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A Message Came to A Maiden Young [1]; Accept Almighty Father; Adeste Fideles; Adoramus te; Adoro te devote; Agnus Dei; All Glory, Laud and Honour; All of seeing, all of hearing
Originally, the entrance of the priest who was to celebrate Mass was accompanied by the singing of a whole psalm, with Gloria Patri (doxology). While the psalm was at first sung responsorially, with an antiphon repeated by all at intervals, while a solo singer chanted the words of the psalm, it was soon sung directly by two groups of singers alternating with each other, and with the antiphon ...
Previously the pipe organ was used for accompaniment. The use of instruments native to the culture was an important step in the multiplication of songs written to accompany the Catholic liturgy. [10] In addition to his role in creating this first English language Mass, Dennis had a large stake in F.E.L. (Friends of the English Liturgy). [11]
The Mass (Latin: missa) is a form of sacred musical composition that sets the invariable portions of the Christian Eucharistic liturgy (principally that of the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and Lutheranism), known as the Mass.
Sanctissimus namque Gregorius, from the 1908 edition of the Roman Gradual.. The Roman Gradual includes the Introit (entrance chant: antiphon with verses),; the Gradual psalm (a meditative psalm chant, according to the 1970 rite this may be replaced with a simpler responsorial psalm except when the Mass is celebrated "in Cantu" according to the rubrics of the accompanying document Ordo Cantus ...
Liturgical music originated as a part of religious ceremony, and includes a number of traditions, both ancient and modern.Liturgical music is well known as a part of Catholic Mass, the Anglican Holy Communion service (or Eucharist) and Evensong, the Lutheran Divine Service, the Orthodox liturgy, and other Christian services, including the Divine Office.
The Rorate Mass got its proper name from the first word of the Introit (Entrance antiphon): "Rorate caeli désuper et nubes pluant justum" ("Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the just"). In the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, this Mass is celebrated very early in the morning on all Saturdays.
A procession in St. Louis Cathedral before a Pontifical High Mass (1903).. A processional hymn, opening hymn, or gathering hymn is a chant, hymn or other music sung during the Procession, usually at the start of a Christian service, although occasionally during the service itself.