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2025-11-20T16:25:21Z

Stefano Ferri: Common tones: DOMINUS VOBISCUM (AD DIMITTENDUM POPULUM: ITE, MISSA EST). Square notation on A4 sheet.

== Summary ==
Common tones: DOMINUS VOBISCUM (AD DIMITTENDUM POPULUM: ITE, MISSA EST). Square notation on A4 sheet.

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2025-11-20T16:24:59Z

Stefano Ferri: Common tones: DOMINUS VOBISCUM (AD DIMITTENDUM POPULUM: ITE, MISSA EST). Square notation on A4 sheet.

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Common tones: DOMINUS VOBISCUM (AD DIMITTENDUM POPULUM: ITE, MISSA EST). Square notation on A4 sheet.

Ite missa est

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2025-11-20T16:05:46Z

Stefano Ferri: Common tones: DOMINUS VOBISCUM [PAX VOBIS] (FORMULA SALUTATIO III). Square notation on A4 sheet.

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Common tones: DOMINUS VOBISCUM [PAX VOBIS] (FORMULA SALUTATIO III). Square notation on A4 sheet.

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2025-11-20T16:05:24Z

Stefano Ferri: Common tones: DOMINUS VOBISCUM [PAX VOBIS] (FORMULA SALUTATIO III). Square notation on A4 sheet.

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Common tones: DOMINUS VOBISCUM [PAX VOBIS] (FORMULA SALUTATIO III). Square notation on A4 sheet.

Formula salutationis III

2025-11-20T16:04:38Z

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Formula salutationis III

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2025-11-20T15:39:54Z

Stefano Ferri: Common tones: GRATIA VOBIS ET PAX (FORMULA SALUTATIO II). Square notation on A4 sheet.

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Common tones: GRATIA VOBIS ET PAX (FORMULA SALUTATIO II). Square notation on A4 sheet.

File:Toni-communes-formula-salutationis-II.pdf

2025-11-20T15:39:34Z

Stefano Ferri: Common tones: GRATIA VOBIS ET PAX (FORMULA SALUTATIO II). Square notation on A4 sheet.

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Common tones: GRATIA VOBIS ET PAX (FORMULA SALUTATIO II). Square notation on A4 sheet.

Formula salutationis II

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Formula salutationis II

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Formula salutationis II

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Formula salutationis II

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Stefano Ferri: /* Bibliography */

Formula salutationis II

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Formula salutationis II

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Formula salutationis II

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Formula salutationis II

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2025-11-20T15:28:05Z

Stefano Ferri: Common tones: SIGNUM CRUCIS (IN NAME OF THE FATHER). Square notation on A4 sheet.

== Summary ==
Common tones: SIGNUM CRUCIS (IN NAME OF THE FATHER). Square notation on A4 sheet.

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2025-11-20T15:27:45Z

Stefano Ferri: Common tones: SIGNUM CRUCIS (IN NAME OF THE FATHER). Square notation on A4 sheet.

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Common tones: SIGNUM CRUCIS (IN NAME OF THE FATHER). Square notation on A4 sheet.

In nomine Patris (Signum Crucis)

2025-11-20T15:25:28Z

Stefano Ferri: /* Text and translations */

In nomine Patris (Signum Crucis)

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Stefano Ferri: /* Spartiti musicali */

Formula salutationis I

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Stefano Ferri: /* Bibliografia */

Formula salutationis I

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In nomine Patris (Signum Crucis)

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2025-11-20T15:11:17Z

Stefano Ferri: Common tones: FORMULA SALUTATIONIS I (GRATIA DOMINI...). Square notation on A4 sheet.

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Common tones: FORMULA SALUTATIONIS I (GRATIA DOMINI...). Square notation on A4 sheet.

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2025-11-20T15:10:50Z

Stefano Ferri: Common tones: FORMULA SALUTATIONIS I (GRATIA DOMINI...). Square notation on A4 sheet.

== Summary ==
Common tones: FORMULA SALUTATIONIS I (GRATIA DOMINI...). Square notation on A4 sheet.

Formula salutationis I

2025-11-20T14:59:36Z

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Formula salutationis I

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<div style="background:#ffffff; top:+0.2em; font-size:95%;">On this website, you can find the most famous Gregorian chants used in the Roman Catholic Liturgy. The songs are accompanied by Latin text, English translation (where available) and scores in square notation.<br />
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''"In churches we return to the great musical heritage. We need to say enough to songs or guitar strumming on useless and insipid lyrics." (Riccardo Muti)<ref>Avvenire, 22/05/2011, "Muti: no a canzonette in chiesa", https://www.avvenire.it/agora/pagine/muti-no-a-canzonette-in-chiesa_201105230916176830000</ref>''
''"Gregorian chant, as proper to the Roman liturgy, should be given pride of place, other things being equal. Its melodies, contained in the "typical" editions, should be used, to the extent that this is possible." ([[Musicam Sacram]], n. 50-a)<ref>Cfr. SC 116 e [[Musicam Sacram]], n. 50-a</ref>''
''"Sacred music must consequently possess in the best degree the qualities that are proper to the liturgy, and precisely the sanctity and goodness of the forms, from which its other characteristic, which is universality, arises spontaneously." (TRA LE SOLLECITUDINI, St. Pius X)<ref>TRA LE SOLLECITUDINI, St. Pius X, 22/11/1903.</ref>''
''"The Roman Rite constitutes a notable and precious part of the treasure and liturgical patrimony of the Catholic Church; its riches benefit the good of the whole Church, so much so that their loss would seriously harm her." ([[General Instruction of the Roman Missal (2nd Edition)]])<ref>[[General Instruction of the Roman Missal (2nd Edition)]], num. 397.</ref>''
'"If it does not possess at the same time the sense of prayer, dignity and beauty, music - instrumental and vocal - precludes itself from entering the sphere of the sacred and the religious". (Saint Paul VI)<ref>Address of Paul VI to the members of the Italian Association of Saint Cecilia, Wednesday, September 18, 1968, link: http://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/it/speeches/1968/september/documents/hf_p-vi_spe_19680918_santa-cecilia.html.</ref>''
''"We do not sing because we are happy; we are happy because we sing. (William James)"''
''"God respects me when I work, he loves me when I sing. (Rabindranath Tagore)"''
''"What was sacred to previous generations remains sacred and great for us too, and cannot suddenly be completely prohibited or even judged harmful." (Benedict XVI)<ref>Letter of His Holiness Benedict XVI to the Bishops on the occasion of the publication of the apostolic letter "Motu Proprio Data" SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM on the use of the Roman Liturgy prior to the Reformation carried out in 1970.</ref>''
''"Let us try to restore Gregorian chant to the use of the people, so that the faithful may once again take a more active part in the ecclesiastical office, as was the custom in ancient times. (Saint Pius X)"''
''""Gregorian chant is for sacred music what light is for trees: life." (Solange Corbin)"''
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<h3><span style="color:blue">Tractus</span></h3>
The '''Tract''' (in Latin ''Tractus'', in Ambrosian chant ''Cantus'') is a liturgical chant between the readings, which belongs to the Proper of the Mass. In the Tridentine Mass it replaces the Alleluia verse during Lent, during the Season of Septuagesima, and in Masses for the dead. After the liturgical reform of the Roman rite in 1969, in the acclamation before the Gospel, one may sing instead of the Alleluia during Lent either the verse placed in the Lectionary before the Gospel, or another psalm or a tract as found in the Gradual<ref>General Instruction of the Roman Missal. Link: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20030317_ordinamento-messale_it.html</ref>.

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<h3><span style="color:blue">Graduals - Gradualia</span></h3>

The '''gradual''', formerly called ''Responsorium Graduale'', is a melismatic inter-lecture chant that belongs to the proper of the Mass. Its name derives from the Latin ''gradus'', step, because originally the singers sang the gradual while remaining on the steps of the ambo.

In the current liturgical order of the Roman rite, it can be sung after the first reading, using the Gregorian or polyphonic repertoire, with the function of an invitation to meditate on the Word heard. More frequently the gradual is not sung and is then replaced by the responsorial psalm prescribed by the missal. During Easter time the gradual is not contemplated, another alleluia chant is performed in its place, with the exception of the octave of Easter.
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The '''sequence''', often also called by its Latin name ''sequentia'', is a liturgical musical poetic composition that is recited (or sung) at the end of the second reading while the assembly remains seated until its end and at the Alleluia that acclaims the Gospel one stands up.

The sequence belongs to the proper of the mass: its text therefore varies according to the liturgical occasion celebrated.
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<h3><span style="color:blue">''Cantus in Ordine Missae Occurrentes''<br />Toni Communes</span></h3>

This section of the site contains the common tones for the parts of the Mass in Gregorian chant, according to the Graduale Romanum/Triplex 1974/1979.

