Melodies which "quote" chant
  • Chris Garton-Zavesky
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    Peter Jackson's Misty Mountains appears to quote the De Profundis

    William Harris' Draw us in the Spirit's Tether appears to quote Lauda Sion, Salvatorem.

    Could we make a list here of other works (sacred or secular) which quote chant melodies? By this I don't mean Isaac's wholesale use of the chant melody.

  • kevinfkevinf
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    One could not dabble in this topic with noticing Charles Tournemire's l'Orgue Mystique, which uses the propers of each Sunday as the basis for organ composition.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIDJ2iTWFEI

    The piece terminale for Pentecost.

    This piece use the sequence for Pentecost (quoted at the beginning), the Veni Creator and the antiphon at Matins (used as a type of "glue" for the whole opus.)

    Sadly, the pieces are not easy, as has been said countless times. But they remain the pre-eminent representation of organ music based on chant.

    And I am biased as I am writing the man's biography.
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
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    CHRIST LAG IN TODESBANDEN is an adaptation of a medieval chant used for "Victimae Paschali laudes."
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
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    Is this a duplicate thread? I just posted the following in another thread:

    CHRIST LAG IN TODESBANDEN is an adaptation of a medieval chant used for "Victimae Paschali laudes"
  • eft94530eft94530
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    Use upper right corner Forum Discussion search.
    Type in "dies irae". Lots of items including a video listing more.
  • M. Jackson Osborn
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    CHRIST LAG...
    And also Christ ist erstanden.
    Not to mention Nun komm der Heiden heiland and scads of other German chorales. Adapting chant hymns into chorales for use in Lutheran liturgy was, as most here are likely aware, quite common. I don't know of another nationality in which this happened so pervasively - certainly not amongst the Calvinists, the Huguenots, and most others.

    Too, there are numerous hymns in the Anglican repertory which are metred versions or loose quotations of chant tunes. The Hymnal 1940 and The English Hymnal, to name but two, are chock full of them. I'll be more specific tomorrow.

    Chris didn't put any limits on the types of melodies or quotes, or whether they should be strictly liturgical, or orchestral, or other genres. This could be an endless thread.

    Thanked by 1CHGiffen
  • Chris Garton-Zavesky
    Posts: 6,902
    Charles,

    Yes. I'm sorry that I've had such computer-connection issues recently that I have inadvertently double-posted.

    Bill Chonak: Can you merge the threads or delete one or something administrative about it?

    [Done.--admin]

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