Top Ten Chants...
  • noel jones, aagonoel jones, aago
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    If you had to select ten...what would they be?
  • GavinGavin
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    1. Victimae Paschali
  • RagueneauRagueneau
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    Oportebat Patri as sung here

    3rd Sunday of Easter --- April 26th, 2009
  • mjballoumjballou
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    Salve Regina, solemn tone
  • Kathy
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    Dominus Dixit
  • marymezzomarymezzo
    Posts: 236
    I think I have to agree with Gavin: Victimae is certainly on my list and near the top.

    I would add the Exsultet, In Paradisum, Hosanna Filio David, and Ubi Caritas. Oh, and the Salve Regina.
  • Paul F. Ford
    Posts: 864
    Jubiate Deo universa terra, Montes Gelboe, Christus Factus Est, the Improperia, Iam Non Dicam Servis sed Amicos, to name five chants.
  • a1437053a1437053
    Posts: 198
    Requiem
  • M. Jackson Osborn
    Posts: 8,417
    Without doubt, the Golden Sequence should have few contenders for first place.

    One might consider Alleluia, Pascha Nostrum -

    And, several hymns come to mind:
    Ave Maris Stella -
    Aeterna Christi Munera -
    Verbum Supernum Prodiens, Nec Patris -
  • Aristotle EsguerraAristotle Esguerra
    Posts: 1,186
    My personal top ten at the moment, in no particular order:

    Introit: Ad te levavi*
    Introit: Dicit Dominus, cogito*
    Tract: Cantemus Domino* - I chose this for my site's domain name in anticipation of the Church's musical "crossing of the Red Sea".
    Improperium: Popule meus - When you sing this with understanding, just try to maintain composure.
    Alleluia: Pascha nostrum - "Immolatus". Enough said.
    Communion: Amen dico vobis, quidquid*
    Antiphons: In paradisum/Chorus angelorum
    Hymn: Pange lingua gloriosi
    Hymn: Veni Creator Spiritus
    Hymn: Ubi caritas

    *Committed to memory. I encourage my schola members to find propers to commit to their own memory, for whatever reason.
  • M. Jackson Osborn
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    The Advent Prose
    Hymn: Te Deum
    Sequence: Lauda Sion Salvatorem
    Introit: Puer natus est nobis
    Communio: Passer invenit
    Norris, in G
  • janetgorbitzjanetgorbitz
    Posts: 968
    So hard to choose... and my favorites change as I learn more of them.

    Introit: Laetare -- also very fond of Viri Galilaei and Puer natus est
    Alleluia: In die (2nd Sunday of Easter)
    Communion: Viderunt omnes and Dominus dabit, along with Passer
    Improperia: Popule meus (love the tumbling torculi)
    Antiphons: Ave Maris Stella (not the simplest one)
    Sequence: Lauda Sion, Veni Sancte Spiritus
    Mass setting: cum jubilo
    Hymns: Christus vincit (when you have a good strong group of singers... has to sound regal)
    Corde natus
  • Kathy
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    Благословен еси Господи (Blessed Are You, Lord)--Rachmaninoff
  • mjballoumjballou
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    Way to go, Kathy! Let's remind them that it's not all Latin:

    O Virgin Pure (Αγνή Παρθένε) - St. Nektarios
  • Kathy
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    I just love the drama of the Blagosloven yesi chant: the myrrhbearers and the seraphim!!
  • Hugh
    Posts: 198
    Off: Justus Ut Palma, with the verses
    Off: Tui Sunt Caeli, with verses.
    Hymn: Crux Fidelis
    Seq: Veni Sancte Spiritus
    Off: Stetit Angelus
    Comm: Per Signum Crucis
    Seq: Victimae Paschale Laudes
    Hymn: Gloria, Laus et Honor
    Off: Confirma Hoc
    Tract: Qui Habitat
  • Chris AllenChris Allen
    Posts: 150
    A few of my favorites, in no particular order:

    Gradual Christus factus est
    Short responsory Te sanctum Dominum (1st Vespers of Michaelmas, EF)
    The sung Passion Narratives (especially St John's)
    Hymn Ut queant laxis
    Introit Gaudete in Domino
    Introit Dominus dixit
  • Ralph BednarzRalph Bednarz
    Posts: 493
    Hodie Christus natus est (from vespers)
    In splenodribus (communion)
    Victami(sequence)
    Lauda SIon (Sequence)
    Dies Irae
    Veni Sancte (sequence)
    Christus Factus
    Vidimus (Communion Epiphany)
    Quinque Prudentes (Communion)
    Ubi Caritas (hymn)
    Salve Regina (both)
    psalm tones
  • chonakchonak
    Posts: 9,216
    A few:

    Te laudamus (a post-Benediction chant in the Cantus selecti, p 257)
    The December 17 Magnificat antiphon "O Sapientia"

    For something not-Latin, the (unabashedly triumphal) Melkite Annunciation chant, "We Your Servants" (Nahnou abidaki)
    (If you'd like to hear it, visit a Melkite church near you on the Friday evenings of March for an Akathist service.)
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