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'''I - AD RITUS INITIALES'''<br />
* [[In nomine Patris (Signum Crucis)]]
* [[Formula salutationis I]]
* [[Formula salutationis II]]
* [[Formula salutationis III]]
'''II - PRO ORATIONIBUS'''<br />
* [[Toni orationum (A)]]
* [[Toni orationum (B)]]
'''III - AD LITURGIAM VERBI'''<br />
''Toni Lectionum''<br />
* [[Toni lectionum (Lectio I)]]
* [[Toni lectionum (Lectio II vel unica ante evangelium)]]
''Toni evangelii''<br />
* [[Toni evangelii A]]
'''IV - AD PRECEM EUCHARISTICAM'''<br />
''Ante praefationem''<br />
* [[Dominus vobiscum - Ante praefationes (Tonus Simplex)]]
* [[Dominus vobiscum - Ante praefationes (Tonus Sollemnis)]]
''Post consecrationem''<br />
* [[Mysterium fidei (Post consecrationem)]]
''Ad doxologiam''<br />
* [[Per ipsum - ad doxologiam (tonus simplex)]]
* [[Per ipsum - ad doxologiam (tonus sollemnis)]]
'''V - AD RITUS COMMUNIONIS'''<br />
*[[Pater Noster (A)|Toni orationis Dominicae A]]
''Tonus embolismi et ad pacem''<br />
* [[Tonus embolismi (Libera nos, quaesumus Domine)]]
* [[Ad pacem (Domine Iesu Christe - Pax Domini)]]
'''VI. AD RITUS CONCLUSIONIS'''<br />
''Ad benedictionem simplicem''<br />
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem simplicem - A)]]
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem simplicem - B)]]
''Ad benedictionem sollemn<br />et orationes super populum''<br />
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem sollemnem- A)]]
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem sollemnem - B)]]
''Ad benedictionem episcopalem''<br />
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem episcopalem - A)]]
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem episcopalem - B)]]
''Ad dimittendum populum''<br />
* [[Ite missa est]]
'''VII. TONI V. GLORIA PATRI PRO ANTIPHONIS AD INTROITUM ET AD COMMUNIONEM'''<br />
* [[I Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[II Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[III Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[IV Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[V Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[VI Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[VII Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
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<h3><span style="color:blue">Responsoria</span></h3>

The '''responsory''' is the chant that follows the reading in the liturgy of the hours of the Catholic Church. The name of responsory traditionally given to this piece, testifies to its original form of responsorial psalmody where the schola sang a psalm or a canticle and the assembly responded by singing an antiphon after each verse. Its evolved form, still in use today, does not fully reflect its authenticity of the roles between the soloist and the people, the number of verses has been significantly reduced and a final doxology has been added (''Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto'').

There are two types of responsory:

* '''responsorium breve''', very short in its current form and of an extremely simpler character and suitable for the daily office.
* '''responsorium prolixum''', used in the nocturne after each lesson. It is distinguished from the short responsory by its prolixity, both of text and melody. In the repertoire of Gregorian chant, nine prolix responsories of the Roman office and twelve of the monastic office are known.
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<h3><span style="color:red">Alphabetical Index of the chants present</span></h3>
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* [[Missa VIII (Missa de Angelis)]]
* [[Oremus pro Antistite]]
* [[Oremus pro Pontifice]]
* [[Veni Creator Spiritus]]
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* [[:File:Missa-pro-defunctis-gregoriana.pdf|Missa Pro Defunctis - with Sequentia ''Dies irae'']]
* [[:File:In-nativitate-domini-ad-missam-in-nocte.pdf|Christmas Night Mass]]
* [[:File:In-nativitate-domini-ad-missam-in-die.pdf|Christmas Day Mass]]
* [[:File:Missa-in-solemnitas-sancti-petri-et-pauli-apostolorum.pdf|Mass for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (June 29)]]
* [[:File:Assumptione-b-mariae-virginis-15-augusti.pdf|Assumption of the B.V.M. (August 15) - Mass of the day]]
* [[:File:Missa-in-festis-sancti-bartholomaei-apostoli.pdf|Mass for the Feast of St. Bartholomew the Apostle (August 24)]]
* [[:File:In-festo-sancti-francisci-assisiensis.pdf|Mass of the Solemnity of Saint Francis of Assisi (October 4)]]
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<h3><span style="color:red">Liturgia Horarum</span></h3>

This section of the site contains the common tones, responsories, hymns and antiphons of the Liturgy of the Hours in Gregorian chant, according to the latest published volumes (Antiphonale Romanum I and II, Antiphonale Monasticum I of 2005).

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''Ad ritum initialem''
* [[Domine, labia mea aperies (Tonus ferialis)]]
* [[Domine, labia mea aperies (Tonus festivus)]]
* [[Deus, in adiutorium meum (ferialis, dominicis et festis)]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii">Antiphonale Romanum II, 2005</ref>
* [[Deus, in adiutorium meum (In solemnitatibus)]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>

''De cantu psalmorum''
* [[Tonus Psalmorum I]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum II]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum II*]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum III]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum IV]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum IV*]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum V]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum VI]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum VII]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum VIII]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum Peregrinus]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>

''Ad Completorium''
* [[Te lucis ante terminum (ad Completorium)]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>

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'''Trattazioni''':
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_chant Gregorian chant on WikiPedia.org];
<span style="color: green;>'''Downloadable Gregorian Chant Books - Official Editions:''':</span>
* [[Graduale Romanum 1974]]
* [[Graduale Simplex 1975]]
* [[Liber Hymnarius 1983 (Antiphonale Romanum Tomus Alter)]]
<span style="color: blue;>'''Downloadable Gregorian Chant Books - Complementary Editions''':</span>
* [[Liber Usualis|Liber Usualis (1961)]];
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* [[Tra le sollecitudini (1903)]]
* [[Musicam Sacram|Musicam Sacram, Second Vatican Council, (1967)]]
* [[Chirograph of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II for the centenary of the Motu Proprio "Tra le sollecitudini" on the Sacred Music]]
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File:Graduale-romanum-1979.jpg|<center>'''[https://www.solesmes.com/node/9067?position=2&list=U1A57Bs2Sf1sQ3TK7L_wdHvmSuk1cZt-ANd5otNraDw Graduale Romanum (1974)<br />by www.Solesmes.com]'''</center>
File:Graduale-simplex-1988.jpg|<center>'''[https://www.solesmes.com/node/9087?position=7&list=U1A57Bs2Sf1sQ3TK7L_wdHvmSuk1cZt-ANd5otNraDw Graduale Simplex (1988)<br />by www.Solesmes.com]'''</center>
File:Graduale-triplex.jpg|<center>'''[https://www.solesmes.com/node/9068?position=3&list=U1A57Bs2Sf1sQ3TK7L_wdHvmSuk1cZt-ANd5otNraDw Graduale Triplex (1979)<br />by www.Solesmes.com]'''</center>
File:Liber-cantualis.jpg|<center>'''[https://www.solesmes.com/node/9075?position=8&list=U1A57Bs2Sf1sQ3TK7L_wdHvmSuk1cZt-ANd5otNraDw Liber Cantualis (1995)<br />by www.Solesmes.com]'''</center>
File:Graduale-novum-2011-tomo-1.jpg|<center>'''[https://www.solesmes.com/node/9189?position=11&list=rwW4taHL9SuyRm4ByZz7WC3V-AnBsfuxEG2MZEvIy2A GRADUALE NOVUM (2011), Tomo 1: De Dominicis Et Festis<br />by www.Solesmes.com]'''</center>
File:Graduale-novum-2011-tomo-2.jpg|<center>'''[https://www.solesmes.com/node/16867?position=1&list=rwW4taHL9SuyRm4ByZz7WC3V-AnBsfuxEG2MZEvIy2A GRADUALE NOVUM (2011), Tomo 2: De Feriis Et Sanctis<br />by www.Solesmes.com]'''</center>
File:Antiphonale-romanum-i.jpg|<center>'''[https://www.solesmes.com/node/16970?position=0&list=xJz8emYlkDB6IMoJ4Enz6HXMdXngK_DzBaT6aL5gAzY Antiphonale Romanum Vol. I<br />www.solesmes.com]'''</center>
File:Antiphonale-romanum-ii.jpg|<center>'''[https://www.solesmes.com/node/9191?position=7&list=xJz8emYlkDB6IMoJ4Enz6HXMdXngK_DzBaT6aL5gAzY Antiphonale Romanum Vol. II<br />www.solesmes.com]'''</center>
File:Antiphonale-monasticum-1934-3003.jpg|<center>'''[https://www.solesmes.com/node/9069?position=12&list=qqMr-mHbWVap_3QBo4s4uBWXeGvJMOWI4RaerzabyTc Antiphonale Monasticum 1934<br />su www.solesmes.com]'''</center>
File:Graduale-romanum-comitante-organo-volume-1.jpg|<center>'''[https://www.solesmes.com/node/9090?position=0&list=gaKvZUhHhdUqKHHGYV7vbrCk_-ysylQY_jFLGnY1d4c Graduale Romanum Comitante Organo - Vol. 1 Feasts and Solemnities]'''</center>
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<div style="background:#ffffff; top:+0.2em; font-size:95%;">On this website, you can find the most famous Gregorian chants used in the Roman Catholic Liturgy. The songs are accompanied by Latin text, English translation (where available) and scores in square notation.<br />
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''"In churches we return to the great musical heritage. We need to say enough to songs or guitar strumming on useless and insipid lyrics." (Riccardo Muti)<ref>Avvenire, 22/05/2011, "Muti: no a canzonette in chiesa", https://www.avvenire.it/agora/pagine/muti-no-a-canzonette-in-chiesa_201105230916176830000</ref>''
''"Gregorian chant, as proper to the Roman liturgy, should be given pride of place, other things being equal. Its melodies, contained in the "typical" editions, should be used, to the extent that this is possible." ([[Musicam Sacram]], n. 50-a)<ref>Cfr. SC 116 e [[Musicam Sacram]], n. 50-a</ref>''
''"Sacred music must consequently possess in the best degree the qualities that are proper to the liturgy, and precisely the sanctity and goodness of the forms, from which its other characteristic, which is universality, arises spontaneously." (TRA LE SOLLECITUDINI, St. Pius X)<ref>TRA LE SOLLECITUDINI, St. Pius X, 22/11/1903.</ref>''
''"The Roman Rite constitutes a notable and precious part of the treasure and liturgical patrimony of the Catholic Church; its riches benefit the good of the whole Church, so much so that their loss would seriously harm her." ([[General Instruction of the Roman Missal (2nd Edition)]])<ref>[[General Instruction of the Roman Missal (2nd Edition)]], num. 397.</ref>''
'"If it does not possess at the same time the sense of prayer, dignity and beauty, music - instrumental and vocal - precludes itself from entering the sphere of the sacred and the religious". (Saint Paul VI)<ref>Address of Paul VI to the members of the Italian Association of Saint Cecilia, Wednesday, September 18, 1968, link: http://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/it/speeches/1968/september/documents/hf_p-vi_spe_19680918_santa-cecilia.html.</ref>''
''"We do not sing because we are happy; we are happy because we sing. (William James)"''
''"God respects me when I work, he loves me when I sing. (Rabindranath Tagore)"''
''"What was sacred to previous generations remains sacred and great for us too, and cannot suddenly be completely prohibited or even judged harmful." (Benedict XVI)<ref>Letter of His Holiness Benedict XVI to the Bishops on the occasion of the publication of the apostolic letter "Motu Proprio Data" SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM on the use of the Roman Liturgy prior to the Reformation carried out in 1970.</ref>''
''"Let us try to restore Gregorian chant to the use of the people, so that the faithful may once again take a more active part in the ecclesiastical office, as was the custom in ancient times. (Saint Pius X)"''
''""Gregorian chant is for sacred music what light is for trees: life." (Solange Corbin)"''
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* [[Who we are]]
* [[Privacy & Cookies|More about Privacy Policy]]
* [http://musicaliturgica.altervista.org/ MusicaLiturgica Online]
* [https://www.sourceandsummit.com/editor/alpha Gregorian chant's Online editor]
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* [[Veni Creator Spiritus]]
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<h3><span style="color:blue">Tractus</span></h3>
The '''Tract''' (in Latin ''Tractus'', in Ambrosian chant ''Cantus'') is a liturgical chant between the readings, which belongs to the Proper of the Mass. In the Tridentine Mass it replaces the Alleluia verse during Lent, during the Season of Septuagesima, and in Masses for the dead. After the liturgical reform of the Roman rite in 1969, in the acclamation before the Gospel, one may sing instead of the Alleluia during Lent either the verse placed in the Lectionary before the Gospel, or another psalm or a tract as found in the Gradual<ref>General Instruction of the Roman Missal. Link: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20030317_ordinamento-messale_it.html</ref>.

