St. James, Apostle in Spain - scores in GregoBase

Jacques Perrière

Hello,
on the GregoBase Website there are propers for the Mass of the feast of "St. James, Apostle in Spain":

https://gregobase.selapa.net/chant.php?id=10310 ___ Intr. Ponam in eis signum
https://gregobase.selapa.net/chant.php?id=10324 ___ Grad. Lex Domini
https://gregobase.selapa.net/chant.php?id=10325 ___ All. O sidus refulgens
https://gregobase.selapa.net/chant.php?id=10326 ___ Offert. Nimis honorati
https://gregobase.selapa.net/chant.php?id=17878 ___ Comm. Ipsum elegit Dominus

Does anybody know where to find the original Gregorian scores? (scan/photo of book, etc.)

Is it a feast proper to Spanish dioceses? Does it happen on the 25th July?
Thanks.

Richard Mix

Probably you already checked Cantus and struck out? GregoBase attributes that Introit to Solesmes, so maybe neo-Gregorian…

MatthewRoth

The tags are useless. It's possible that the chants were collected for Spain and that it comes from a Liber Usualis or similar book published with a proper Mass.

I don't know how to contact the original user and "Verbum Gloriae" who apparently has a copy in front of him or her.

ServiamScores

I do believe there is an extensive library of manuscripts in Campostella…. I seem to recall seeing a short documentary about chant that showed some of the manuscripts there. Perhaps there is a diocesan archivist you could email.

ServiamScores

Also, other references to propers for that feast all begin with the introit “mini autem”, so perhaps these are indeed peculiar chants.

Chrism

I think I found the original transcriber who posted to Gregobase, I will send Jacques and Matthew details to follow up

Jacques Perrière

Big thank you to the GregoBase user "Verbum Gloriae" who added links to the PDF scores:

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Source code in 1909-Missae Propriae Sanctorum qui in Hispania celebrantur (Supplement to the Graduale Romanum N.º 696A, 1910), pages 63-66:
https://mega.nz/file/7doWRZ6Z#DtPDXSnKYCq6-2dqjikNAxMm8Kjlow0P_tTSIFOYO0I

And in 1927-Supplementum pro Hispaniae Dioecesibus (Liber Usualis N.º 780A, 1930), pages 55-59:
https://mega.nz/file/qAwC3LxZ#-76g15j5wXnlKFcAvfTMTyBUaetPhEXRJgOWL6nuwK8

I (Verbum Gloriae) scanned both Spanish supplements and uploaded them to my Spanish website of apostolate of Gregorian Chant: https://www.verbumgloriae.es/recursos/libros/#seccion4
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OK now I got it, my mind has connected the neurons between the GregoBase user "Verbum Gloriae" and his YouTube channel. This young man publishes good recordings of Gregorian chant and he's got a lovely melodic voice:
https://www.youtube.com/c/VerbumGloriae/videos

And yes he speaks Spanish. Presentation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUfUGAHQbTA

monasteryliturgist

Another great one is the traditional "pilgrim chant" from the codex callistus
https://gregobase.selapa.net/chant.php?id=4600

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