Lapis Revolutus Est
  • Chris Garton-Zavesky
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    Anyone know the provenance of this text/music which is in the PBoC
  • chonakchonak
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    It does seem to be a known quantity:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp8T5EBM-XA
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8mWO7YrMYo

    The text appears in numerous medieval manuscripts for chants of Easter and the season; see, for example, this page from the library at St-Gallen:
    http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/csg/0388/203

    As for the melody, the Alleluia appears by itself as an office antiphon for the first Nocturne of the Sunday night office in Paschaltide (see Nocturnale Romanum, ed. Sandhofe, p. 5).

    But this really is a question for Richard Rice.
  • JonathanKKJonathanKK
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    Cantus Selecti (1957) has the following note:
    58. Alleluia. Lapis revolutus. — Antiphonae ad Matutinum pro Dominicis Temp. Pasch. in Breviario romano et in Breviario monastico. Melodia in Process. Monast., 1893, p. 67. Cfr. Revue du Chant grégorien, VIII, 1900, p. 121-126. Trois antiennes paschales à Dom J. Pothier O. S. B. († 1923).

    The article mentioned can be found HERE, but it's in French.

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  • chonakchonak
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    Ah, there it is, the whole thing, in Processionale Monasticum (a collection of hymns and responsories for the use of Benedictines of the French Congregation), for Tuesday and Wednesday of Easter week and for Low Sunday.
  • Chris Garton-Zavesky
    Posts: 6,902
    Jonathan,

    French isn't an obstacle (although time is).
  • chonakchonak
    Posts: 9,157
    Here's a draft translation.
    pothier-three-antiphons.pdf
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