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The '''gradual''', formerly called ''Responsorium Graduale'', is a melismatic inter-lecture chant that belongs to the proper of the Mass. Its name derives from the Latin ''gradus'', step, because originally the singers sang the gradual while remaining on the steps of the ambo.

In the current liturgical order of the Roman rite, it can be sung after the first reading, using the Gregorian or polyphonic repertoire, with the function of an invitation to meditate on the Word heard. More frequently the gradual is not sung and is then replaced by the responsorial psalm prescribed by the missal. During Easter time the gradual is not contemplated, another alleluia chant is performed in its place, with the exception of the octave of Easter.
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<h3><span style="color:blue">Sequentia</span></h3>

The '''sequence''', often also called by its Latin name ''sequentia'', is a liturgical musical poetic composition that is recited (or sung) at the end of the second reading while the assembly remains seated until its end and at the Alleluia that acclaims the Gospel one stands up.

The sequence belongs to the proper of the mass: its text therefore varies according to the liturgical occasion celebrated.
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* [[Oremus pro Pontifice]]
* [[Oremus pro Antistite]]
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<h3><span style="color:blue">''Cantus in Ordine Missae Occurrentes''<br />Kyriale</span></h3>
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* [[Missa VIII (Missa de Angelis)]]
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<h3><span style="color:blue">''Cantus in Ordine Missae Occurrentes''<br />Toni Communes</span></h3>

In questa sezione del sito sono riportati i toni comuni relativi alle parti della Messa in canto gregoriano, secondo il Graduale Romanum/Triplex 1974/1979.

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'''I - AD RITUS INITIALES'''<br />
* [[In nomine Patris (Signum Crucis)]]
* [[Formula salutationis I]]
* [[Formula salutationis II]]
* [[Formula salutationis III]]
'''II - PRO ORATIONIBUS'''<br />
* [[Toni orationum (A)]]
* [[Toni orationum (B)]]
'''III - AD LITURGIAM VERBI'''<br />
''Toni Lectionum''<br />
* [[Toni lectionum (Lectio I)]]
* [[Toni lectionum (Lectio II vel unica ante evangelium)]]
''Toni evangelii''<br />
* [[Toni evangelii A]]
'''IV - AD PRECEM EUCHARISTICAM'''<br />
''Ante praefationem''<br />
* [[Dominus vobiscum - Ante praefationes (Tonus Simplex)]]
* [[Dominus vobiscum - Ante praefationes (Tonus Sollemnis)]]
''Post consecrationem''<br />
* [[Mysterium fidei (Post consecrationem)]]
''Ad doxologiam''<br />
* [[Per ipsum - ad doxologiam (tonus simplex)]]
* [[Per ipsum - ad doxologiam (tonus sollemnis)]]
'''V - AD RITUS COMMUNIONIS'''<br />
*[[Pater Noster (A)|Toni orationis Dominicae A]]
''Tonus embolismi et ad pacem''<br />
* [[Tonus embolismi (Libera nos, quaesumus Domine)]]
* [[Ad pacem (Domine Iesu Christe - Pax Domini)]]
'''VI. AD RITUS CONCLUSIONIS'''<br />
''Ad benedictionem simplicem''<br />
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem simplicem - A)]]
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem simplicem - B)]]
''Ad benedictionem sollemn<br />et orationes super populum''<br />
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem sollemnem- A)]]
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem sollemnem - B)]]
''Ad benedictionem episcopalem''<br />
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem episcopalem - A)]]
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem episcopalem - B)]]
''Ad dimittendum populum''<br />
* [[Ite missa est]]
'''VII. TONI V. GLORIA PATRI PRO ANTIPHONIS AD INTROITUM ET AD COMMUNIONEM'''<br />
* [[I Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[II Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[III Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[IV Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[V Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[VI Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[VII Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[VIII Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
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The '''responsory''' is the chant that follows the reading in the liturgy of the hours of the Catholic Church. The name of responsory traditionally given to this piece, testifies to its original form of responsorial psalmody where the schola sang a psalm or a canticle and the assembly responded by singing an antiphon after each verse. Its evolved form, still in use today, does not fully reflect its authenticity of the roles between the soloist and the people, the number of verses has been significantly reduced and a final doxology has been added (''Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto'').

There are two types of responsory:

* '''responsorium breve''', very short in its current form and of an extremely simpler character and suitable for the daily office.
* '''responsorium prolixum''', used in the nocturne after each lesson. It is distinguished from the short responsory by its prolixity, both of text and melody. In the repertoire of Gregorian chant, nine prolix responsories of the Roman office and twelve of the monastic office are known.
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* [[Missa VIII (Missa de Angelis)]]
* [[Oremus pro Antistite]]
* [[Oremus pro Pontifice]]
* [[Veni Creator Spiritus]]
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* [[:File:Missa-pro-defunctis-gregoriana.pdf|Missa Pro Defunctis - with Sequentia ''Dies irae'']]
* [[:File:In-nativitate-domini-ad-missam-in-nocte.pdf|Christmas Night Mass]]
* [[:File:In-nativitate-domini-ad-missam-in-die.pdf|Christmas Day Mass]]
* [[:File:Missa-in-solemnitas-sancti-petri-et-pauli-apostolorum.pdf|Mass for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (June 29)]]
* [[:File:Assumptione-b-mariae-virginis-15-augusti.pdf|Assumption of the B.V.M. (August 15) - Mass of the day]]
* [[:File:Missa-in-festis-sancti-bartholomaei-apostoli.pdf|Mass for the Feast of St. Bartholomew the Apostle (August 24)]]
* [[:File:In-festo-sancti-francisci-assisiensis.pdf|Mass of the Solemnity of Saint Francis of Assisi (October 4)]]
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This section of the site contains the common tones, responsories, hymns and antiphons of the Liturgy of the Hours in Gregorian chant, according to the latest published volumes (Antiphonale Romanum I and II, Antiphonale Monasticum I of 2005).

