Music Suggestions
The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (EF)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Introit:
1. Vúltum túum [Liber Usualis p.1229]
2. Vúltum túum [Graduale Romanum p.64-65 in back of book]
3. Vúltum túum by William Byrd and Josquin des Prez
Gradual:
1. Diffúsa est grátia [Liber usualis, p.1240-1241]
2. Diffúsa est grátia [Graduale Romanum p.69-70 in back of book]
3. Diffúsa est grátia by Luigi Bottazzo
Tract:
1. Audi fília [Liber usualis, p.1227]
2. Audi fília [Graduale Romanum p.62-63 in back of book]
3. Audi fília [Gregorian Missal p. 623-624]
4. Audi fília by Costanzo Porta
Paschal Alleluia 1:
1. Ave María [Liber usualis, p.1265-1266]
2. Ave María [Graduale Romanum p.77-78 in back of book]
3. Ave María [Gregorian Missal p. 623]
Paschal Alleluia 2:
1. Virga Jésse [Liber usualis, p.1267]
2. Virga Jésse [Graduale Romanum p.79 in back of book]
3. Virga Jésse [Gregorian Missal p. 625]
4. Virga Jésse by Anton Bruckner and William Byrd
Offertory:
1. Ave María [Liber usualis, p.355]
2. Ave María [Graduale Romanum p.79-80]
3. Ave María [Gregorian Missal p.183]
Communion:
1. Ecce vírgo [Liber usualis, p.356]
2. Ecce vírgo [Graduale Romanum p.23]
3. Ecce vírgo [Gregorian Missal p.184]
4. Ecce vírgo by Cristóbal de Morales
Mass settings:
1. Mass III "Kyrie Deus sempiterne" [Liber usualis, p.22-25]
2. Mass IX "Cum jubilo" [Liber usualis, p.40-43]
3. Mass XV "Dominator Deus" [Liber usualis, p.56-59]
4. Mass III "Kyrie Deus sempiterne" [Graduale Romanum, p.11-14* in back of book]
5. Mass IX "Cum jubilo" [Graduale Romanum, p.32-35* in back of book]
6. Mass XV "Dominator Deus" [Graduale Romanum, p.51-53* in back of book]
7. Mass III "Kyrie Deus sempiterne"
8. Mass IX "Cum jubilo"
9. Mass XV "Dominator Deus"

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

All Who Keep the Faith of Jesus (CH #321, HPSC #108)
Ave Maria (ICEL #110, WIII #713, PMB #173, AH #531, CH #326, CBW #607, HPSC #117, CHB #294, SMH #441, LCH #143)
Blessed Virgin Mother (HH #294)
Free from All Stain of Evil (Kathleen Pluth) from Hymns for the Liturgical Year
Hear Our Prayer, O Gentle Mother (HH #295)
Immaculate Mary (AH #532, CBW #611, CH #316, HPSC #193, ICEL #114, PMB #172, WIII #708, CHB #154, SMH #577, VII #259, LCH #157, SEC #906)
In God I Will Rejoice [tune: Swabia] from Introit Hymns #88 (Christoph Tietze)
Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates! (AH #485, HH #19, HPSC #211, ICEL #7, WIII #363, SMH #615, EH #484, VII #211, LCH #6, SEC #931)
Maiden, Yet A Mother (AH #540, CHB #155, VII #367, SMH #632, SEC #913)
Mary Immaculate, Star of the Morning (CHB #156)
Mary the Dawn (PMB #174, AH #541, CH #329, HPSC #221)
Nothing Is Impossible (Kathleen Pluth) from Hymns for the Liturgical Year
O Be Glad, My Soul, Rejoice [Magnificat] (HPSC #233)
O Mary, of All Women (PMB #179)
O Mary, Our Mother (SMH #675)
O Purest of Creatures! (ICEL #116, CHB #159)
O Sanctissima (WIII #712, PMB #181, AH #542, CH #318, CBW #616, SMH #684, VII #369, LCH #147, SEC #915)
Praise We the Lord This Day (ICEL #117, WIII #696, SMH #723, EH #118)
Send, Lord, Like Dew (HH #34)
Stainless the Maiden (CH #333, SMH #764)
Tell Out, My Soul, the Greatness of the Lord (HPSC #311, CD #846, CBW #638, CHB #264, WIII #534)
The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came (WIII #695, CBW #450, CHB #36, LCH #142)
The God Whom Earth and Sea and Sky (AH #534, CBW #608, CH #334, HPSC #321, ICEL #120, WIII #405, CHB #161, SMH #783, VII #368, SEC #914)
Thou Art the Star of Morning (HPSC #331)
Virgin-born, We Bow before You (WIII #403, CHB #163, HH #49, CD #839, LCH #33)

