Sermone Blando Angelus
  • sdtalley3sdtalley3
    Posts: 265
    Within the last few months I happened upon a YT video by Pannonia featuring Thomas Tallis', "Sermone Blando Angelus". Looking for a chant rendition that he based his music on I can't find the same melody, which I think is a shame since the current one on gregobase is different/repurposed...Perhaps I'm wrong but the simpler melody actually sticks and I can see why other contemporaries of T.T. used it.
    Am I missing something on why we no longer use the older plainsong?
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  • GerardH
    Posts: 523
    Here is the Sarum melody from William Renwick's Breviarium Sarisburiense cum nota
    Sermone blande.pdf
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  • tomjaw
    Posts: 2,814
    The problem you have is the "Sermone Blando Angelus" is part of a longer hymn, so a Cantus Search gives, https://cantusindex.org/id/008271%3A06

    So If you search for the full hymn, Aurora lucis rutilat rather than verse 6, you will get this,
    https://cantusindex.org/id/008271
    You may find what you are looking for somewhere in the 175 manuscripts...

    Another place to look would be here, http://www.globalchant.org/text-details.php?text=Aurora-lucis-rutilat-caelum N.B. this database is far from complete...
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