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Music for the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
At the procession: In hymnis et confessionibus (Benedictine processional chant for Sundays in October)
Mass for Four Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost: In voluntate tua
Motet at the Offertory: Domine exaudi orationem (Byrd)
Motet at the Communion: Et non intres in judicium (Domine exaudi, secunda pars) (Byrd)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: All Glory Be to God on High (Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr)
Introit: Si iniquitates (plainsong, mode iii)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Qui timent Dominum (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Recordare mei (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Richard de Castre’s Prayer to Jesus (R.R. Terry, 1865-1938)
Communion: Aufer a me (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Sacris solemniis / Panis Angelicus (plainsong, mode iv, with organum)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

Saturday, 12 October 2013, 9:00 a.m.
Music for a Saturday of Our Lady after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Saturdays of Our Lady after Pentecost: Salve sancta parens
Hymn at the Communion: Ave maris stella (plainsong, mode i)

The second Saturday of every month is a Missa cantata celebrated
for the intentions of the Gospel of Life Society at St. Mary’s.

WHAT IS SACRED MUSIC?
Two introductory classes by David Hughes
St. Mary's Parish Center

Sunday, 6 October 2013, 7:00 P.M.
What is chant? What is polyphony?

Sunday, 20 October 2013, 7:00 P.M.
What are propers? How do you choose what to sing?

The Church has called sacred music "a treasure of inestimable value, greater even than that of any other art." But why is this so? What does it mean to say that it forms "an integral part of the solemn liturgy"? Come find out!

David Hughes will offer two classes on sacred music on two Sundays in October. These introductory classes will include examples drawn from a wide variety of repertoire. Each class is an hour long, with time at the end for discussion. Bring a friend, and bring questions you've wanted to ask about the music you hear on Sundays!

Music for the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary (external solemnity)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
At the procession: Sumite psalterium (Benedictine processional chant for Our Lady of the Rosary)
Missa de Beata Maria (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady of the Rosary: Gaudeamus
Motet at the Offertory: Illibata Dei Virgo nutrix (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Motet at the Communion: Ave virginum decus hominum (Illibata, secunda pars) (Josquin)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (Coronation)
Kyrie, Sanctus: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: In exitu Israel (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Vir erat in terra (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Communion: In salutari tuo (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: O God of Love, O King of Peace (Tallis’ Canon)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the Feast of the Dedication of St. Michael the Archangel
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
At the procession: Michael et Angeli ejus (Benedictine processional chant for Michaelmas)
Missa L'homme armé sexti toni (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of Michaelmas: Benedicite Dominum
Motet at the Offertory: Concussum est mare (Jacobus Clemens non Papa, c.1510-1556)
Motet at the Communion: Tibi Christe, splendor Patris (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
At the retiring procession: Christe sanctorum decus Angelorum (Paris Antiphoner, 1681)

Music for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Introit: Omnia quae fecisti (plainsong, mode iii)
Kyrie, Sanctus: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Paratum cor meum (plainsong, mode iii)
Offertory: Super flumina Babylonis (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Christ, the Fair Glory of the Holy Angels (Coelites plaudant)
Communion: Memento verbi tui (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: Non nobis, Domine (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
At the procession: Dominator Domine (Benedictine processional chant for the fourth Sunday of September)
Messa a 4 voci da Cappella (1641) (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Gregorian Mass of the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Da pacem Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Laetatus sum (Alessandro Scarlatti, 1660-1725)
Motet at the Communion: Da pacem Domine (Ascanio Trombetti, 1544-1590)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (Lauda anima)
Introit: Salus populi (plainsong, mode iv)
Kyrie, Sanctus: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Confitemini Domino (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Si ambulavero (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: O bone Jesu (Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, c.1535-1592)
Communion: Tu mandasti (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave verum Corpus (plainsong, mode vi)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
At the procession: Benedicite Deum caeli (Benedictine processional chant for the third Sunday of September)
Missa Dum esset Summus Pontifex (G.P. Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost: Justus es Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Oravi ad Dominum (Palestrina)
Motet at the Communion: Erat Jesus (Alonso de Tejeda, c.1540-1628)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Faith of Our Fathers (St. Catherine)
Introit: Da pacem, Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Kyrie: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Timebunt gentes (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Precatus est Moyses (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu, Rex admirabilis (Palestrina)
Communion: Dico vobis: gaudium (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Communion: Our Father, We Have Wandered (Passion Chorale)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

Saturday, 14 September 2013, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Magnae Deus potentiae (Vatican Gradual, Mass V)
Gregorian Mass of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross: Nos autem gloriari
Hymn at the Communion: Vexilla Regis (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: O gloriosa virginum (Op. 77, No. 3) (Flor Peeters, 1903-1986)
Missa O Virgo simul et Mater (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Miserere mihi Domine
Improvisation at the Offertory
Motet at the Communion: Miserere mihi Domine (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Caelestis urbs Jerusalem (Op. 77, No. 9) (Peeters)

Music for the Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Our Help in Ages Past (St. Anne)
Kyrie: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Domine, exaudi orationem meam (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Oravi Deum meum (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Communion: Vovete et reddite (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: My Eyes for Beauty Pine (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 7 September 2013, 12:00 noon
Music for the Mass in Honor of Our Lady of Vailankanni
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Hymn at the Procession: Awaaz Uthaa-yen-ge
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Hymn at the Offertory: Itho itho ennai
Communion: Beata viscera (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Iraiva va
Hymn at the Communion: Pranon se pyaare Yesu mere
Hymns at Benediction: O Salutaris (Werner); Tantum ergo (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Procession: Ave Maria
Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes hymn)