The Chant in “Come to the Stable” is original to the film, presumably so that the song based on it would make musical sense as a popular song. The other verses are harmonized in “faux bourdon” fashion. A charming film. The founding of the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, CT. was the inspiration, the inspiration for Miss Potts, was the artist Lauren Ford
Thank you very much, Mr Morse. I half suspected that. Yes, it is a charming film. In my opinion, it is one of the very best Catholic films. Loretta Young, herself a devout catholic, had tight control over it.
If one pays attention, it's not a standard authentic plainchant tone, but "inspired by"them, with the kind of Palestrina/Viadana-like-inspired harmonizations, et cet. The kind of thing non-dialogue movie organists (who often were often exposed to sacred music in their training for some strange reason) were likely improvising for scenes of certain movies in the 1920s.
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