
Gregory, which had been composed by Pope Hadrian I (772 – 795), which was placed at the top of the Sacramentary given by Pope Hadrian to Charlemagne, the existence of which was attested to by Agobard of Lyons (d. It replaced an earlier trope for this Introit honoring St. This trope from the 11th-12th Century was sung in some form before the Introit of the First Sunday of Advent. A trope is an added section of text related to the chants of that day or season.


Today we started by singing a Trope that leads into the Introit text. Edmund Campion, Ralph Sherwin & Alexander Bryant, MartyrsĬommentary on the Season from the Liturgical year, Dom GuerangerĬommentary on the first Sunday of Advent from the Liturgical year, Dom Gueranger In Advent the Marian Anthem is the Alma Redemptoris we sang the setting by Palestrina. We sang the first melody for the Domine Salvum fac.Īs is the custom in England we end Mass with the Seasonal Marian Anthem. Palestrina needs no introduction… His 5 part Offertory settings for most of Feasts and all of the Sundays are one of the finest collections of music ever written. For the Offertory, also not set by Isaac we will sing the Palestrina setting. Isaac did not set the Gradual, which we will sing to the chant as found in the Graduale Romanum 1924. We will be singing from the Choralis Constantinus, the texts matching the modern Graduale Romanum. A second smaller collection was also made for the Imperial court. His most ambitious project was the Choralis Constantinus, a collection of music for all the feasts of the year in the calendar of the Constance cathedral. He divided much of his career between the summer court of Maximilian I and his house in Florence, where he was a friend of Machiavelli and played organ at the Duomo. Isaac is believed to have been born in Flanders about 1450.

Today for us is a Polyphonic Propers day, we will be singing the Introit, Alleluia and Communion settings by Heinrich Isaac. Commentary on the Season from the Liturgical year, Dom GuerangerĬommentary on the second Sunday of Advent from the Liturgical year, Dom GuerangerĪs usual in Advent we sang Mass XVII (second Kyrie) and Credo II.