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'''Toni Communes'''

''Ad ritum initialem''
* [[Domine, labia mea aperies (Tonus ferialis)]]
* [[Domine, labia mea aperies (Tonus festivus)]]
* [[Deus, in adiutorium meum (ferialis, dominicis et festis)]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii">Antiphonale Romanum II, 2005</ref>
* [[Deus, in adiutorium meum (In solemnitatibus)]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>

''De cantu psalmorum''
* [[Tonus Psalmorum I]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum II]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum II*]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum III]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum IV]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum IV*]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum V]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum VI]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum VII]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum VIII]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum Peregrinus]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>

''Ad Completorium''
* [[Te lucis ante terminum (ad Completorium)]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>

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'''Trattazioni''':
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_chant Gregorian chant on WikiPedia.org];
<span style="color: green;>'''Downloadable Gregorian Chant Books - Official Editions:''':</span>
* [[Graduale Romanum 1974]]
* [[Graduale Simplex 1975]]
* [[Liber Hymnarius 1983 (Antiphonale Romanum Tomus Alter)]]
<span style="color: blue;>'''Downloadable Gregorian Chant Books - Complementary Editions''':</span>
* [[Liber Usualis|Liber Usualis (1961)]];
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* [[Tra le sollecitudini (1903)]]
* [[Musicam Sacram|Musicam Sacram, Second Vatican Council, (1967)]]
* [[Chirograph of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II for the centenary of the Motu Proprio "Tra le sollecitudini" on the Sacred Music]]
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<div style="background:#ffffff; top:+0.2em; font-size:95%;">On this website, you can find the most famous Gregorian chants used in the Roman Catholic Liturgy. The songs are accompanied by Latin text, English translation (where available) and scores in square notation.<br />
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''"In churches we return to the great musical heritage. We need to say enough to songs or guitar strumming on useless and insipid lyrics." (Riccardo Muti)<ref>Avvenire, 22/05/2011, "Muti: no a canzonette in chiesa", https://www.avvenire.it/agora/pagine/muti-no-a-canzonette-in-chiesa_201105230916176830000</ref>''
''"Gregorian chant, as proper to the Roman liturgy, should be given pride of place, other things being equal. Its melodies, contained in the "typical" editions, should be used, to the extent that this is possible." ([[Musicam Sacram]], n. 50-a)<ref>Cfr. SC 116 e [[Musicam Sacram]], n. 50-a</ref>''
''"Sacred music must consequently possess in the best degree the qualities that are proper to the liturgy, and precisely the sanctity and goodness of the forms, from which its other characteristic, which is universality, arises spontaneously." (TRA LE SOLLECITUDINI, St. Pius X)<ref>TRA LE SOLLECITUDINI, St. Pius X, 22/11/1903.</ref>''
''"The Roman Rite constitutes a notable and precious part of the treasure and liturgical patrimony of the Catholic Church; its riches benefit the good of the whole Church, so much so that their loss would seriously harm her." ([[General Instruction of the Roman Missal (2nd Edition)]])<ref>[[General Instruction of the Roman Missal (2nd Edition)]], num. 397.</ref>''
'"If it does not possess at the same time the sense of prayer, dignity and beauty, music - instrumental and vocal - precludes itself from entering the sphere of the sacred and the religious". (Saint Paul VI)<ref>Address of Paul VI to the members of the Italian Association of Saint Cecilia, Wednesday, September 18, 1968, link: http://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/it/speeches/1968/september/documents/hf_p-vi_spe_19680918_santa-cecilia.html.</ref>''
''"We do not sing because we are happy; we are happy because we sing. (William James)"''
''"God respects me when I work, he loves me when I sing. (Rabindranath Tagore)"''
''"What was sacred to previous generations remains sacred and great for us too, and cannot suddenly be completely prohibited or even judged harmful." (Benedict XVI)<ref>Letter of His Holiness Benedict XVI to the Bishops on the occasion of the publication of the apostolic letter "Motu Proprio Data" SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM on the use of the Roman Liturgy prior to the Reformation carried out in 1970.</ref>''
''"Let us try to restore Gregorian chant to the use of the people, so that the faithful may once again take a more active part in the ecclesiastical office, as was the custom in ancient times. (Saint Pius X)"''
''""Gregorian chant is for sacred music what light is for trees: life." (Solange Corbin)"''
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<h3><span style="color:blue">Tractus</span></h3>
The '''Tract''' (in Latin ''Tractus'', in Ambrosian chant ''Cantus'') is a liturgical chant between the readings, which belongs to the Proper of the Mass. In the Tridentine Mass it replaces the Alleluia verse during Lent, during the Season of Septuagesima, and in Masses for the dead. After the liturgical reform of the Roman rite in 1969, in the acclamation before the Gospel, one may sing instead of the Alleluia during Lent either the verse placed in the Lectionary before the Gospel, or another psalm or a tract as found in the Gradual<ref>General Instruction of the Roman Missal. Link: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20030317_ordinamento-messale_it.html</ref>.

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The '''gradual''', formerly called ''Responsorium Graduale'', is a melismatic inter-lecture chant that belongs to the proper of the Mass. Its name derives from the Latin ''gradus'', step, because originally the singers sang the gradual while remaining on the steps of the ambo.

In the current liturgical order of the Roman rite, it can be sung after the first reading, using the Gregorian or polyphonic repertoire, with the function of an invitation to meditate on the Word heard. More frequently the gradual is not sung and is then replaced by the responsorial psalm prescribed by the missal. During Easter time the gradual is not contemplated, another alleluia chant is performed in its place, with the exception of the octave of Easter.
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The '''sequence''', often also called by its Latin name ''sequentia'', is a liturgical musical poetic composition that is recited (or sung) at the end of the second reading while the assembly remains seated until its end and at the Alleluia that acclaims the Gospel one stands up.

The sequence belongs to the proper of the mass: its text therefore varies according to the liturgical occasion celebrated.
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* [[Oremus pro Pontifice]]
* [[Oremus pro Antistite]]
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* [[Missa VIII (Missa de Angelis)]]
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<h3><span style="color:blue">''Cantus in Ordine Missae Occurrentes''<br />Toni Communes</span></h3>

In questa sezione del sito sono riportati i toni comuni relativi alle parti della Messa in canto gregoriano, secondo il Graduale Romanum/Triplex 1974/1979.

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'''I - AD RITUS INITIALES'''<br />
* [[In nomine Patris (Signum Crucis)]]
* [[Formula salutationis I]]
* [[Formula salutationis II]]
* [[Formula salutationis III]]
'''II - PRO ORATIONIBUS'''<br />
* [[Toni orationum (A)]]
* [[Toni orationum (B)]]
'''III - AD LITURGIAM VERBI'''<br />
''Toni Lectionum''<br />
* [[Toni lectionum (Lectio I)]]
* [[Toni lectionum (Lectio II vel unica ante evangelium)]]
''Toni evangelii''<br />
* [[Toni evangelii A]]
'''IV - AD PRECEM EUCHARISTICAM'''<br />
''Ante praefationem''<br />
* [[Dominus vobiscum - Ante praefationes (Tonus Simplex)]]
* [[Dominus vobiscum - Ante praefationes (Tonus Sollemnis)]]
''Post consecrationem''<br />
* [[Mysterium fidei (Post consecrationem)]]
''Ad doxologiam''<br />
* [[Per ipsum - ad doxologiam (tonus simplex)]]
* [[Per ipsum - ad doxologiam (tonus sollemnis)]]
'''V - AD RITUS COMMUNIONIS'''<br />
*[[Pater Noster (A)|Toni orationis Dominicae A]]
''Tonus embolismi et ad pacem''<br />
* [[Tonus embolismi (Libera nos, quaesumus Domine)]]
* [[Ad pacem (Domine Iesu Christe - Pax Domini)]]
'''VI. AD RITUS CONCLUSIONIS'''<br />
''Ad benedictionem simplicem''<br />
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem simplicem - A)]]
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem simplicem - B)]]
''Ad benedictionem sollemn<br />et orationes super populum''<br />
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem sollemnem- A)]]
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem sollemnem - B)]]
''Ad benedictionem episcopalem''<br />
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem episcopalem - A)]]
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem episcopalem - B)]]
''Ad dimittendum populum''<br />
* [[Ite missa est]]
'''VII. TONI V. GLORIA PATRI PRO ANTIPHONIS AD INTROITUM ET AD COMMUNIONEM'''<br />
* [[I Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[II Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[III Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[IV Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[V Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[VI Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[VII Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
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The '''responsory''' is the chant that follows the reading in the liturgy of the hours of the Catholic Church. The name of responsory traditionally given to this piece, testifies to its original form of responsorial psalmody where the schola sang a psalm or a canticle and the assembly responded by singing an antiphon after each verse. Its evolved form, still in use today, does not fully reflect its authenticity of the roles between the soloist and the people, the number of verses has been significantly reduced and a final doxology has been added (''Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto'').

