Help: Alleluia plainchant
  • Theandric
    Posts: 2
    Hello,

    can someone direct me to where I would find the Alleluia for the Dedication of a Church? Specifically, which liturgical book and section?

    I'm trying to identify the source from which Olivier Messiaen quotes in one of his organ works.

    -Paolo
  • Andrew Motyka
    Posts: 946
    I found it in the Liber Usualis under the "Dedication of a Church" section (which was surprisingly difficult to find). In my copy, it's on page 1251 (1252 in Paschal time).
  • Andrew Motyka
    Posts: 946
    Note: both Alleluias I noted above (pages 1251 and 1252 in the Liber) can also be found on pages 270 and 399 respectively of the current Graduale Romanum.
  • Theandric
    Posts: 2
    Thanks! I don't own a copy, so i will try to find a link online, unless you have one handy...
  • Andrew Motyka
    Posts: 946
    Here's the Liber:

    http://musicasacra.com/2007/07/17/liber-usualis-online/

    There are links on MusicaSacra to older Graduales, but not the most recent. The older ones almost definitely have the things your looking for, but the linked Liber above definitely does.
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