Music Suggestions
The Third Sunday of Advent — Gaudete (EF)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Introit:
1. Gaudéte in Dómino semper [Liber Usualis p.334-335]
2. Gaudéte in Dómino semper [Graduale Romanum p.6-7]
3. Gaudéte in Dómino semper [Gregorian Missal p.174-175]
4. Gaudéte in Dómino semper (chant)
5. Gaudéte in Dómino semper (Robert Hugill, Giaches de Wert)
Gradual:
1. Qui sédes Dómine [Liber usualis, p.335-336]
2. Qui sédes Dómine [Graduale Romanum p.7-8]
3. Qui sédes Dómine [Gregorian Missal p.175-176]
4. Gaudéte in Dómino semper (chant)
Alleluia:
1. Excita Dómine poténtiam [Liber usualis, p.336]
2. Excita Dómine poténtiam [Graduale Romanum p.8]
3. Excita Dómine poténtiam [Gregorian Missal p.177-178]
4. Excita Dómine poténtiam (chant)
5. Excita Dómine poténtiam (Josef Rheinberger, Heinrich Isaac)
Offertory:
1. Benedixísti Dómine [Liber usualis, p.337]
2. Benedixísti Dómine [Graduale Romanum p.8-9]
3. Benedixísti Dómine [Gregorian Missal p.178]
4. Benedixísti Dómine (chant)
5. Benedixísti Dómine by various composers
Communion:
1. Dícite pusillánimes [Liber usualis, p.337]
2. Dícite pusillánimes [Graduale Romanum p.9]
3. Dícite pusillánimes [Gregorian Missal p.179]
4. Dícite pusillánimes (chant)
5. Dícite pusillánimes by various composers
Mass settings:
1. Missa XVII [Liber usualis, p.60]
2. Missa XVII [Graduale Romanum, p.764]
3. Missa XVII [Gregorian Missal (2010), p.143]
4. Latin Chant Mass XVII (Adventus et Quadragesimæ)
5. Missa XVII (Chant Mass, Sundays of Advent & Lent)
6. Missa Deus Genitor alme (Harry McMurray)
7. Missa sanctorum angelorum (Calvert Shenk)
8. Mass of Saint Jerome (Christopher L. Bord)

Other liturgical music

Asperges me [Liber usualis, p.11]
Asperges me Graduale Romanum, p.707
Asperges me Gregorian Missal (2010), p.84
Asperges me Corpus Christi Watershed

Hymns

Come, Rejoice in God Our King [tune: Gaudeamus pariter] from Introit Hymns #3 (Christoph Tietze)
Hark! A Herald Voice Is Calling (ICEL #4, HPSC #183, CBW #453, CH #176, CHB #4, SMH #556, VII #227)
Hark, the Glad Sound! (ICEL #5, CHB #5, CH #177, SMH #557, EH #7)
O Be Glad, My Soul, Rejoice [Magnificat] (HPSC #233)
On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry (AH #303, CBW #443, CH #182, HH #14, HPSC #271, ICEL #9, WIII #356, CHB #9, SMH #699, EH #10, VII #229, LCH #7)
So Lately Sprung from Glory (Kathleen Pluth) from Hymns for the Liturgical Year
Tell Out, My Soul, the Greatness of the Lord (HPSC #311, CD #846, CBW #638, CHB #264, WIII #534)
The Voice of God Goes Out through All the Earth (WIII #358, HPSC #336, CBW #639, HH #24)
When the King Shall Come Again (WIII #355)

AH = The Adoremus Hymnal, Ignatius Press

CBW = Catholic Book of Worship II / Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops

CD = Cantate Domino / Hymnal Supplement, GIA Publications, Inc.

CH = The Collegeville Hymnal, The Liturgical Press

CHB = The Catholic Hymn Book [London Oratory], Gracewing Publishers

EH = The Hymnal 1940 (Episcopal), used by many Anglican Use Roman Catholic parishes

HH = Hymnal of the Hours, GIA Publications, Inc.

HPSC = Hymns, Psalms & Spiritual Canticles, out of print but excellent

ICEL = ICEL Resource Collection, GIA Publications, Inc.

LCH = Lumen Christi Hymnal, Illuminare Publications

PMB = People's Mass Book, World Library Publications, Inc.