There are two types of responsory:

* '''responsorium breve''', very short in its current form and of an extremely simpler character and suitable for the daily office.
* '''responsorium prolixum''', used in the nocturne after each lesson. It is distinguished from the short responsory by its prolixity, both of text and melody. In the repertoire of Gregorian chant, nine prolix responsories of the Roman office and twelve of the monastic office are known.
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* [[Missa VIII (Missa de Angelis)]]
* [[Oremus pro Antistite]]
* [[Oremus pro Pontifice]]
* [[Veni Creator Spiritus]]
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* [[:File:Missa-pro-defunctis-gregoriana.pdf|Missa Pro Defunctis - with Sequentia ''Dies irae'']]
* [[:File:In-nativitate-domini-ad-missam-in-nocte.pdf|Christmas Night Mass]]
* [[:File:In-nativitate-domini-ad-missam-in-die.pdf|Christmas Day Mass]]
* [[:File:Assumptione-b-mariae-virginis-15-augusti.pdf|Assumption of the B.V.M. (August 15) - Mass of the day]]
* [[:File:In-festo-sancti-francisci-assisiensis.pdf|Mass of the Solemnity of Saint Francis of Assisi (October 4)]]
* [[:File:Missa-in-festis-sancti-bartholomaei-apostoli.pdf|Mass for the Feast of St. Bartholomew the Apostle (August 24)]]
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<h3><span style="color:red">Liturgia Horarum</span></h3>

This section of the site contains the common tones, responsories, hymns and antiphons of the Liturgy of the Hours in Gregorian chant, according to the latest published volumes (Antiphonale Romanum I and II, Antiphonale Monasticum I of 2005).

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'''Toni Communes'''

''Ad ritum initialem''
* [[Domine, labia mea aperies (Tonus ferialis)]]
* [[Domine, labia mea aperies (Tonus festivus)]]
* [[Deus, in adiutorium meum (ferialis, dominicis et festis)]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii">Antiphonale Romanum II, 2005</ref>
* [[Deus, in adiutorium meum (In solemnitatibus)]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>

''De cantu psalmorum''
* [[Tonus Psalmorum I]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum II]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum II*]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum III]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum IV]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum IV*]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum V]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum VI]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum VII]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum VIII]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum Peregrinus]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>

''Ad Completorium''
* [[Te lucis ante terminum (ad Completorium)]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>

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== Documents and Books ==
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'''Trattazioni''':
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_chant Gregorian chant on WikiPedia.org];
<span style="color: green;>'''Downloadable Gregorian Chant Books - Official Editions:''':</span>
* [[Graduale Romanum 1974]]
* [[Graduale Simplex 1975]]
* [[Liber Hymnarius 1983 (Antiphonale Romanum Tomus Alter)]]
<span style="color: blue;>'''Downloadable Gregorian Chant Books - Complementary Editions''':</span>
* [[Liber Usualis|Liber Usualis (1961)]];
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<h3><span style="color:#6C0A97">Sacred Music and the Liturgy</span></h3>
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* [[Tra le sollecitudini (1903)]]
* [[Musicam Sacram|Musicam Sacram, Second Vatican Council, (1967)]]
* [[Chirograph of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II for the centenary of the Motu Proprio "Tra le sollecitudini" on the Sacred Music]]
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<div style="background:#ffffff; top:+0.2em; font-size:95%;">On this website, you can find the most famous Gregorian chants used in the Roman Catholic Liturgy. The songs are accompanied by Latin text, English translation (where available) and scores in square notation.<br />
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''"In churches we return to the great musical heritage. We need to say enough to songs or guitar strumming on useless and insipid lyrics." (Riccardo Muti)<ref>Avvenire, 22/05/2011, "Muti: no a canzonette in chiesa", https://www.avvenire.it/agora/pagine/muti-no-a-canzonette-in-chiesa_201105230916176830000</ref>''
''"Gregorian chant, as proper to the Roman liturgy, should be given pride of place, other things being equal. Its melodies, contained in the "typical" editions, should be used, to the extent that this is possible." ([[Musicam Sacram]], n. 50-a)<ref>Cfr. SC 116 e [[Musicam Sacram]], n. 50-a</ref>''
''"Sacred music must consequently possess in the best degree the qualities that are proper to the liturgy, and precisely the sanctity and goodness of the forms, from which its other characteristic, which is universality, arises spontaneously." (TRA LE SOLLECITUDINI, St. Pius X)<ref>TRA LE SOLLECITUDINI, St. Pius X, 22/11/1903.</ref>''
''"The Roman Rite constitutes a notable and precious part of the treasure and liturgical patrimony of the Catholic Church; its riches benefit the good of the whole Church, so much so that their loss would seriously harm her." ([[General Instruction of the Roman Missal (2nd Edition)]])<ref>[[General Instruction of the Roman Missal (2nd Edition)]], num. 397.</ref>''
'"If it does not possess at the same time the sense of prayer, dignity and beauty, music - instrumental and vocal - precludes itself from entering the sphere of the sacred and the religious". (Saint Paul VI)<ref>Address of Paul VI to the members of the Italian Association of Saint Cecilia, Wednesday, September 18, 1968, link: http://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/it/speeches/1968/september/documents/hf_p-vi_spe_19680918_santa-cecilia.html.</ref>''
''"We do not sing because we are happy; we are happy because we sing. (William James)"''
''"God respects me when I work, he loves me when I sing. (Rabindranath Tagore)"''
''"What was sacred to previous generations remains sacred and great for us too, and cannot suddenly be completely prohibited or even judged harmful." (Benedict XVI)<ref>Letter of His Holiness Benedict XVI to the Bishops on the occasion of the publication of the apostolic letter "Motu Proprio Data" SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM on the use of the Roman Liturgy prior to the Reformation carried out in 1970.</ref>''
''"Let us try to restore Gregorian chant to the use of the people, so that the faithful may once again take a more active part in the ecclesiastical office, as was the custom in ancient times. (Saint Pius X)"''
''""Gregorian chant is for sacred music what light is for trees: life." (Solange Corbin)"''
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* [[Who we are]]
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* [http://musicaliturgica.altervista.org/ MusicaLiturgica Online]
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<h3><span style="color:blue">Tractus</span></h3>
The '''Tract''' (in Latin ''Tractus'', in Ambrosian chant ''Cantus'') is a liturgical chant between the readings, which belongs to the Proper of the Mass. In the Tridentine Mass it replaces the Alleluia verse during Lent, during the Season of Septuagesima, and in Masses for the dead. After the liturgical reform of the Roman rite in 1969, in the acclamation before the Gospel, one may sing instead of the Alleluia during Lent either the verse placed in the Lectionary before the Gospel, or another psalm or a tract as found in the Gradual<ref>General Instruction of the Roman Missal. Link: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20030317_ordinamento-messale_it.html</ref>.

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The '''gradual''', formerly called ''Responsorium Graduale'', is a melismatic inter-lecture chant that belongs to the proper of the Mass. Its name derives from the Latin ''gradus'', step, because originally the singers sang the gradual while remaining on the steps of the ambo.

In the current liturgical order of the Roman rite, it can be sung after the first reading, using the Gregorian or polyphonic repertoire, with the function of an invitation to meditate on the Word heard. More frequently the gradual is not sung and is then replaced by the responsorial psalm prescribed by the missal. During Easter time the gradual is not contemplated, another alleluia chant is performed in its place, with the exception of the octave of Easter.
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The '''sequence''', often also called by its Latin name ''sequentia'', is a liturgical musical poetic composition that is recited (or sung) at the end of the second reading while the assembly remains seated until its end and at the Alleluia that acclaims the Gospel one stands up.

The sequence belongs to the proper of the mass: its text therefore varies according to the liturgical occasion celebrated.
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<h3><span style="color:blue">''Cantus in Ordine Missae Occurrentes''<br />Toni Communes</span></h3>

In questa sezione del sito sono riportati i toni comuni relativi alle parti della Messa in canto gregoriano, secondo il Graduale Romanum/Triplex 1974/1979.

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'''I - AD RITUS INITIALES'''<br />
* [[In nomine Patris (Signum Crucis)]]
* [[Formula salutationis I]]
* [[Formula salutationis II]]
* [[Formula salutationis III]]
'''II - PRO ORATIONIBUS'''<br />
* [[Toni orationum (A)]]
* [[Toni orationum (B)]]
'''III - AD LITURGIAM VERBI'''<br />
''Toni Lectionum''<br />
* [[Toni lectionum (Lectio I)]]
* [[Toni lectionum (Lectio II vel unica ante evangelium)]]
''Toni evangelii''<br />
* [[Toni evangelii A]]
'''IV - AD PRECEM EUCHARISTICAM'''<br />
''Ante praefationem''<br />
* [[Dominus vobiscum - Ante praefationes (Tonus Simplex)]]
* [[Dominus vobiscum - Ante praefationes (Tonus Sollemnis)]]
''Post consecrationem''<br />
* [[Mysterium fidei (Post consecrationem)]]
''Ad doxologiam''<br />
* [[Per ipsum - ad doxologiam (tonus simplex)]]
* [[Per ipsum - ad doxologiam (tonus sollemnis)]]
'''V - AD RITUS COMMUNIONIS'''<br />
*[[Pater Noster (A)|Toni orationis Dominicae A]]
''Tonus embolismi et ad pacem''<br />
* [[Tonus embolismi (Libera nos, quaesumus Domine)]]
* [[Ad pacem (Domine Iesu Christe - Pax Domini)]]
'''VI. AD RITUS CONCLUSIONIS'''<br />
''Ad benedictionem simplicem''<br />
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem simplicem - A)]]
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem simplicem - B)]]
''Ad benedictionem sollemn<br />et orationes super populum''<br />
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem sollemnem- A)]]
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''Ad benedictionem episcopalem''<br />
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem episcopalem - A)]]
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''Ad dimittendum populum''<br />
* [[Ite missa est]]
'''VII. TONI V. GLORIA PATRI PRO ANTIPHONIS AD INTROITUM ET AD COMMUNIONEM'''<br />
* [[I Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[II Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[III Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[IV Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[V Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[VI Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[VII Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
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The '''responsory''' is the chant that follows the reading in the liturgy of the hours of the Catholic Church. The name of responsory traditionally given to this piece, testifies to its original form of responsorial psalmody where the schola sang a psalm or a canticle and the assembly responded by singing an antiphon after each verse. Its evolved form, still in use today, does not fully reflect its authenticity of the roles between the soloist and the people, the number of verses has been significantly reduced and a final doxology has been added (''Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto'').

