Basic idea is that the New Mass (1970) does everything one at a time, so that singing the Introit, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, makes the Mass take longer, whereas these things would overlap with the choir singing over the priest's parts.
Am I on the right track here? or have I missed a way in which the Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Offertory and Communion may be sung?
And I don't think I've ever heard the Credo sung at a Novus Ordo Mass - I'm assuming it's possible, just a bit long?
Maybe too many questions, but I'm a bit anxious.
veromary - you are right in some parts but quite wrong in others. All these five chants are used in slightly different ways, but at a solemn celebration the three processional chants - IN OF & CO fit better in the OF than the EF. GIRM explains the way in which they cover the whole action. The Introit runs from sacristy to altar, incensing etc until the celebrant reaches the chair. The Offertory from preparation of the altar at least until the gifts have been placed on the altar, but may be continued until the thurifer has finished incensing the people. The Communion the whole from the priest receiving until all the faithful have received. Only if it is expected that the chant, with all the optional verses, runs out before the action is finished should an additional hymn or motet be considered.Am I on the right track here? or have I missed a way in which the Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Offertory and Communion may be sung?
Hi, I'm working on a video to show how Chant's natural habitat is the Old Mass and how it is not practical in the New Mass.
You make it sound like the conclusion is foregone.
With all the things that the Novus Ordo "encouraged", for better or for worse, I can't see how it specifically promoted or called for microphones.Additionally, microphones are normal in the new ordo, and present exactly the opposite attitude to chanted Latin propers and Ordinaries.
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