History of postconciliar Mysterium Fidei / Mortem Tuam chant setting?
  • MariaRist
    Posts: 17
    Since the Mysterium Fidei / Mortem Tuam response were added with Vatican II, someone must have either written that melody anew or pulled it from a historic chant. Does anyone know how it was developed and who was involved? Were there any other new Latin chants added with Vatican II?
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  • ClemensRomanusClemensRomanus
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    It seems it's based on Crucem tuam from Good Friday. That's about all I know.
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  • doneill
    Posts: 208
    I believe they are based on the Te Deum chant.
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  • SalieriSalieri
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    They are Mode IV: most Mode IV things sound either like the Te Deum or Gloria XV.
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  • dhalkjdhalkj
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    And the Exsultet and the Preface and the entire Eucharistic Prayer as found notated in the missal. People tend to think the Preface Dialogue is a major sounding do re mi fah but really it is a minor sounding mode IV centred on the re which is where it will end when the Amen finally comes along.
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