Psalm 2:7	Rehearsal sheet: Ant. & ps.	Entrance Song Christmas Mass at Midnight
In splendoribus sanctorum, ex utero ante luciferum genuite.	In the brightness of the saints, from the womb before the day star I begot thee. Psalm 110:3b		Communion Song Christmas Vigil
Ecce virgo concipiet, at pariet filium: et vocabitur nomen eius Emmanuel. Alleluia.	A virgin is with child and shall bear a son, and she will call him Emmanuel.  Isaiah 7:14		Communion Song 4th Sunday of Advent
Exulta filia Sion, lauda filia Ierusalem; ecce Rex tuus venit sanctus, et Salvator mundi.	Daughter of Zion, exult; shout aloud, daughter of Jerusalem! Your King is coming, the Holy One, the Savior of the world.  Zechariah 9:9		Communion Song Christmas Mass at Dawn
Puer natus est nobis, et filius datus est nobis: cuius imperium super humerum eius: et vocabitur nomen eius, magni consilii Angelus.	A child is born for us, a son given to us; dominion is laid on his shoulder, and he shall be called Wonderful-Counselor.   Isaiah 9:5		Entrance Song Christmas During the Day
Videmus stellam eius in Oriente, et venimus com muneribus adorare Dominum.	We have seen his star in the east, and have come with gifts to adore the Lord.   Matthew 2:2		Communion Song Epiphany
Laetare Ierusalem: et conventum facite omnes qui diligitis eam: gaudete cum laetitia qui in tristitia fuistis: ut exsultetis, et satiemini ab uberibus consolationis vestrae.	Rejoice, Jerusalem! Be glad for her, you who love her; rejoice with her, you who mourned for her, and you will find contentment at her consoling breasts.  Isaiah 66:10-11		Entrance Song Fourth Sunday of Lent
Hosanna filio David: benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Rex Israel: Hosanna in excelsis.	Hosanna to the Son of David, the King of Israel.  Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.  Matthew 21:9		Entrance Song Palm Sunday
Christus factus est pro nobis obediens usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis.  Youth Choir recording HERE	And being found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.  Philippians 2:8,9	Rehearsal sheet; Ant & ps.	Palm Sunday
Hoc corpus, quod pro vobis tradetur: hic calix novi testamente est in meo sanguine, dicit Dominus; hoc facite, quotiescumque sumitis, in meam commemorationem.	This body will be given for you. This is the cup of the new covenant in my blood (says the Lord); whenever you receive them, do so in remembrance of me.  1 Cor 11:24-25		Communion Song Holy Thursday
Resurrexi, et adhuc tecum sum, alleluia: Posuisti super me manum tuam, alleluia. Mirabilis facta est scientia tua, alleluia, alleluia.	I have risen: I am with you once more; you placed your hand on me to keep me safe. How great is te depth of your wisdom, alleluia! Psalm 139:18,5-6		Entrance Song Easter Day
Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus, alleluia. Itaque epulemur in azymis sinceritatis et veritatis, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.	Christ has become our Paschal sacrifice; let us feast with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth, alleluia.   1Cor 5:7-8		Communion Song Easter Day
Cantate Domino canticum novum, alleluia: quia mirabilia fecit Dominus, alleluia: ante conspectum gentium revelavit iustitiam suam, alleluia, alleluia.	Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous deeds; he has revealed to the nations his saving power, alleluia.  Psalm 98: 1-2		Entrance Song Fifth Sunday of Easter
Viri Galilaei, quid admiramini aspicientes in caeum? alleluia: quemadmodum vidistis eum ascendentem n caelum, ita veniet, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.	Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking in the sky? The Lord will return, just as you have seen him ascend, alleluia.  Acts 1:11		Entrance Song Ascension of the Lord
Ascendit Deus in iubilatione, Dominus in voce tubae, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Bernheim recording JesuitenKirche recording	God mounts the throne amid shouts of joy; the LORD, amid trumpet blasts. Psalm 47(46):6	Chant notation Modern-notation score	Offertory, Ascension of the Lord
Pater, cum essem cum eis, ego servabam eos, quos dedisti mihi, alleluia: nunc autem ad te venio: non rogo ut tollas eos de mundo, sed ut serves eos a malo, alleluia, alleluia.	And now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may gave my joy fulfilled in themselves...I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil. John 17:12,13,15	Chant notation	Communion, Week following Ascension
Spiritus Domini replevit orben terrarum, alleluia: et hoc quod continet omnia, scientiam habet vocis, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.	The Spirit of the Lord fills the whole world. it holds all things together and knows every word spoken by man, alleluia.  Wisdom 1:7	Rehearsal sheet; Ant & ps. Better sheet (but a huge file, sorry) Modern-notation score	Entrance Song Pentecost
Factus est repente de caelo sonus advenientis spiritus vehementis, ubi erant sedentes, alleluia: et repleti sunt omnes Spiritu Sancto, loquentes magnalia Dei, alleluia, alleluia.	Suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind...where they were sitting...And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:2,4	Modern-notation score	Pentecost
Amen dico vobis, quidquid orantes petitis, credite quia accipietis, et fiet vobis.	Amen, I say to you...all that you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours.  Mark 11:24		Ordinary Time
Qui manducat carnem meam , et bibit sanguinem meum, in me manet, et ego in eo, dicit Dominus.	Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood will live in me and I in him, says the Lord.  John 6:56		Corpus Christi
Antiphon and Psalm
Deus Deus meus Psalm 63		Rehearsal sheet	Ordinary Time
Dominus dixit ad me Psalm 2		Rehearsal sheet	Christmas
Deus, Deus meus, respice in me: quare me dereliquisti? Psalm 22	O God, my God, why have you abandoned me? (note: this is a long 33-minute piece. Well worth the investment.)	Text, translation, reflection	Palm / Passion Sunday
The Ordinary of the Mass
Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison, kyrie eleison	Lord, have mercy. Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy.	Chant notation	Every mass
Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dominus Deus sabaoth. Pleni sunt caeli et terra, gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Hosanna in excelsis.	Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.	Chant notation	Every mass
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem	Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, grant us peace.	Chant notation	Every mass

