Just a note on the traditional rite. There are NO hymns in matins in the ancient rite. Never has been. In Holy Week I might add - the rite reverts to the most ancient use. In Holy Week the liturgy grasps back to the most early tradition. Just looked up Lauds -no hymns there either. It is a very ancient formula.
Correct, and that is still the case in the current (Solesmes 2005, post-Vatican II) Monastic Antiphonary. No opening verse (Deus in adiutorium...), start right off on the first antiphon, no hymn, no responsory (replaced by the gradual Christus Factus Est), no concluding rites. At least for the Triduum, not for all of Holy Week.
I usually say the EF Tenebrae. I much prefer it's simplicity. This year our Pastor wants everything from the LotH in English, but set to the traditional chants. So, when adding the Passion to Vigils (Office of Readings), would the Passion tone be used, or a Gospel tone? Or would a Prophecy tone be used, perhaps even the ancient tone?
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