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The Book of Common Prayer allows for an alternative to the Magnificat—the Cantate Domino, Psalm 98—and some Anglican rubrics allow for a wider selection of canticles, but the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis remain the most popular. In Anglican, Lutheran, and Catholic services, the Magnificat is generally followed by the Gloria Patri.
An example of a single chant is shown above. Below are the first four verses of the Magnificat, with the text coloured to show which words correspond to which notes in the music ("the chant"). 1. My soul doth ' magnify the ' Lord : And my spirit hath re ' joiced in ' God my ' Saviour. 2. For ' he hath re ' garded : the ' lowli ness ' of his ...
The prophecy that he was to "go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways" (v. 76) was of course an allusion to the well-known words of Isaiah 40:3 which John himself afterwards applied to his own mission , and which all three Synoptic Gospels adopt (Matthew 3:3; Mark 1:2; Luke 3:4). [1]
The canticles are part of the daily service of Evening Prayer in the Anglican church and have been set to music frequently. Howells set the combination of Magnificat and Nunc dimittis 20 times, [1] taking the words from the Book of Common Prayer. The St Paul's Service is scored for a four-part choir and organ. [2]
In the Gospel of Luke the words of the Magnificat are spoken by Mary when she visits her cousin Elizabeth, both being pregnant, Mary with Jesus and Elizabeth with John the Baptist. In Christianity, the feast commemorating that visit is called Visitation. It is a chosen opportunity to give more than ordinary attention to the Magnificat canticle ...
The prayer book rejected the idea that marriage was a sacrament [79] while also repudiating the common medieval belief that celibacy was holier than married life. The prayer book called marriage a "holy estate" that "Christ adorned and beautified with his presence, and first miracle that he wrought in Cana of Galilee."
Lengthy passages of the New Testament are prayers or canticles (see also the Book of Odes), such as the prayer for forgiveness (Mark 11:25–26), the Lord's Prayer, the Magnificat (Luke 1:46–55), the Benedictus (Luke 1:68–79), Jesus' prayer to the one true God , exclamations such as, "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ ...
Howells set the combination of Magnificat and Nunc dimittis 20 times, [1] [2] taking the words from the Book of Common Prayer. The Gloucester Service, his sixth setting, was written in 1946 [2] and is scored for a four-part choir and organ. [3] It is subtitled For the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Indivisible Trinity. [3]