Here is the Sequence for the Second Sunday Advent - Regnantem Sempiterna "Him who ruleth creation" It was used everywhere before the reformation.
This is one of my favourite Sequences for the Mass. It is so simple a baby could sing it, yet it also remains, I think, extraordinarily beautiful and satisfying. The melody found in the source I used is slightly distinct from some other graduals, but the basic melody remained intact throughout the centuries. A polyphonic/motet version exists too.
I include both neume and modern notation versions in the file, as well as latin (neume only there).
If anyone likes this or decides to sing it in a mass, I'd like to know how it was received, positively/negatively:
Chris, This forum has problems uploading Zip files. Could you upload it again here, and paste the code into the forums for us to use?
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Whenever I attempt to upload as a .pdf file, the forum gives me an error message and will not allow it. This is why I chose a zip file, the forum stopped the error message and allowed the upload when converted to .zip.
"Some problems were encountered You are not allowed to upload (11-02 - Him Who ruleth creation (Sequence for the Second Sunday Advent) (11th c).pdf) the requested file type: application/x-download"
This is the error message I receive. Is there an expalanation for this? Perhaps I will try .jpg later.
Here I attach a .zip file of two transposed corrected versions of the english version in modern notation. The modern notation version included in the first file had 2 minor transposing errors I made in it toward the end.
Adam, As far as center justifying unevenly sized rows of music...I dont know if I fully understand what you mean, but if it relates to my typesetting technique, all I can say is that I copy the method used in "The Early Medieval Sequence" by Richard Crocker.
Perhaps this is a good reason for someone else to take a try at typesetting the the same music, which I welcome. Sequences are a very neglected repertoire. There is a varying range of preferences.
11-02 - Him Who ruleth creation (Modern Notation) (Sequence for the Second Sunday Advent) (11th c).zip
The center-justification can draw attention to the paired line structure in a very obvious way. Odd, possibly, but "very hard to read" seems an exaggeration.
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