Status of Mass Propers Added by Pius XII
  • FSSPmusic
    Posts: 448
    In another recent thread, someone asked about the official status of the Vatican edition and legislation concerning it. Where exactly were the chants added during the pontificate of Pius XII promulgated? Was it the initiative of the Holy Father himself, the Sacred Congregation of Rites, the monks of Solesmes, or someone else? Do the melodies of these chants as they appear in post-Pius XII (but pre-novus ordo) editions of the Graduale Romanum and Liber Usualis have "official Vatican edition" status, and how do we know?
    --Queenship of Mary (May 31)
    --St. Joseph the Workman (May 1)
    --Assumption (August 15) revised Proper of the Mass
    --Immaculate Heart of Mary (August 22)
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  • FSSPmusic
    Posts: 448
    I've mentioned it elsewhere, but the Pius XII gradual for the Assumption uses the Vulgate text in the Missal but the new Bea Psalter text in the chant books, resulting in the most significant Missal-Gradual divergence of any text.
    Graduale Romanum: concupiscet rex pulchritudinem tuam. ℣. Tota decora ingreditur filia regis, texturæ aureæ sunt amictus ejus.

    Missale Romanum: concupiscit rex decorem tuum. ℣. Omnis gloria ejus filiae Regis ab intus, in fimbriis aureis circumamicta varietatibus.
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  • MatthewRoth
    Posts: 3,288
    I don’t like the change but not changing the text to the new psalter would have been great.
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