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

Adam Lay Ybounden (arr. Boris Ord) from Carols for Choirs II, Oxford
Angelus ad Virginem (14 C., arr. Willcocks) from Carols for Choirs III, Oxford
Annunciation (Heinrich Schütz) for ST soli and SATB choir
Ave Maria (Gregorian chant) from Booklet of Chant, Volume III
Ave Maria (Jacob Arcadelt, arr. Andrea Angelini)
Ave Maria (Anton Bruckner) [Peters]
Ave Maria from Three Sacred Rounds, Volume 2 (Colin Brumby)
Ave Maria, gratia plena (William Byrd, Edward Elgar, Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, G.P. da Palestrina, Josef Rheinberger)
Ave Maria (Tomás Luis de Victoria, arr. Andrea Angelini)
Ave Regina cælorum (Calvert Shenk)
Ave Regina cælorum (Peter Latona)
Dixit Maria (Hans Leo Hassler) [J. Fischer, Arista, Chester, Concordia]
Drop Down, Ye Heavens (Heathcote Statham) from Oxford Easy Anthem Book
Drop Down, Ye Heavens, from Above (G. Winston Cassler) [Augsburg]
Ecce Virgo concipiet (Heinrich Isaac) [Chester]
Ecce Virgo concipiet (Cristobal Morales) [G. Schirmer]
Ecce Virgo concipiet (J.P. Swelinck) [Broude]
Ecce Virgo concipiet from Three Rounds for the Christmas Cycle (Colin Brumby)
Fiat! And Word Made Flesh (Ursula Ramjit)
Gabriel's Message (arr. David Willcocks) from Carols for Choirs II, Oxford
Hail! Blessed Virgin Mary (arr. Charles Wood) from Carols for Choirs II, Oxford
In Praise of the Virgin (Colin Brumby)
Lift Up Your Heads (Rev. Brian K. Muzas)
Lift Up Your Heads from Messiah (G.F. Handel)
Magnificat (Ronald Turner)
Magnificat brevis (Gary Penkala)
Mary's Salutation (Johann Eccard) [Oxford]
My Soul Glorifies the Lord from Eight Liturgical Rounds (Heathe Morber)
Rorate cæli desuper (Gregorian chant) [Liber usualis, p.353] Proper Introit for Advent IV
Rorate cæli [ant] & Psalm 19A [ps tone] (Gregorian chant) [Graduale simplex, p.59]
Rorate caeli desuper (Calvert Shenk)
Rorate cæli desuper from Two-part Motets for Advent (Gregory Hamilton)
Rorate cæli desuper (Gregorian chant) from Booklet of Chant, Volume 1
Rorate cæli desuper (William Byrd) [Oxford]
Rorate cæli desuper (Francisco Guerrero) [Chester]
Rorate cæli desuper (Charles Giffen, Jacob Handl, G.P. da Palestrina, Michael Praetorius, Josef Rheinberger, Heinrich Schütz, Samuel Webbe)
Salutation (Gary Penkala) from Easy Marian Motets
Sixteen Bicinios, Volume 3: Marian (Angelo Bertalotti, ed. Rev. Gabriel Iróffy)
Song of Mary (William Crotch) [AMSI]
The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came (William Atwood)
There Is No Rose (anon 15th C.) from Carols for Choirs II, Oxford
There Is No Rose (Benjamin Britten) from Ceremony of Carols
Tota pulchra es, Maria (J. William Greene)

Organ Music

Adagio on a Lourdes Traditional Melody (Alice Jordan) [Organist's Companion, June 1985]
Alma redemptoris mater (Hermann Schroeder) from Die Marianischen Antiphonen
Ave Maria from Two Chant Meditations (Kevin Waters SJ)
Festival Processionals for Organ and Brass (Calvert Shenk)
Fuga sopra Magnificat (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246]
He Remembering His Mercy (Marcel Dupré) from Fifteen Pieces [H.W. Gray Publ]
I Am Black But Comely (Marcel Dupré) from Fifteen Pieces [H.W. Gray Publ]
Mach's mit mir, Gott, Nach deiner Güt (J.S. Bach) [Neumeister Collection - Yale University Press]
Mach's mit mir, Gott, Nach deiner Güt (J.C. Kittel) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co]
Mach's mit mir, Gott, Nach deiner Güt (J.G. Walther) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co] [Seasonal Chorale Preludes for Manuals, Bk 2 - Oxford] [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
Maestoso: Five Processionals (Calvert Shenk)
Magnificat settings (J.F. Dandrieu)
Magnificat Suite (Jean Guillain)
Maria zart, von elder Art (Arnolt Schlick) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co]
Music for a Festive Occasion (Tim Knight)
Offertory from May Music (John Larkin)
Offertory from Messe basse (Camil van Hulse)
Postlude on Sicilian Mariners (Alfred Fedak)
Postlude on Sicilian Mariners from May Music (John Larkin)
Ricercare on Ave Maria klare (J.K.F. Fischer) [Consoliere IV-4 - World Library Publ]
Salve Mater misericordiæ (Robert Farrell)
Toccata à la Dubois (Jon Naples)
Variation to the Sicilian Hymn (Benjamin Carr) [A Century of Amercian Organ Music, Bk 1 - McAfee Music Corp]
When the Salutation Gabriel Had Spoken (Marcel Dupré) from Fifteen Pieces [H.W. Gray Publ]

Psalm numbering is according to the Latin Vulgate Bible.

Music SuggestionsThe Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (EF)