Monastic Compline in English With Chant?
  • Jeffrey MorseJeffrey Morse
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    I'm looking for a Chant setting of Monastic Compline in English for a workshop I'm giving later this month. Has anyone ever adapted that or know of someone who has? Any help would be most appreciated.
  • SalieriSalieri
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    Winfred Douglas has it in his "Monastic Diurnal, Noted", but it doesn't include the Pss. or their Antiphons. I'll try to scan and post it later today.
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  • Jeffrey MorseJeffrey Morse
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    Salieri- Many thanks! There are no antiphons in the Monastic Office for Compline, so that explains their absence. As for the pss I can figure that out. Very kind of you!
  • SalieriSalieri
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    Here it is, Jeffrey. You will also need to find the text for the hymn Te lucis, but that should be easy.
    Monastic Diurnal Noted Compline.pdf
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  • Jeffrey MorseJeffrey Morse
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    So kind of you, Thank you Salieri!
  • Kathy
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    I think I have a Te lucis translation in the LCH.
  • jefe
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    Here is the Sunday version: The English text is the same.
    Our local Cistercian Monastery does not use Salieri's version of Compline. I did download it for study, and I'm happy to see it. They do chant all four of the prescribed Compline Hymns: 4, 31, 91, 134, every day, 365. They chant in the dark, except for the spots over the scores for visitors. It seems to be a simpler version than above. Simplex on the loose? 8<)
    Te lucis ante terminum, To you before the close of day.jpg
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  • jefe
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    Below is a link to a Sarum version of Compline in English which I find quite interesting, with the pointing of the Psalms, and chant notation mated to a text from antiquity.
    http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~renwick/Annex/Compline 05.pdf
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  • M. Jackson Osborn
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    Canon Douglas' Monastic Diurnal Noted is available as a reprint by the Lancelot Andrewes Press - In case anyone is interested. The book is invaluable.
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  • a_f_hawkins
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    That link doesn't quite work for me but http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~renwick/Annex/ and looking down to Compline 05.pdf did.
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  • Jeffrey MorseJeffrey Morse
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    Thank you all for your help with this! You are all so kind and generous with your resources and ideas
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