...don't think we know...
I'm willing to refrain... but I will not...
I'm willing to refrain from using "antiphon,"
My understanding is that the ban on singing them (which still applies to English speakers outside the USA, AFAIK), was to ensure the continued use of GR (and GS) !The entrance and communion antiphons of the Missal were intended to be recited, not sung, and to inspire the creation of suitable songs in the vernacular
Precisely, and given that GS, with its simplified psalm tones was created to allow the people to sing the propers (where resources are not available to do better) why not have them sing the verses, and leave the cantor to tackle the ℜ ?The psalm tones exist for one purpose only: for large groups of people to sing psalmody in antiphonal or in directum fashion. It is a perversion and a shame for them being used nowadays by would-be cantors in responsorial psalmody.
does singing a token and formulaic bit of a Gregorian Introit increase the prayerfulness or meaningfulness of the rite to the PiPs?
I doubt it, at least if you mean an isolated bit of Latin. What I am looking for is a way, in a small church, to use the texts of the propers, and the GS structure inverted (and in the vernacular) seems more likely to work than as indicated in the prænotanda. I confess that my main hope would be to get rid of the hymns substituted for the propers, by having us sing psalms instead.does singing a token and formulaic bit of a Gregorian Introit increase the prayerfulness or meaningfulness of the rite to the PiPs?
I disagree. It is my opinion that the Latin Mass will one day be restored to its original status and all vernacular will be suppressed. JMHOWhen? When the NO Mass is abandoned as a huge mistake and the Anglican Traditions replace it.
The Latin Mass was developed over centuries.
The Anglican Traditions should have been adopted, without question, at the time of Vatican II.
Antiphon - a moderately elaborate version for schola
People's 'refrain' - a simple melody and abbreviated text for the congregation
Verses - schola, to a St Meinrad tone
People's 'refrain' -
Verses -
People's 'refrain' -
Verses -
People's 'refrain' -
Antiphon - Schola
This form is followed in father's entrance and communion chants.
The object is to involve the people in the Introit and Communion chants.
As such, this represents a new approach to 'propers', for which there is no precedent in the historical chant repertory. Actually, while there is no antiphonal singing, this represents a sort of hybrid marriage of antiphonal and responsorial psalmody. As always, father's chant compositions are exquisite.
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