Chant Ordinary for December 13 Feast of St. Lucy
  • Ruth Lapeyre
    Posts: 342
    I teach singing at a Roman Catholic Seminary and my schola was going to sing Mass chant X for a Rorate Mass but we were unable to schedule a Saturday in December. Instead the men will sing for the feast of St. Lucy on December 13 with the full Propers. I know Mass Chants XVII and XVIII can be used for Advent and Lent but because it's a Feast I would like them to learn a chant Mass they don't already know. Does anyone have a recommendation?

    Ruth
  • MatthewRoth
    Posts: 3,209
    I would recommend X for funsies anyway. It’s lovely. Our Lady as Queen of Virgins and Martyrs surely approves.

    I would not use myself the ferial Mass XVIII or Sunday Mass XVII just because it’s Advent. There’s a bit too strong of a seasonal association, and the ferial Mass is, well, for weekdays. It also is missing a Gloria. (Well, that would be a problem for the TLM at least.)

    The other pairings would be IV (the more common Mass actually before the later modern period and chant revival), V, VI, VII, and even VIII for « doubles » which St Lucy was before 1960. (These are basically transferred into 1960 III class and 1970 memorial as is.)

    IV is what we use on Apostles and Evangelists, martyrs like St Lawrence, Holy Cross in September, and feasts of Our Lord and other male saints that are I class/solemnities but where we don’t have polyphony.

    I think that there’s probably a reason that V through VII are rarely used. VIII isn’t special for this sort of thing.

    I also like XII and XIII in equal measure. X, XII, and XIII are the next ones that I wish to learn for a special occasion.
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  • m_r_taylor
    Posts: 360
    Second the recommendation for X, XII and XIII (which has my favourite Mass name, "Missa Stelliferi Conditor Orbis"
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  • AgnusDei1989
    Posts: 50
    X is lovely but it is intended (like IX, to which it is the "little brother" musically) for Feasts of Our Lady. VIII "de Angelis" is a good one for general use, and not too hard. XII is beautiful but a little harder.
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