The Case of the Missing Chants - St Francis de Sales
  • Ihidaya
    Posts: 13
    Am in search of the Gregorian chant propers for the feast of St Francis de Sales, in the liturgical calendar of the usus antiquior (January 29). More specifically, I'm not referring to the generic "propers" specified in the Graduale Romanum for that date, but rather those identified in the "Proprium Sanctorum pro Aliquibus Locis", found in the back of the 1962 Missale Romanum: they're different from those in the sanctoral section of said Missal (In medio ecclesiae, from the Common of Doctors).

    I've checked all my sources, and have been unable to locate them anywhere.

    For the record, the proper texts for which I'm seeking the corresponding chants are as follows:

    Ant. ad Introitum Eccli. 45, 8-9
    Statuit ei testamentum æternum, et dedit illi sacerdotium gentis: beatificavit illum in gloria, et coronavit eum in vasis virtutis. Ps. 118,103 Quam dulcia faucibus meis eloquia tua, super mel ori meo! V. Gloria Patri.

    Graduale Eccli. 33, 18-19
    Respicite quoniam non mihi soli laboravi, sed omnibus exquirentibus disciplinam. V. Audite me, magnates, et omnes populi, et rectores ecclesiæ, auribus percipite.

    Alleluia, alleluia. V. Ps. 32, 18
    Ecce oculi Domini super metuentes eum: et in eis qui sperant super misericordia eius. Alleluia.

    Post Septuagesimam, omissis Alleluia et versu sequenti, dicitur:
    Tractus Ps. 33, 9
    Gustate et videte, quoniam suavis est Dominus: beatus vir, qui sperat in eo. V. Prov. 16, 23 Cor sapientis erudiet os eius: et labiis eius addet gratiam. V. Ibid., 17, 27 Qui moderatur sermones suos, doctus et prudens est: et pretiosi spiritus vir eruditus.

    Tempore autem paschali omittitur graduale, et eius loco dicitur:
    Alleluia, alleluia. V. Ps. 36, 37
    Custodi innocentiam et vide æquitatem: quoniam sunt reliquiæ homini pacifico. Alleluia. V. Eccli. 6, 35 In multitudine presbyterorum prudentium sta, et sapientiæ illorum ex corde coniungere, ut omnem narrationem Dei possis audire. Alleluia.

    Ant. ad Offertorium Apoc. 2, 19
    Novi opera tua, et fidem, et caritatem tuam, et ministerium, et patientiam tuam, et opera tua novissima plura prioribus.

    Ant. ad Communionem 1 Cor. 9, 22
    Factus sum infirmis infirmus, ut infirmos lucrifacerem: omnibus omnia factus sum, ut omnes facerem salvos.


    Any assistance you can provide in pointing me to a source - or possible source - will be much appreciated.


    - Ihidaya
  • rarty
    Posts: 96
    The ICKSP website has three versions of this Mass, of which the Solesmes version is probably most useful.
  • Ihidaya
    Posts: 13
    Thanks, "rarty": that's one source I'd forgotten about.
  • Arthur Connick
    Posts: 496
    The Solesmes version of the propers for St. Francis de Sales is available from the Institute of Christ the King website at this link. (rarty has linked to a different edition.)
    Thanked by 2rarty CHGiffen
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