Sing antiphons in Latin, then sing the English translation of the antiphon as the first "verse", then the antiphon again, then alternate psalm verses (as called for by the Graduale) with the antiphon. The final "verse" is the Gloria patri.  (For example, see Deus, Deus meus audio file and rehearsal sheet, and the Dominus dixit rehearsal sheet)

Given the status quo of American parishes, consider singing the Entrance Song as a prelude to mass.

Consider singing the communion antiphon and psalm

during the Preparation of the Gifts

OR as song following Communion

OR as the Communion song, with the assembly singing psalm verses.

Post-Vatican II Catholics may now be ready to experience this compelling form of prayer--a significant portion of the Church's liturgy.

These audio recordings may be reproduced under the Creative Commons Music License.
Many chants recorded December 2002 at Bernheim Forest, some additions from other sources. Thus the birds.

Resources:
I highly recommend Robert M. Fowell's Chant Made Simple (Paraclete Press  ISBN 1-55725-253-X $8.95) if you are interested in historically-informed praxis in Gregorian Chant. It contains many of the selections above, with instructions on reading the notations, translations of Latin, and more.

Graduale Triplex (Abbaye Saint-Pierre De Solesmes, ISBN 2-85374-094-X,) contains the chants for masses of the entire year, notated simultaneously in three kinds of notation--the familiar chant neums and two of the original sources, St. Gall and Laon notation. It is these latter notation systems that preserve the rhythms of these sung texts.

Liber Usualis the liturgical music handbook of the Catholic Church in use before Vatican II, which fills in some of the gaps in the information.

Psalms and Ritual Music, Music for the Liturgy of the Word, Year A, B, or C This comprehensive resource lets you bring the simple, direct, experience of chant into every Sunday parish liturgy.  Under $10 each.

From the General Instruction of the Roman Missal

 
40. Great importance should be attached to the use of singing in the celebration of the Mass, with due consideration for the culture of the people and abilities of each liturgical assembly...

41. All other thing being equal, Gregorian chant holds pride of place because it is proper to the Roman Liturgy. Other types of sacred music, in particular polyphony, are in no way excluded, provided that they correspond to the spirit of the liturgical action and that they foster the participation of all the faithful.

Since faithful from different countries come together ever more frequently, it is fitting that they know how to sing together at least some parts of the Ordinary of the Mass in Latin, especially the Creed and the Lord's Prayer, set to the simpler melodies.

Feedback?  Contact me, Maggie Hettinger.

I keep a blow-by-blow record of my work with chant in various churches, with various groups, and other current attempts, at RandomLight.
It's my journal, so there's other stuff there, too.  Check the archives if you don't see enough chant.  There are rehearsal notes, source notes, and recordings.