Part 7 - Numbers 835-856
This small section of 22 titles covers Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, Reconciliation, and Funeral Masses.
STUFF WE SING AT HOLY GHOST, AND WILL CONTINUE TO SING (5):
840 Lord's Prayer (Chant) / 845 My Soul Proclaims (NEW BRITAIN)
847 Lord's Prayer (Chant) / 855 Song of Farewell (OLD HUNDREDTH)
856 In Paradisum
STUFF WE HAVEN'T DONE AT HOLY GHOST BUT I WOULDN'T MIND INTRODUCING IN THE FUTURE (4):
838 Blest Be the God of Israel (FOREST GREEN) / 843 O Radiant Light (Mode I)
849 Create a Clean Heart (Alstott) / 852 Grant them eternal rest (Alstott)
STUFF I WON'T TOUCH WITH A 39-1/2 FOOT POLE (13):
835 Verse and Response (Joncas)
836 O Come and Sing unto the Lord (Joncas) (The tune IRISH is much better.)
837 As morning breaks (Joncas) (Chant style verses - good. Antiphon very weak.)
839 Intercessions (Joncas) / 841 Blessing (Joncas) / 842 Light and Peace (Inwood)
844 Psalm 141 (Inwood) / 846 Intercessions (Inwood)
848 Blessing (Inwood) (Looks like chant style, but sounds like something someone would sing to single strums of the guitar instead.)
850 Lord, Make Us Turn (Alstott) / 851 Penitential Litany (Prendergast/Sullivan)
853 The Lord Is My Shepherd (Alstott) / 854 Intercessions (Walker)
Running total after seven posts:
STUFF WE SING AT HOLY GHOST, AND WILL CONTINUE TO SING: 84 (15.1%)
STUFF WE HAVEN'T DONE AT HOLY GHOST BUT I WOULDN'T MIND INTRODUCING IN THE FUTURE: 103 (18.5%)
STUFF I WON'T TOUCH WITH A 39-1/2 FOOT POLE: 369 (66.4%)
Next post - complete Mass settings. This should be FUN! Ho ho ho!
Peace,
BMP
If the text is solid, do the Inwood (848) with the harpsichord and, voila, it becomes recitative ala Monteverdi. Not familiar with it, this is just a thought.
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