Lessons set to Chant for Tenebrae
  • Hugh
    Posts: 198
    For those doing Tenebrae:

    For Holy Thurs and Holy Sat, I've now created Chant versions for Lessons 4 to 9 of each night that may be of assistance to Cantors.

    That's in addition to the Cantors' Mozarabic settings of the Lamentations for Tenebrae for all 3 nights of the Triduum.

    If you haven't utilised the site in a couple of years, you may want to revisit as I've corrected a couple of the versions, thanks to tip-offs from readers here.

    All at the top of the page here:

    http://www.fidelitybooks.com.au/Hugh/

    God bless the musicians for this coming Holy Week.

    Hugh Henry
    Director "Psallamus" Melbourne, Australia.

    [P.S. We re-fashioned last year the choristers' web page for our wonderful Christus Rex Pilgrimage (late October each year) - Don't forget there's a standing invitation to all here to join us Down Under in that event with your talent and company.

    http://www.fidelitybooks.com.au/Hugh/ChristusRexMusic.htm ]


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  • aldrich
    Posts: 230
    Here's my shameless plug.

    http://forum.musicasacra.com/forum/discussion/8387/lectionarium-tenebrale-work-in-progress#Item_3
  • Simon
    Posts: 158
    Can't find the chant versions for lessons 4-9 Hugh. Just text.
  • Hugh
    Posts: 198
    Thanks Simon - not sure what's going on: I can see the chant.

    Try with these links:
    http://www.fidelitybooks.com.au/Hugh/TenebraeHolyThursdayLessons4to9.pdf

    http://www.fidelitybooks.com.au/Hugh/TenebraeLessons4to9HolySaturday.pdf

    If unsuccessful, I'll try reloading.
  • aldrich
    Posts: 230
    Accent for ipsius is on -psi- and not on i-.
  • tomjaw
    Posts: 2,782
    Hugh is there a reason why you choose to set the Tenebrae lessons in a tone different from the normal lesson tone. I think by the end of the Vigil we (in London) may be rather tired of chanting that tone, and would love an excuse to sing another!
  • Simon
    Posts: 158
    I think Hugh chose the Tonus antiquus Lectionis because the rubrics in the LU say it is also appropriate for the 2nd and 3rd nocturns in the Tenebrae matins (as well as in the matins for the dead). But one can also choose for the Tonus Prophetiae as aldrich did in his Lectionarium Tenebrale (above). Just a question of what one prefers.
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  • Incardination
    Posts: 832
    Bubbling this up. I know there was another discussion topic along similar lines that I can't find right now, but many thanks to both Hugh and Aldrich for their work in posting additional Tenebrae lessons in this thread. Looking forward to using more of these this year.
  • BenB
    Posts: 36
    In the book Laudes Festivae available on this site, there is a unique and very beautiful tone which we have used some years now for Lessons IV-VI (Saint Augustine tract on the Psalms). It starts on pdf pg 90, interspersed with simplified versions of the responsories which we have never used. Each night of Tenebrae uses the same tone for those lessons.

    A thousand thanks to Hugh from the other side of the world for his most excellent work, it has been immensely helpful.
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  • BenB
    Posts: 36
    Lessons IV-VI for Maundy Thursday Tenebrae to the tone used in Laudes Festivae are attached (hopefully I can get around to Good Friday and Holy Saturday soon).
    Tenebrae Nocturne II, Lesson IV.pdf
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    Tenebrae Nocturne II, Lesson V.pdf
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    Tenebrae Nocturne II, Lesson VI.pdf
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  • BenB
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    Lessons IV-VI for Good Friday Tenebrae, same tone as previous.
    Good Friday Tenebrae Nocturne II, Lesson IV.pdf
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    Good Friday Tenebrae Nocturne II, Lesson V.pdf
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    Good Friday Tenebrae Nocturne II, Lesson VI.pdf
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  • BenB
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    Lessons IV-VI for Holy Saturday Tenebrae, same tone as previous.
    Holy Saturday Tenebrae Nocturne II, Lesson IV.pdf
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    Holy Saturday Tenebrae Nocturne II, Lesson V.pdf
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    Holy Saturday Tenebrae Nocturne II, Lesson VI.pdf
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