Corpus Christi Invitatory
  • expeditus1
    Posts: 483
    Someone, please, help a neophyte. Can anyone explain why the Liber Usualis version of the Corpus Christi Invitatory, "Christum Regem Adoremus," differs from the versions found in both old chant manuscripts and the organ accompaniment in Nova Organi Harmonia (Corpus Christi Watershed)? The Liber has an accidental appearing in the refrain and verses, that does not appear in the aforementioned sources.
  • Simon
    Posts: 156
    Don't know what you mean by 'old' here. But, maybe because Corpus Christi is a relatively new feast (13th century I think and became universal some time after that - the early 14th century) and the office music was composed at that time. Therefore music is not in the oldest office manuscripts like Hartker (St. Gallen 390, ca. 1000).
  • expeditus1
    Posts: 483
    Thanks, Simon, for the reply. The Cantus Database has photos of 3 different manuscripts. These image links can be found on the left margin of the following link: http://cantusdatabase.org/id/100077. Am I reading these correctly, that there is no accidental (B-flat), as it appears in the Liber Usualis?
  • Protasius
    Posts: 468
    Where in the NOH is the Invitatory to be found?
  • expeditus1
    Posts: 483
    The Invitatory can be found in Volume VII of the NOH on pages 165-166 (Refrain and the first verse).
    http://chabanelpsalms.org/introductory_material/Public_Domain_Chant_ACC/completed_NOH/NOH_volume_7_cmplt.pdf
  • Simon
    Posts: 156
    I don't read an accidental there either.
    Thanked by 1expeditus1
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