Sancte Michael Archangele-The St. Michael Prayer- Original Chant

BrotherMonk

This is the Link to an Original Chant Piece, using the text of Pope Leo XIII's Prayer to St. Michael:
https://youtu.be/s6LNhFmVR_8
The Gregorian score and the Recording are Copyright by the Monks of Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery in Silver City New Mexico! In response to the Holy Father's request for this powerful Prayer to be said to combat the evil in the world!
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!

ServiamScores

I have never seen this before. Thanks for sharing!

JoeM

Thanks for posting!!!

AndrewSteinerPiano

I've thought about writing my own chant to this. However, since this is copyrighted, how can we obtain a copy of the score and use it for Mass??

tomjaw

@AndrewSteinerPiano
While the typesetting in the above is copyright, but I presume that by posting it on here we can all use it for Religious Use... Is not the text Public Domain? and as for the music, I am sure I have seen this prayer set to chant in a Solesmes book, have been meaning to check if the melody is the same.

BrotherMonk

You are most welcome to use it for all religious, non-profit use! The Text is obviously Public Domain, but the Chant Score and the Recording are Copyright by the Monks of Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery in Silver City, New Mexico.

Ut in Omnibus Glorificetur Deus!

BrotherMonk

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Brothers,

Here is a better PDF of the Sancte Michael Prayer!

Ut in Omnibus Glorificetur Deus!

mmeladirectress

this is lovely. thank you!

BrotherMonk

Dear Friends,

I have updated the Gregorian Notation for the Sancte Michael piece and added some Liquescent Notes, which I had missed in the first transcript. Thanks to JoeM. who offered the corrections!

God bless you all!

Your devoted and unworthy brother in St. Benedict,
Brother Monk

BenB

There is a version found in Cantus Varii Romano-Seraphici, a recommended download with some unique chants available here: https://bit.ly/2WK3Uit

The Saint Michael prayer chant from there, far less elaborate than the one posted above, is attached.

CHGiffen

Just a matter of clarification. The term "Copy Written" is incorrect. It should be "Copyright" ("copyright" is a noun, an adjective, and even a verb, and the "right" part of the word refers, to ones rights, not to something "written").

BrotherMonk

You are absolutely right dear CH! Thank you!

It takes a poor Monk to get something so basic wrong! We stand corrected!

Your devoted and unworthy brother,

Brother Monk

igneus

All copyrights - and especially those concerning liturgical texts or music - should burn in hell.

igneus

There has been at least one other forum member composing a chant tune for the prayer before - and the thread links both to the ~1902 Solesmes version (the same as posted earlier here by @BenB) and to a 2014 one from the Heiligenkreuz Cistercian abbey (which I find the best so far).

BrotherMonk

Dear Igneus,

All are welcome to use these Original Chants for God's Glory! The Copyright is a protection from another taking something without a Copyright and making the author unable to use it!

I hope that makes sense! Our only goal is to promote the Glory of God and devotion to the Saints, especially Our Blessed Mother!

I pray no one burns in hell, dear Igneus, especially those praying to St. Michael!

A blessed Passiontide!

Your devoted and unworthy brother,
Brother Monk

BrotherMonk

igneus

YouTube algorithms just brought to my attention this recording, obviously based on your musical setting (while diverging from the sheet music in many small details) https://youtu.be/9nT7S83IH1g

ServiamScores

A very moving rendition.

BrotherMonk

Dear Serviam,

I had posted my Sancte Michael Prayer over a year ago, but I realized that I had misspelled Copyright on the PDF, and that is why I reposted the Chant ( My Old Notation, obviously...The Original Chant to the Prayer of Pope Leo XIII was written less than a couple of years ago by the Monks of my Monastery ! ) Hope you like it!

Your devoted and unworthy brother,
Br. Bernard
ourladyofguadalupemonastery.com

BrotherMonk

Dear Serviam,

Here is another version of our Monasteries Sancte Michael Original Chant. Well done ! The other version is a bit too sensual for a prayer to the Great Archangel !!

https://youtu.be/lovUujcZIqo

ServiamScores

I’m not sure it’s too sensual, as you put it, although it is a bit oriental for western propriety. It certainly isn’t suited to corporate worship in western circles, but as a meditative solo I still quite like it, although many liberties were taken. At any rate, I appreciate the original too!

igneus

The other version is a bit too sensual for a prayer to the Great Archangel !!

The version by Harpa Dei is a bit too kitsch for a prayer to the great archangel.

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