The most simple Gregorian chants that the faithful are invited to learn to sing

according to the intention of Vatican Council II’s Constitution

on the Sacred Liturgy

THE CHANTS OF TRADITION

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Introduction to the booklet Iubilate Deorequested by Paul VI and published in 1974by the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship

The Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, in the Constitu-tion on the Sacred Liturgy, having urged that appropriatespace be given to national languages in liturgical celebra-tions, adds this recommendation: “Nevertheless steps shouldbe taken so that the faithful may also be able to say or to singtogether in Latin those parts of the Ordinary of the Masswhich pertain to them” 1.

Guided by this thought and this intention, the SupremePontiff Paul VI several times in recent years2 has expressedthe wish that Gregorian chant should accompany the Eu-charistic celebrations of the People of God with its pleasingharmony, giving them strength and vigor, and that the voicesof the faithful should intone both Gregorian chants andthose in the national language.

This booklet responds to the desires of the Supreme Pon-tiff. In it are gathered some of the simpler melodies, that thefaithful should sing together, especially on the occasion ofthe Holy Year.

THE CHANTS OF TRADITIONThe most simple Gregorian chants

In this way, Gregorian chant will remain the bond thatwill make of many people a single nation, gathered in thename of Christ with one heart, one thought, one voice. Infact, the impulse to unity, expressed by the consonance ofthe voices in the variety of languages, rhythms and har-monies, makes admirably clear the varied harmony of oneonly Church: “It’s really a great bond of unity – Ambrose said– the song of the whole multitude of people in a single cho-rus! There are several strings to the harp, but only one sym-phony. The fingers of the artist often err, in a few strings; butthe Spirit artist in the people can not err”3.

May God grant that common prayer achieve a happy out-come and that the heart of the Church that prays may res-onate with joy and more on high, throughout the earth, withthese gentle and devout harmonies.

14 April 1974Easter Sunday,

Resurrection of the Lord

1 Vatican Council II, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanc-

tum Concilium, n. 54.2 22 August 1973, in the General Audience; 12 October 1973, to

the International Association of Sacred Music (CIMS), cf. also the Letter

of Cardinal Villot, Secretary of State at the conference of the Italian As-

sociation of Santa Cecilia, Genoa 26-30 September 1973, L’Osservatore

Romano, 27 September 1973.3 St Ambrose, Explanationes Psalmorum, in ps. 1, 9: Patrologia Latina

14, 925.

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ICANTUS MISSÆ

1. Kyrie

2. Gloria

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K

4

5

C3. Credo

6

7

8

9

4. Sanctus

S

10

5. Pater noster

P

11

6. Agnus Dei

A

12

7. O salutaris hostia

IICANTUS VARII

O

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8. Adoro te devote

2Visus, tactus, gustus in te fallitur,

sed auditu solo tuto creditur. Credo quidquid dixit Dei Filius:

nil hoc Verbo veritatis verius.

3In cruce latebat sola Deitas,

at hic latet simul et humanitas.Ambo tamen credens atque confitens;

peto quod petivit latro paenitens.

4Plagas, sicut Thomas, non intueor, Deum tamen meum te confiteor. Fac me tibi semper magis credere,

in te spem habere, te diligere.

5O memoriale mortis Domini,

panis vivus vitam praestans homini, praesta meae menti de te vivere,

et te illi semper dulce sapere.

6Pie pellicane, Iesu Domine,

me immundum munda tuo sanguine, cuius una stilla salvum facere

totum mundum quit ab omni scelere.

7Iesu, quem velatum nunc aspicio,

oro fiat illud quod tam sitio: ut te revelata cernens facie,

visu sim beatus tuae gloriae. Amen.

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9. Pange lingua - Tantum ergo

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2Nobis datus, nobis natus ex intacta Virgine,

et in mundo conversatus, sparso verbi semine, sui moras incolatus miro clausit ordine.

3In supremae nocte cenae, recumbens cum fratribus,

observata lege plene cibis in legalibus, cibum turbae duodenae se dat suis manibus.

4Verbum caro panem verum verbo carnem efficit, fitque sanguis Christi merum; et, si sensus deficit,

ad firmandum cor sincerum sola fides sufficit.

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10. Laudate Dominum

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Quoniam confirmata est super nos misericordia eius,*et veritas Domini manet in aeternum.

Gloria Patri et Filio,*et Spiritui Sancto.

Sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper,*et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

5Tantum ergo Sacramentum veneremur cernui, et antiquum documentum novo cedat ritui:

praestet fides supplementum sensuum defectui.

6Genitori Genitoque laus et iubilatio;

salus, honor, virtus quoque sit et benedictio; Procedenti ab utroque compar sit laudatio. Amen.

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12. Da pacem

11. Parce Domine

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13. Ubi caritas

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= Simul ergo cum in unum congregamur.= Ne nos mente dividamur, caveamus.= Cessent iurgia maligna, cessent lites.= Et in medio nostri sit Christus Deus.

Ant. Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.

= Simul quoque cum beatis videamus= Glorianter vultum tuum, Christe Deus:= Gaudium, quod est immensum atque probum,= Saecula per infiníta saeculorum.

Ant. Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.

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14. Veni creator

V

2Qui diceris Paraclitus, donum Dei altissimi,

fons vivus, ignis, caritas et spiritalis unctio.

3Tu septiformis munere, dextrae Dei tu digitus,

tu rite promissum Patris sermone ditans guttura.

4Accende lumen sensibus,

infunde amorem cordibus, infirma nostri corporis virtute firmans perpeti.

5Hostem repellas longius

pacemque dones protinus;ductore sic te praevio

vitemus omne noxium.

6Per te sciamus da Patrem, noscamus atque Filium,

te utriusque Spiritum credamus omni tempore. Amen.

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15. Regina cæli

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16. Salve Regina

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17. Ave maris stella

2Sumens illud ave

Gabrielis ore,funda nos in pace,

mutans Evae nomen.

3Solve vincla reis,

profer lumen caecis,mala nostra pelle,bona cuncta posce.

4Monstra te esse matrem,

sumat per te precesqui pro nobis natus

tulit esse tuus.

5Virgo singularis,

inter omnes mitis,nos culpis solutosmites fac et castos.

6Vitam praesta puram,

iter para tutum,ut videntes Iesum

semper collaetemur.

7Sit laus Deo Patri,

summo Christo decus,Spiritui Sancto

Tribus honor unus. Amen.

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18. Tu es Petrus

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Part I - Cantus Missæ

1. Kyrie p. 3

2. Gloria » 3

3. Credo » 5

4. Sanctus » 9

5. Pater noster » 10

6. Agnus Dei » 11

Part II - Cantus varii

7. O salutaris hostia, hymn p. 12

8. Adoro te devote, hymn » 13

9. Pange lingua - Tantum ergo, hymn » 14

10. Laudate Dominum, psalm » 15

11. Parce Domine, antiphon » 16

12. Da pacem, antiphon » 16

13. Ubi caritas, antiphon » 17

14. Veni creator, hymn » 18

15. Regina cæli, antiphon » 19

16. Salve Regina, antiphon » 19

17. Ave maris stella, hymn » 21

18. Tu es Petrus, antiphon » 22

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