What book is this Alleluia from?
  • ryandryand
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    I've sung it often, but have no idea where it originates from.

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  • ClemensRomanusClemensRomanus
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    It's an antiphon from Lauds of Easter during the Easter Vigil. Check the LU. It's also an alternate Communion antiphon for Easter Sunday in the GS.
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  • BenBen
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    According to most of the worship aids I've seen, isn't it from some book called "GREGORIAN CHANT 6"?
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  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
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    The second "-ia" should be on Re-Do, not Mi-Re.
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  • MichaelDickson
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    That's how I always heard it too (Re-Do). Out of curiosity I checked the Liber Usualis and indeed that's what it shows.
  • Adam WoodAdam Wood
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    It's an antiphon from Lauds of Easter during the Easter Vigil. Check the LU. It's also an alternate Communion antiphon for Easter Sunday in the GS.


    Does anyone know how it came to be associated with Gospel Processions among the trying-to-be-solemn crowd?
  • MatthewRoth
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    Isn’t it in the Graduale Simplex?
  • BenBen
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    Does anyone know how it came to be associated with Gospel Processions among the trying-to-be-solemn crowd?


    I assume because it's authentic gregorian chant yet also dead simple. I have always assumed that's what it's always chosen (at least when the alleluia from O Filii et Filiae isn't chosen).
  • Adam WoodAdam Wood
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    when the alleluia from O Filii et Filiae isn't chosen


    People use that as a Gospel acclamation?
  • maestrodicapella
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    It was the alleluia given in the Jubilate Deo booklet - presumably why it was used lots. Not sure why it was chosen for that booklet, though.
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  • MichaelDickson
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    Isn’t it in the Graduale Simplex?


    It is in each of GR, GS, and LU.

    Nearby, one also finds the one that I hope I've attached to this post. I also hear it a lot.


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  • Adam WoodAdam Wood
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    It is in each of GR, GS, and LU.


    It was the alleluia given in the Jubilate Deo booklet


    So there is at least some official suggestion that this is a good idea.

    (And, frankly, I think it is a good idea, especially if the alternative is the Celtic Alleluia or some other awful thing.)
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  • MichaelDickson
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    I agree that it is perfectly fine. Very nice, even. Alas, it is also over-used.
  • MatthewRoth
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    CHGiffen is correct...I just checked, and it is in the Liber Brevior as the antiphon for Vespers at the end of Mass on Holy Saturday. The reformers of Holy Week just recycled it for their newly created Lauds.
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  • BenBen
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    People use that as a Gospel acclamation?


    I've seen it used many, many times as a gospel acclamation, but almost always during the easter season. Haugen even did an arrangement for GIA you know (mp3)
  • MBWMBW
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    I know a place where we can go…
    and hear the first four alleluias from the Mozart Exultate jubilate used as the Gospel Acclamation.
  • JonathanKKJonathanKK
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    However, note that if you are using this mode 6 Alleluia as a Gospel Acclamation, it's not really Gregorian Chant in this application.

    Otherwise, it would be accurate to call Rossini Propers "Gregorian Chant".
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  • Adam WoodAdam Wood
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    it's not really Gregorian Chant in this application.

    Otherwise, it would be accurate to call Rossini Propers "Gregorian Chant".


    I don't think that reasoning makes sense.


    I know a place where we can go…
    and hear the first four alleluias from the Mozart Exultate jubilate used as the Gospel Acclamation.


    I've long had a really tacky desire to use the Hallelujah chorus as a Gospel procession on Christ the King.

    No, I would never actually do that. But I smile to myself whenever I think about how wonderfully awesome and terrible it would be.
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  • ryandryand
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    However, note that if you are using this mode 6 Alleluia as a Gospel Acclamation, it's not really Gregorian Chant in this application.


    Oh good. I think some people at our parish would be really upset if I were singing Gregorian Chant.

    I will sing it this weekend and if anyone complains, I will inform them that it's not actually Gregorian Chant, and that will make them happy.
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  • Chris Garton-Zavesky
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    Adam,

    You would need to balance it with more contemporary stuff?
  • MBWMBW
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    Nearby, one also finds the one that I hope I've attached to this post. I also hear it a lot.
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    I only use this Alleluia at the Easter Vigil. Does anyone use it on "regular" Sundays?
    Sorry, I failed to get the image to post.
  • M. Jackson Osborn
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    This has been touched on by us on other threads. The 'Easter Vigil Alleluya' should be sung only at the Easter vigil. This thrice chanted 'alleluya' is unique to that vigil. While there are little triple alleluyas at some of the offices, and while they appear in Graduale Simplex, etc., they are notably absent in the alleluya and verses of the mass proper. This is an absence which should be maintained at all masses. Triple alleluyas at mass are (even if they are dressed up in square notes) basically happy-clappy little ditties and lack the gravity that should define this ecstatic ejaculation of praise - 'Glory be to Yahweh'.

    I might well conclude by asking:
    was it cute little triple alleluyas in XIXth century Russia?
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  • francis
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    here it is from the NOH.

    Note: remember, the NOH does not include dotted punctum or horiz. ep., so the end of those phrases need to match the GN.
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  • francis
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    with dots
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