There are two types of responsory:

* '''responsorium breve''', very short in its current form and of an extremely simpler character and suitable for the daily office.
* '''responsorium prolixum''', used in the nocturne after each lesson. It is distinguished from the short responsory by its prolixity, both of text and melody. In the repertoire of Gregorian chant, nine prolix responsories of the Roman office and twelve of the monastic office are known.
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* [[Missa VIII (Missa de Angelis)]]
* [[Oremus pro Antistite]]
* [[Oremus pro Pontifice]]
* [[Veni Creator Spiritus]]
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This section of the site contains the common tones, responsories, hymns and antiphons of the Liturgy of the Hours in Gregorian chant, according to the latest published volumes (Antiphonale Romanum I and II, Antiphonale Monasticum I of 2005).

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''Ad ritum initialem''
* [[Domine, labia mea aperies (Tonus ferialis)]]
* [[Domine, labia mea aperies (Tonus festivus)]]
* [[Deus, in adiutorium meum (ferialis, dominicis et festis)]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii">Antiphonale Romanum II, 2005</ref>
* [[Deus, in adiutorium meum (In solemnitatibus)]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>

''De cantu psalmorum''
* [[Tonus Psalmorum I]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum II]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum II*]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum III]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum IV]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum IV*]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum V]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum VI]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum VII]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum VIII]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum Peregrinus]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>

''Ad Completorium''
* [[Te lucis ante terminum (ad Completorium)]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>

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'''Trattazioni''':
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_chant Gregorian chant on WikiPedia.org];
<span style="color: green;>'''Downloadable Gregorian Chant Books - Official Editions:''':</span>
* [[Graduale Romanum 1974]]
* [[Graduale Simplex 1975]]
* [[Liber Hymnarius 1983 (Antiphonale Romanum Tomus Alter)]]
<span style="color: blue;>'''Downloadable Gregorian Chant Books - Complementary Editions''':</span>
* [[Liber Usualis|Liber Usualis (1961)]];
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* [[Tra le sollecitudini (1903)]]
* [[Musicam Sacram|Musicam Sacram, Second Vatican Council, (1967)]]
* [[Chirograph of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II for the centenary of the Motu Proprio "Tra le sollecitudini" on the Sacred Music]]
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File:Graduale-romanum-1979.jpg|<center>'''[https://www.solesmes.com/node/9067?position=2&list=U1A57Bs2Sf1sQ3TK7L_wdHvmSuk1cZt-ANd5otNraDw Graduale Romanum (1974)<br />by www.Solesmes.com]'''</center>
File:Graduale-simplex-1988.jpg|<center>'''[https://www.solesmes.com/node/9087?position=7&list=U1A57Bs2Sf1sQ3TK7L_wdHvmSuk1cZt-ANd5otNraDw Graduale Simplex (1988)<br />by www.Solesmes.com]'''</center>
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File:Liber-cantualis.jpg|<center>'''[https://www.solesmes.com/node/9075?position=8&list=U1A57Bs2Sf1sQ3TK7L_wdHvmSuk1cZt-ANd5otNraDw Liber Cantualis (1995)<br />by www.Solesmes.com]'''</center>
File:Graduale-novum-2011-tomo-1.jpg|<center>'''[https://www.solesmes.com/node/9189?position=11&list=rwW4taHL9SuyRm4ByZz7WC3V-AnBsfuxEG2MZEvIy2A GRADUALE NOVUM (2011), Tomo 1: De Dominicis Et Festis<br />by www.Solesmes.com]'''</center>
File:Graduale-novum-2011-tomo-2.jpg|<center>'''[https://www.solesmes.com/node/16867?position=1&list=rwW4taHL9SuyRm4ByZz7WC3V-AnBsfuxEG2MZEvIy2A GRADUALE NOVUM (2011), Tomo 2: De Feriis Et Sanctis<br />by www.Solesmes.com]'''</center>
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<div style="background:#ffffff; top:+0.2em; font-size:95%;">On this website, you can find the most famous Gregorian chants used in the Roman Catholic Liturgy. The songs are accompanied by Latin text, English translation (where available) and scores in square notation.<br />
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''"In churches we return to the great musical heritage. We need to say enough to songs or guitar strumming on useless and insipid lyrics." (Riccardo Muti)<ref>Avvenire, 22/05/2011, "Muti: no a canzonette in chiesa", https://www.avvenire.it/agora/pagine/muti-no-a-canzonette-in-chiesa_201105230916176830000</ref>''
''"Gregorian chant, as proper to the Roman liturgy, should be given pride of place, other things being equal. Its melodies, contained in the "typical" editions, should be used, to the extent that this is possible." ([[Musicam Sacram]], n. 50-a)<ref>Cfr. SC 116 e [[Musicam Sacram]], n. 50-a</ref>''
''"Sacred music must consequently possess in the best degree the qualities that are proper to the liturgy, and precisely the sanctity and goodness of the forms, from which its other characteristic, which is universality, arises spontaneously." (TRA LE SOLLECITUDINI, St. Pius X)<ref>TRA LE SOLLECITUDINI, St. Pius X, 22/11/1903.</ref>''
''"The Roman Rite constitutes a notable and precious part of the treasure and liturgical patrimony of the Catholic Church; its riches benefit the good of the whole Church, so much so that their loss would seriously harm her." ([[General Instruction of the Roman Missal (2nd Edition)]])<ref>[[General Instruction of the Roman Missal (2nd Edition)]], num. 397.</ref>''
'"If it does not possess at the same time the sense of prayer, dignity and beauty, music - instrumental and vocal - precludes itself from entering the sphere of the sacred and the religious". (Saint Paul VI)<ref>Address of Paul VI to the members of the Italian Association of Saint Cecilia, Wednesday, September 18, 1968, link: http://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/it/speeches/1968/september/documents/hf_p-vi_spe_19680918_santa-cecilia.html.</ref>''
''"We do not sing because we are happy; we are happy because we sing. (William James)"''
''"God respects me when I work, he loves me when I sing. (Rabindranath Tagore)"''
''"What was sacred to previous generations remains sacred and great for us too, and cannot suddenly be completely prohibited or even judged harmful." (Benedict XVI)<ref>Letter of His Holiness Benedict XVI to the Bishops on the occasion of the publication of the apostolic letter "Motu Proprio Data" SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM on the use of the Roman Liturgy prior to the Reformation carried out in 1970.</ref>''
''"Let us try to restore Gregorian chant to the use of the people, so that the faithful may once again take a more active part in the ecclesiastical office, as was the custom in ancient times. (Saint Pius X)"''
''""Gregorian chant is for sacred music what light is for trees: life." (Solange Corbin)"''
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* [[Who we are]]
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* [http://musicaliturgica.altervista.org/ MusicaLiturgica Online]
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<h3><span style="color:blue">Tractus</span></h3>
The '''Tract''' (in Latin ''Tractus'', in Ambrosian chant ''Cantus'') is a liturgical chant between the readings, which belongs to the Proper of the Mass. In the Tridentine Mass it replaces the Alleluia verse during Lent, during the Season of Septuagesima, and in Masses for the dead. After the liturgical reform of the Roman rite in 1969, in the acclamation before the Gospel, one may sing instead of the Alleluia during Lent either the verse placed in the Lectionary before the Gospel, or another psalm or a tract as found in the Gradual<ref>General Instruction of the Roman Missal. Link: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20030317_ordinamento-messale_it.html</ref>.

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The '''gradual''', formerly called ''Responsorium Graduale'', is a melismatic inter-lecture chant that belongs to the proper of the Mass. Its name derives from the Latin ''gradus'', step, because originally the singers sang the gradual while remaining on the steps of the ambo.

In the current liturgical order of the Roman rite, it can be sung after the first reading, using the Gregorian or polyphonic repertoire, with the function of an invitation to meditate on the Word heard. More frequently the gradual is not sung and is then replaced by the responsorial psalm prescribed by the missal. During Easter time the gradual is not contemplated, another alleluia chant is performed in its place, with the exception of the octave of Easter.
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The '''sequence''', often also called by its Latin name ''sequentia'', is a liturgical musical poetic composition that is recited (or sung) at the end of the second reading while the assembly remains seated until its end and at the Alleluia that acclaims the Gospel one stands up.

The sequence belongs to the proper of the mass: its text therefore varies according to the liturgical occasion celebrated.
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* [[Oremus pro Pontifice]]
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* [[Missa VIII (Missa de Angelis)]]
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<h3><span style="color:blue">''Cantus in Ordine Missae Occurrentes''<br />Toni Communes</span></h3>

In questa sezione del sito sono riportati i toni comuni relativi alle parti della Messa in canto gregoriano, secondo il Graduale Romanum/Triplex 1974/1979.

