This is beautifully done, and thank you for sharing. It's evident much love and care went into this. I knew there were at one time tropes used for the Kyrie and Agnus Dei, but I didn't know there were tropes for the Sanctus.

We're singing Mass VII for the last two Sundays of Advent so I'll share this with my schola. Maybe we can sing it after Mass next Sunday.

Also, the phrase cum Paterno Numine et cum Sancto Flamine is very unusual. Would a literal translation be: with the Paternal Divinity and with the Holy Breath (Wind) ? Flamen is an interesting poetical substitution for "Spirit."

With utmost respect, Charles, my comment was not condescending. The OP stated:

I hope this will be enjoyed in more Christ Masses in the coming years!

If the OP was suggesting that this troped Sanctus replace the Sanctus at Mass, by what authority was he making that suggestion - for either an EF, OF, or Angllican-use Mass? If he was not suggesting that, what was he proposing?

For me, the most intriguing expression Chris uses is this:

The text used, is that of the "Anglican-use" Personal Ordinariates.

Is this a liturgical text, for reals?

I read this in the way Melo did: some folks like to say "Christ Mass" for the solemnity on December 25. The usage seems to be particularly popular in Anglican circles.

What I have done is to help create an english version, as well as my own typeset latin version of what was already in the well known book:


Tropen zum Gloria, Sanctus und Agnus Dei im Graduale Romanum
hg. von Anton Stingl jun., 2012, EOS Verlag Sankt Ottilien


Mr. Anton Stingl published this material for singing. This is a historical text of the historical roman rite. What else would it be sung at besides Mass? That is the primary purpose.

Other than whatever copyright Matthew Carver waives or retains for the english version, who did the hard work translating, this should be in the public domain, being that it's from the 1200's. Mr. Carver had said he does not mind the english version he made of this being shared and sung at Masses as much as possible.

St. Dunstan of Canterbury, Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey famously composed the Kyrie, "Rex Splendens". Saint Dunstan, in a vision during Mass, heard the angels in heaven singing this. He than quickly wrote it down to preserve it. And it survives to this day, and is recently published in Anton Stingls other book of troped Kyries.

Here is an example of the first page of St. Dunstan's trope:

http://app.box.com/s/ug4pm0taq6mmhbnzhez1
http://app.box.com/s/fxmk1g79uxpoz3kwmxsv

Have a merry Christmas.

Thank you as also, Dr. Page, for the hard work you do. I admire the effort your schola/choir puts into it their job. They are in a unique position to appreciate and sing some of the rarest (but also most famous) propers and motets from before and after the "reformation". Much of what you are doing is the role model for others, it is a little slice of the experience of heaven on earth, in both english and latin. :-) You represent the true fruits of vatican II and fruits of every other ecumenical council, transcending every culture and time, uniting us in the love and fear of the Holy Trinity.

I reckon that your Church is one of the only ones in the state of Maryland that sings Sequences to their original melodies, if any at all.

To see the full range of options of tropes, conductus, post benedicamus hymn, and sequences in place of other office hymns, take a look at this 13th century Office:

Office de Pierre de Corbeil (Office de la circoncision) improprement appelé Office des fous, page 130:

http://books.google.com/books?id=UlwGAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA53&dq=Office+de+Pierre+de+Corbeil&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4ReuUovrN7KqsASwrYGYCg&ved=0CFUQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Office de Pierre de Corbeil&f=false

Keep in mind that this office is unusual in the degree of elaboration that is present, I do not know the history behind it. Yet it is interesting to compare and contrast different eras. These days, most of the Roman rite doesnt even commemorate the feast of Circumcision at all in the post-1969 new form calendar! My how times change.

Most of the antiphonary/gradual/prose books of the middle ages that I look at have a some degree of uniformity. Except for local saints, more of my interest is in the tropes and sequences that were used almost everywhere, rather than the rarest of localization. But than again I also have focus on what was used in Great Britain, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and by neccessity, Paris, from whence originated and was diffused elsewhere. Amongst what may appear local or innovative there was in fact still some strong uniformity.

For the sake of clarity, Chris, let's note that the quotation above is from Fr. Hunwicke, not from Prof. Jeffery.

Clearly, although "no troping" was not expressed in so many words in the documents of Trent, it was part of the Spirit of the council.