SEC = Saint Edmund Campion Missal & Hymnal, Corpus Christi Watershed

SMH = The Saint Michael Hymnal – 4th Edition 2011, Saint Boniface Church, Lafayette IN

WIII = Worship, 3rd Edition, GIA Publications, Inc.

Choral Music

Behold! God Is My Salvation (Jean Berger, Leo Sowerby)
Confortamini (Orlando di Lasso) [Concordia]
Ecce Deus from Canticles II (Ned Rorem) [Boosey & Hawkes]
Emmanuel: An Advent Processional (Gary Penkala)
Gaudete in Domino (Gregorian chant) [Liber usualis, p.334] Proper Introit for Advent III -- origin of the name Gaudete Sunday
Lift Up Your Heads (Rev. Brian Muzas)
Magnificat (Jacques Berthier / Taizé Community) see Worship III #553
Magnificat (Gregorian chant, tone 6) from ICEL Resource Collection #115
Matin Responsory (adapted from Palestrina) from Carols for Choirs II [Oxford]
Of the Father's Love Begotten (Andrew Motyka)
Rejoice in the Lord Alway (Henry Purcell) [E.C. Shirmer]
Rejoice in the Lord Alway (Healey Willan) [Concordia]
Rejoice in the Lord Alway (John Redford) [Novello]
Say to Them That Are of A Fearful Heart (Everett Titcomb) [Carl Fisher]
Song of Isaiah (Richard Proulx) [AMSI]
Surely It Is God Who Saves Me (Alec Wyton) [Hinshaw]
The Great 'O' Antiphons (Gregorian chant) from Booklet of Chant, Volume 1
The Promise of Advent (J. William Greene)
The Spirit of the Lord Is upon Me (Edward Elgar) [Novello]
This Is the Record of John (Gibbons / Domet)
Veni Jesu (Luigi Cherubini)

Organ Music

Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Johannes Brahms)
Four Advent Chorales for Flute and Harpsichord [or Organ] (Stephen McManus)
Four Preludes on Chant Hymns (Mark Siebert)
Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele (Georg Böhm)
Fuga sopra Magnificat (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246]
Gottes Sohn ist kommen (J.S. Bach)
Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn (J.G. Walther) from 80 Chorale Preludes, Peters
Little Fantasy on O Come Emmanuel (Glenn Caluda)
Magnificat du deuxieme ton (Nicolas Lebegue)
Making Music to Thy Name, Volume 1 (Gary Penkala) simplified hymn tunes for Advent
Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co]
Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (J.G. Walther) [Seasonal Chorale Preludes for Manuals, Bk 2 - Oxford]
Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein (J.S. Bach, Matthias Weckmann)
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein] [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co]
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland; (Dieterich Buxtehude) [Anthologia pro organo II - Schott Frères] [Joyce Jones Christmas Collection - Bradley Publ]
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (G.F. Kauffmann) [Organist's Companion, December 1980]
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Johann Pachelbel) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co] [Organist's Companion, November 2000]
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Max Reger) [Thirty Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (A.N. Vetter) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (F.W. Zachau) [Organist's Companion, December 1984 & November 1990]
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel from Three Preludes for the Christmas Cycle (Robert Farrell)
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Christmas Season, Set I - Morning Star Music Publ 10-100]
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Beatrice Limmer) [Organist's Companion, November 1996]
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Frank Speller) [Three Organ Settings for Advent - Concordia]
Oh Come, Emmanuel (Wilbur Held) [A Nativity Suite - Concordia 97-4461]
Of the Father's Love Begotten (Wilbur Held) [Six Carol Settings - Concordia]
Of the Father's Love Begotten (David N. Johnson) [Augsburg]
Ostinato on O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Alec Wyton) [Preludes, Fanfares & a March for the Liturgical Year - Flammer]
Prelude on Old 124th (Healey Willan) [Ten Hymn Preludes for Organ, Set II - Peters]
Veni Emmanuel (Calvin Hampton) [Organist's Companion, December 1982]
Veni Emmanuel (Robin Rokey) [Organist's Companion, November 2001]
Veni Emmanuel (David Schack) [Organist's Companion, December 1987]
Veni Emmanuel from Two Chant Processionals (Kevin Waters SJ)

Psalm numbering is according to the Latin Vulgate Bible.

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