Does anyone have knowledge of chants and/or hymns in honor of St. Blaise? I found the following rubric regarding hymns to be sung during the blessing of throats. Does someone possess the music notation for "Salutis Aram Blasius" below?
During the religious ceremony 3 hymns are sung, among which the following:
Not what you're looking for, but if no one is able to dig this one up, you could probably shoehorn it into a familiar iambic-ish 8.8.8.8 hymn chant melody (with some tied/elided syllables on the irregular 7/9 syllable lines, respectively (though "Votive donates ponite" is tough unless that first e becomes barely vocalized schwa...)).
I looked up this hymn and found it in the following source, which contains proper Offices granted to dioceses of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (at the end it is dated 1837):
The second text as given above still contains a few errors, which I have corrected:
Verse 1, line 3: "Languentiumque" not "Languentium quae"; Verse 2, line 4: "præstruit" not "perstruit"; Verse 3, line 1: "pharmacis" not "farmacis"; Verse 3, line 4: "Levandus" not "Lavandus". Verse 4, line 1: "strenuus" not "strennuous".
4. Quam fortis ille_et strenuus Suos dolores pertulit: Tam mitis et clemens opem Fert omnium doloribus.
5. Invicte Martyr, servulos Tuos ab hoste protege, Infer salutem corpori, Refer quietem mentibus.
6. Sit summa laus et gloria Tibi, superna Trinitas: Dona, precante Blasio, Beata nobis gaudia. Amen.
According to ChatGPT, this may be translated as follows:
1. An altar of salvation Blaise Has erected: hasten, ye sick, To the vindicator of the languishing, And place your votive gifts.
2. For whomever misery holds sway, Constriction seizes the passages of the throat, For whom the traversable way An unjust obstruction bars;
3. Here, let those who scorn earthly medicines And spurn cares fly hither, That by the Martyr's greater art They may be lifted up by his skill and right hand.
4. As strong and steadfast as he was In bearing his own sufferings, So gentle and merciful is he In bringing aid to all in pain.
5. Unconquered Martyr, protect Thy servants from the enemy, Bring health to the body, Restore peace to minds.
6. Be highest praise and glory To Thee, O heavenly Trinity: Grant, through the prayers of Blaise, Blessed joys to us. Amen.
Thanks to Google Books, here is a pdf of the chant for this hymn taken from "Offices propres pour la basilique église cathédrale et le diocèse de Montpellier" (1899) - though I notice that the second verse ends "perstruit" not "præstruit" as did the other source! - and also verse 4 reads "Jam" not "Tam", which must be a misprint.
The tune quoted from Montpellier (1899) appears in various modern hymnals. It is in the New English Hymnal as EXULTET CAELUM LAUDIBUS https://hymnary.org/hymn/NEH1985/page/491 That melody also appears in various places in triple time with the tune name AUCTORIATATE SAECULI https://hymnary.org/hymn/EH1906/page/257 That form of the tune appeared in some editions of The Peoples Mass Book with Westendor's text, Accept O Father in Thy Love The "chantified" version of the tune is sometimes used with Jesu Dulcis memoria, but I'm not finding any citations.
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