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'''I - AD RITUS INITIALES'''<br />
* [[In nomine Patris (Signum Crucis)]]
* [[Formula salutationis I]]
* [[Formula salutationis II]]
* [[Formula salutationis III]]
'''II - PRO ORATIONIBUS'''<br />
* [[Toni orationum (A)]]
* [[Toni orationum (B)]]
'''III - AD LITURGIAM VERBI'''<br />
''Toni Lectionum''<br />
* [[Toni lectionum (Lectio I)]]
* [[Toni lectionum (Lectio II vel unica ante evangelium)]]
''Toni evangelii''<br />
* [[Toni evangelii A]]
'''IV - AD PRECEM EUCHARISTICAM'''<br />
''Ante praefationem''<br />
* [[Dominus vobiscum - Ante praefationes (Tonus Simplex)]]
* [[Dominus vobiscum - Ante praefationes (Tonus Sollemnis)]]
''Post consecrationem''<br />
* [[Mysterium fidei (Post consecrationem)]]
''Ad doxologiam''<br />
* [[Per ipsum - ad doxologiam (tonus simplex)]]
* [[Per ipsum - ad doxologiam (tonus sollemnis)]]
'''V - AD RITUS COMMUNIONIS'''<br />
*[[Pater Noster (A)|Toni orationis Dominicae A]]
''Tonus embolismi et ad pacem''<br />
* [[Tonus embolismi (Libera nos, quaesumus Domine)]]
* [[Ad pacem (Domine Iesu Christe - Pax Domini)]]
'''VI. AD RITUS CONCLUSIONIS'''<br />
''Ad benedictionem simplicem''<br />
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem simplicem - A)]]
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem simplicem - B)]]
''Ad benedictionem sollemn<br />et orationes super populum''<br />
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem sollemnem- A)]]
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem sollemnem - B)]]
''Ad benedictionem episcopalem''<br />
* [[Dominus vobiscum (Benedictionem episcopalem - A)]]
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''Ad dimittendum populum''<br />
* [[Ite missa est]]
'''VII. TONI V. GLORIA PATRI PRO ANTIPHONIS AD INTROITUM ET AD COMMUNIONEM'''<br />
* [[I Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[II Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[III Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[IV Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[V Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[VI Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
* [[VII Tono Gloria Patri (Introitus et Communionis)]]<ref name="gradualeromanum75"></ref>
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The '''responsory''' is the chant that follows the reading in the liturgy of the hours of the Catholic Church. The name of responsory traditionally given to this piece, testifies to its original form of responsorial psalmody where the schola sang a psalm or a canticle and the assembly responded by singing an antiphon after each verse. Its evolved form, still in use today, does not fully reflect its authenticity of the roles between the soloist and the people, the number of verses has been significantly reduced and a final doxology has been added (''Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto'').

There are two types of responsory:

* '''responsorium breve''', very short in its current form and of an extremely simpler character and suitable for the daily office.
* '''responsorium prolixum''', used in the nocturne after each lesson. It is distinguished from the short responsory by its prolixity, both of text and melody. In the repertoire of Gregorian chant, nine prolix responsories of the Roman office and twelve of the monastic office are known.
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* [[Missa VIII (Missa de Angelis)]]
* [[Oremus pro Antistite]]
* [[Oremus pro Pontifice]]
* [[Veni Creator Spiritus]]
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This section of the site contains the common tones, responsories, hymns and antiphons of the Liturgy of the Hours in Gregorian chant, according to the latest published volumes (Antiphonale Romanum I and II, Antiphonale Monasticum I of 2005).

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''Ad ritum initialem''
* [[Domine, labia mea aperies (Tonus ferialis)]]
* [[Domine, labia mea aperies (Tonus festivus)]]
* [[Deus, in adiutorium meum (ferialis, dominicis et festis)]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii">Antiphonale Romanum II, 2005</ref>
* [[Deus, in adiutorium meum (In solemnitatibus)]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>

''De cantu psalmorum''
* [[Tonus Psalmorum I]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum II]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum II*]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum III]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum IV]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum IV*]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum V]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum VI]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum VII]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum VIII]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>
* [[Tonus Psalmorum Peregrinus]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>

''Ad Completorium''
* [[Te lucis ante terminum (ad Completorium)]]<ref name="antiphonaleromanumii"></ref>

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'''Trattazioni''':
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_chant Gregorian chant on WikiPedia.org];
<span style="color: green;>'''Downloadable Gregorian Chant Books - Official Editions:''':</span>
* [[Graduale Romanum 1974]]
* [[Graduale Simplex 1975]]
* [[Liber Hymnarius 1983 (Antiphonale Romanum Tomus Alter)]]
<span style="color: blue;>'''Downloadable Gregorian Chant Books - Complementary Editions''':</span>
* [[Liber Usualis|Liber Usualis (1961)]];
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* [[Tra le sollecitudini (1903)]]
* [[Musicam Sacram|Musicam Sacram, Second Vatican Council, (1967)]]
* [[Chirograph of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II for the centenary of the Motu Proprio "Tra le sollecitudini" on the Sacred Music]]
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File:Liber-cantualis.jpg|<center>'''[https://www.solesmes.com/node/9075?position=8&list=U1A57Bs2Sf1sQ3TK7L_wdHvmSuk1cZt-ANd5otNraDw Liber Cantualis (1995)<br />by www.Solesmes.com]'''</center>
File:Graduale-novum-2011-tomo-1.jpg|<center>'''[https://www.solesmes.com/node/9189?position=11&list=rwW4taHL9SuyRm4ByZz7WC3V-AnBsfuxEG2MZEvIy2A GRADUALE NOVUM (2011), Tomo 1: De Dominicis Et Festis<br />by www.Solesmes.com]'''</center>
File:Graduale-novum-2011-tomo-2.jpg|<center>'''[https://www.solesmes.com/node/16867?position=1&list=rwW4taHL9SuyRm4ByZz7WC3V-AnBsfuxEG2MZEvIy2A GRADUALE NOVUM (2011), Tomo 2: De Feriis Et Sanctis<br />by www.Solesmes.com]'''</center>
File:Antiphonale-romanum-i.jpg|<center>'''[https://www.solesmes.com/node/16970?position=0&list=xJz8emYlkDB6IMoJ4Enz6HXMdXngK_DzBaT6aL5gAzY Antiphonale Romanum Vol. I<br />www.solesmes.com]'''</center>
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File:Antiphonale-monasticum-1934-3003.jpg|<center>'''[https://www.solesmes.com/node/9069?position=12&list=qqMr-mHbWVap_3QBo4s4uBWXeGvJMOWI4RaerzabyTc Antiphonale Monasticum 1934<br />su www.solesmes.com]'''</center>
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[[Category:Hymns]]
''Taken from WikiPedia.org''

The '''Veni Creator Spiritus''', in english ''Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest,'' is a liturgical hymn dedicated to the Holy Spirit and attributed to ''Rabano Mauro'', archbishop of Mainz, of the 9th century.

The best known version is the Gregorian one,<ref>There is also a version according to the Ambrosian chant.</ref> but it has also been set to music by numerous authors of polyphonic, classical and contemporary music.

It is regularly sung in the office of Lauds and Vespers on the feast of Pentecost and is often compared to the sequence [[Veni Sancte Spiritus]].

In addition to Pentecost, it is also sung in particular solemn events to invoke the Holy Spirit, such as on the occasion of the conferral of the sacrament of confirmation and, according to tradition, of marriage. It is also sung during the election of the new Pope by the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel, for the consecration of bishops, for the ordination of priests, for councils and synods and for the coronation of a sovereign. By reciting it on the first day of the year, with the intention of invoking the Holy Spirit, on the beginning of the year, the plenary indulgence is gained<ref>''Manual of indulgences'', 2004, Num. 26</ref>

== Text and translations ==
{|
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; '''Latin text'''
''Veni, creátor Spíritus,''<br />
''mentes tuórum vísita,''<br />
''imple supérna grátia,''<br />
''quæ tu creásti péctora.''<br />

''Qui díceris Paráclitus,''<br />
''donum Dei, Altíssimi,''<br />
''fons vivus, ignis, cáritas,''<br />
''et spiritális únctio.''<br />

''Tu septifórmis múnere,''<br />
''dextræ Dei tu dígitus,''<br />
''tu rite promíssum Patris,''<br />
''sermóne ditans gúttura.''<br />

''Accénde lumen sénsibus:''<br />
''infúnde amórem córdibus:''<br />
''infírma nostri córporis''<br />
''virtúte firmans pérpeti.''<br />

''Hostem repéllas lóngius,''<br />
''pacémque dones prótinus:''<br />
''ductóre sic te prævio''<br />
''vitémus omne nóxium.''<br />

''Per te sciámus da Patrem,''<br />
''noscámus atque Fílium,''<br />
''te utriúsque Spíritum''<br />
''credámus omni témpore.''<br />

''Amen.''<br />

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; '''English version'''<ref>''The Lutheran Hymnal''. Concordia Publishing House. 1941. p. 233.</ref>
Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest,<br />
Vouchsafe within our souls to rest;<br />
Come with Thy grace and heav'nly aid<br />
And fill the hearts which Thou hast made.<br />

To Thee, the Comforter, we cry,<br />
To Thee, the Gift of God Most High,<br />
The Fount of life, the Fire of love,<br />
The soul's Anointing from above.<br />

The sev'n-fold gifts of grace are Thine,<br />
O Finger of the Hand Divine;<br />
True Promise of the Father Thou,<br />
Who dost the tongue with speech endow.<br />

Thy light to every thought impart<br />
And shed Thy love in every heart;<br />
The weakness of our mortal state<br />
With deathless might invigorate.<br />

Drive far away our wily Foe,<br />
And Thine abiding peace bestow;<br />
If Thou be our protecting Guide,<br />
No evil can our steps betide.<br />

Make Thou to us the Father known;<br />
Teach us the eternal Son to own<br />
And Thee, whose name we ever bless,<br />
Of both the Spirit, to confess.<br />

Amen<br />
|}

In the ''Graduale Romanum, 1974'', this prayer is also reported:

V. ''Emitte Spiritum tuum et creabuntur.'' (T.P. AllelUia.)<br />
R. ''Et renovabis faciem terrae.'' (T.P. Alleluia.)<br />
V. ''Oremus.''

V. ''Deus, qui corda fidelium Sancti Spiritus illustratióne docuisti: + da nobis in eodem Spiritu recta sapere, * et de eius semper consolatione gaudere. Per Christum Dóminum nostrum.''<br />
R. ''Amen.''

== Musical Scores ==
=== Veni Creator Spiritus, Graduale Romanum, 1974, pag. 848 ===
Gregorian score, laid out on A4 sheet:

[[File:VeniCreatorSpiritus.png|600px]]

Score available in PDF format laid out on A4 sheet, [[Media:VeniCreatorSpiritus.pdf]]

=== Veni Creator Spiritus, Antiphonale Romanum, 2009, Vol. 2 ''"Ad Vesperas in dominicis et festis"'', pag. 268 e 281 ===
Gregorian score, laid out on A4 sheet:

[[File:Veni-Creator-Spiritus-antiphonale-romanum-2009.png|600px]]

Score available in PDF format laid out on A4 sheet, [[Media:Veni-Creator-Spiritus-antiphonale-romanum-2009.pdf]]

== Video ==
Version taken from the Graduale Romanum 1974, p. 848, sung by the ''SCHOLA GREGORIANA MEDIOLANENSIS'', Directed by Giovanni Vianini, Milano, Italia, http://www.cantogregoriano.it.

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== GABC Source Code ==
=== Veni Creator Spiritus, Graduale Romanum, 1974, pag. 848 ===
<pre>
name:Veni Creator Spiritus;
office-part:Hymnus;
mode:8;
book:Graduale Romanum, 1961, p. 150* & The Liber Usualis, 1961, p. 885 & Chants of the Church, 1956, p. 157;
transcriber:Andrew Hinkley;
%%
(c3) VE(e)ni(f) Cre(ed)á(e)tor(fe) Spí(h')ri(i)tus,(h.) (;) Mén(h)tes(e') tu(f)ó(h)rum(ih) ví(i')si(j)ta:(i.) (:) Im(h)ple(ij) su(hg)pér(fe)na(hi) grá(e')ti(f)a(h.) (;) Quæ(gh) tu(f) cre(ed)á(f)sti(fgf) péc(e')to(d)ra.(e.) (::)
2.() Qui(e) dí(f)ce(ed)ris(e) Pa(fe)rá(h')cli(i)tus,(h.) (;) dó(h)num(e') De(f)i(h) Al(ih)tís(i')si(j)mi,(i.) (:) Fons(h) ví(ij)vus,(hg) í(fe)gnis,(hi) cá(e')ri(f)tas,(h.) (;) Et(gh) spi(f)ri(ed)tá(f)lis(fgf) ún(e')cti(d)o.(e.) (::)
3.() Tu(e) se(f)pti(ed)fór(e)mis(fe) mú(h')ne(i)re,(h.) (;) dex(h)træ(e) De(f)i(h) tu(ih) dí(i')gi(j)tus,(i.) (:) Tu(h) ri(ij)te(hg) pro(fe)mís(hi)sum(e') Pa(f)tris,(h.) (;) Ser(gh)mó(f)ne(ed) di(f)tans(fgf) gút(e')tu(d)ra.(e.) (::)
4.() Ac(e)cén(f)de(ed) lu(e)men(fe) sén(h')si(i)bus,(h.) (;) In(h)fún(e')d<i>e</i>(f) a(f')mó(h)rem(ih) cór(i')di(j)bus,(i.) (:) In(h)fír(ij)ma(hg) no(fe)stri(hi) cór(e')po(f)ris(h.) (;) Vir(gh)tú(f)te(ed) fir(f)mans(fgf) pér(e')pe(d)ti.(e.) (::)
5.() Ho(e)stem(f) re(ed)pél(e)las(fe) lón(h')gi(i)us,(h.) (;) Pa(h)cém(e')que(f) do(h)nes(ih) pró(i')ti(j)nus:(i.) (:) Du(h)ctó(ij)re(hg) sic(fe) te(hi) pr<sp>'æ</sp>(e')vi(f)o,(h.) (;) Vi(gh)té(f)mus(ed) o(f)mne(fgf) nó(e')xi(d)um.(e.) (::)
6.() Per(e) te(f) sci(ed)á(e)mus(fe) da(h') Pa(i)trem,(h.) (;) No(h)scá(e')mus(f) at(h)que(ih) Fí(i')li(j)um,(i.) (:) Te(h) u(ij)tri(hg)ú(fe)sque(hi) Spí(e')ri(f)tum(h.) (;) Cre(gh)dá(f)mus(ed) o(f)mni(fgf) tém(e')po(d)re.(e.) (::)
A(efe)men.(de..) (::)
</pre>

=== Veni Creator Spiritus, Antiphonale Romanum, 2009, Vol. 2 "Ad Vesperas in dominicis et festis", pag. 268 e 281 ===
<pre>
name:Veni Creator Spiritus;
office-part:Hymnus;
mode:8;
book:Antiphonale Romanum, 2009, pag. 268 and 281;
transcriber:Stefano Ferri;
%%
(c3) VE(e)ni,(f) cre(ed)á(e)tor(fe) Spí(h)ri(i)tus,(h) (;) men(h)tes(e) tu(f)ó(h)rum(ih) ví(i)si(j)ta:(i) (:) im(h)ple(ij) su(hg)pér(fe)na(hi) grá(e)ti(f)a,(h) (;) quæ(gh) tu(f) cre(ed)á(f)sti,(fgf) péc(e)to(de)ra.(e) (::)
2.() Qui(e) dí(f)ce(ed)ris(e) Pa(fe)rá(h)cli(i)tus,(h) (;) dó(h)num(e) De(f)i(h) al(ih)tís(i)si(j)mi,(i) (:) fons(h) ví(ij)vus,(hg) í(fe)gnis,(hi) cá(e)ri(f)tas(h) (;) et(gh) spi(f)ri(ed)tá(f)lis(fgf) ún(e)cti(de)o.(e) (::)
3.() Tu(e) se(f)pti(ed)fór(e)mis(fe) mú(h)ne(i)re,(h) (;) dex(h)træ(e) De(f)i(h) tu(ih) dí(i)gi(j)tus,(i) (:) tu(h) ri(ij)te(hg) pro(fe)mís(hi)sum(e) Pa(f)tris(h) (;) ser(gh)mó(f)ne(ed) di(f)tans(fgf) gút(e)tu-(de)ra.(e) (::)
4.() Ac(e)cén(f)de(ed) lu(e)men(fe) sén(h)si(i)bus,(h) (;) in(h)fún(e)d<i>e</i>(f) a(f)mó(h)rem(ih) cór(i)di(j)bus,(i) (:) in(h)fír(ij)ma(hg) no(fe)stri(hi) cór(e)po(f)ris,(h) (;) vir(gh)tú(f)te(ed) fir(f)mans(fgf) pér(e)pe-(de)ti.(e) (::)
5.() Ho(e)stem(f) re(ed)pél(e)las(fe) lón(h)gi(i)us(h) (;) pa(h)cém(e)que(f) do(h)nes(ih) pró(i)ti(j)nus;(i) (:) du(h)ctó(ij)re(hg) sic(fe) te(hi) pr<sp>'æ</sp>(e)vi(f)o(h) (;) vi(gh)té(f)mus(ed) o(f)mne(fgf) nó(e)xi(de)um.(e) (::)
6.() Per(e) te(f) sci(ed)á(e)mus(fe) da(h) Pa(i)trem(h) (;) no(h)scá(e)mus(f) at(h)que(ih) Fí(i)li(j)um,(i) (:) te(h) u(ij)tri(hg)ú(fe)sque(hi) Spí(e)ri(f)tum(h) (;) cre(gh)dá(f)mus(ed) o(f)mni(fgf) tém(e)po(de)re.(e) (::)
A(efe)men.(de) (::)
</pre>

== Bibliography ==
* Wikipedia.org, versione italiana, https://it.wikipedia.org
* GregoBase project, https://gregobase.selapa.net/
* ''Graduale Romanum'', Libreria Editrice Vaticana 1974, pagina 848.
* ''Antiphonale Romanum'', Vol. 2 ''Ad vesperas in dominicis et festis'', Edizioni SOLESMES 2009, pagine 268 e 281.

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