Music Suggestions
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:
1. Omnes gentes plaudite manibus [Graduale Romanum, p.297]
2. Omnes gentes plaudite manibus [Gregorian Missal, p.487/502]
3. Omnes gentes, plaudite (Giovanni Gabrieli, Hans Leo Hassler, Christopher Tye)
4. Choose one Antiphona ad introitum and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
5. All nations, clap your hands [Simple English Propers, p.237 (Adam Bartlett)]
6. All nations, clap your hands [Simple Choral Gradual, p.177 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
7. All peoples, clap your hands [Lumen Christi Missal, p.939 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
8. All peoples, clap your hands [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.59, Mode 6 / OCP]
9. All peoples, clap your hands [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.527-529]
10. All peoples, clap your hands [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.130, with Psalm 47[46] / Liturgical Press]
11. All peoples, clap your hands [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #265, with Psalm 47 / Illuminare Publications]
12. All peoples, clap your hands [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Summer (Penkala) p.1, with Psalm 63]
13. Choose one Entrance Antiphon and Psalm from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
14. All Peoples, Clap Your Hands [tune: Festal Song] from Introit Hymns 49 (Christoph Tietze)
Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
1. (B) Exaltabo te [Graduale Romanum, p.112]
2. (B) Exaltabo te [Gregorian Missal, p.472/487]
3. Exaltabo te (Giovanni Battista Casali, Giovanni Croce, Orlando di Lasso, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Alessandro Scarlatti)
4. Choose one Psalmus responsorius from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
5. Choose one Responsorial Psalm from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
6. Chabanel Psalmody
7. Parish Book of Psalms (Arlene Oost-Zinner)
Alleluia (Gospel Acclamation):
1. (B/C) Omnes gentes plaudite [Graduale Romanum, p.298]
2. (B/C) Omnes gentes plaudite [Gregorian Missal, p.488/804]
3. Omnes gentes, plaudite (Giovanni Gabrieli, Hans Leo Hassler, Christopher Tye)
4. Choose one Alleluia or Psalmus alleluiaticus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
5. Choose one Alleluia or Alleluia Psalm from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
Offertory:
1. Sicut in holocausto [Graduale Romanum, p.299]
2. Sicut in holocausto [Gregorian Missal, p.489/505]
3. Choose one Antiphona ad offertorium and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
4. As a holocaust [Simple English Propers, p.238 (Adam Bartlett)]
5. As though it were holocausts [Simple Choral Gradual, p.178 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
6. Choose one Offertory Antiphon from any of those suggested in #144-157 [Lumen Christi Missal, pp.945-949 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
7. As in holocausts [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.530-532]
8. I will bless the Lord [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #290, with Psalm 16 / Illuminare Publications]
9. As though it were holocausts [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Summer (Penkala) p.4, with Psalm 27]
10. Choose one Offertory Antiphon from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
Communion:
1. (B/C) Inclina aurem tuam [Graduale Romanum, p.300]
2. (B/C) Inclina aurem tuam [Gregorian Missal, p.491/507]
3. (B/C) Inclina aurem tuam [Communio, p.119 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
4. Choose one Antiphona ad communionem and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
5. (B/C) Lend your ear and make haste [Simple English Propers, p.240 (Adam Bartlett)]
6. Incline your ear [Choral Communio, p.134 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
7. O bless the Lord, my soul [Simple Choral Gradual, p.179 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. Father, I pray for them [Simple Choral Gradual, p.180 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
9. Choose one Communion Antiphon from any of those suggested in #158-186 [Lumen Christi Missal, pp.949-956 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
10. (B/C) Lend your ear and make haste [Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons (Andrew Motyka)]
11. Bless the Lord, O my soul [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.60, Mode 4 / OCP]
12. O Father, I pray for them [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.60, Mode 4 / OCP]
13. Bless the Lord, O my soul [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 5 versions, pp.533-535]
14. Bless the Lord, O my soul [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.131, with Psalm 103[102] / Liturgical Press]
15. Incline your ear [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #307, with Psalm 31 / Illuminare Publications]
16. Bless the Lord, O my soul [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Summer (Penkala) p.8, with Psalm 34]
17. O Father, I pray for them [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Summer (Penkala) p.8, with Psalm 34]
18. Choose one Communion Antiphon and Psalm from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
Mass settings:
1. Latin Chant Masses VIII (De angelis) & XI (Orbis factor)
2. Latin Gregorian Chant Masses XI (Orbis factor) & VIII (De angelis)
3. Latin Missa sanctorum angelorum (Calvert Shenk)
4. Latin Mass of Saint Jerome (Christopher Bord)
5. Mass of Our Lady, Help of Christians (Richard Connolly)
6. Mass of Saint Agnes (B. Andrew Mills)
7. Mass of the Angels (Richard J. Clark)
8. Mass of the Redemption (Calvert Shenk / Adam Taylor)
9. Modal Mass (Calvert Shenk / Adam Taylor)

Other liturgical music

Blessed Be the Lord from Seven Roman Basilica Processionals (Gary Penkala)
Deus in adjutorium Colin Brumby)
Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition]
Graduale simplex [Vatican edition]
Let All the Earth Cry Out to the Lord (Somerville) [WLP]
May Christ Be Our Life from Seven Roman Basilica Processionals (Gary Penkala)
Pastoral Processional (Gary Penkala)
Processional Psalm (Richard Proulx) [GIA Publications]
Psalm 30 (Stephen McManus)
The Loyal Sheep from Seven Roman Basilica Processionals (Michael Dudis)
Universal Music for Morning Prayer (Gary Penkala)
Universal Music for Evening Prayer (Gary Penkala)

Hymns

All My Hope on God Is Founded (CD #923, CHB #200, CBW #667, SMH #416)
Firmly I Believe and Truly (ICEL #92, CBW #533, CH #505, SMH #522, LCH #107, SEC #879, CBH #73)
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise (PMB #118, WIII #512, ICEL #233, HH #193, CH #566, CHB #225, SMH #578, EH #301, LCH #88, CBH #118)
Lead, Kindly Light (ICEL #212, AH #578, CH #455, CHB #234, SMH #607, EH #430, VII #298, LCH #106, CBH #140)
Lord, Your Almighty Word (ICEL #196, PMB #116, CH #308)
Now Thank We All Our God (CBW #674, PMB #30, WIII #560, ICEL #235, HPSC #231, CBW #674, PMB #130, AH #607, CH #570, CHB #246, SMH #641, EH #276, VII #221, LCH #115, SEC #937, CBH #170)
O Christ, the Great Foundation (WIII #618, CH #488)
O God, beyond All Praising (WIII #579, HH #199, SMH #659, LCH #89)
O God, Our Help in Ages Past (HPSC #241, WIII #579, ICEL #237, CBW #640, CH #457, PMB #128, HH #169, AH #624, CHB #249, SMH #661, EH #289, VII #203, LCH #92, SEC #923, CBH #186)
Praise to the Lord (WIII #547, ICEL #245, HPSC #284, CH #592, PMB #122, CBW #653, AH #612, CHB #110, SMH #721, EH #279, VII #205, LCH #79, SEC #927, CBH #228)
The Voice of God Goes Out through All the Earth (WIII #358, HPSC #336, CBW #639, HH #24)
Thy Love, O God, Has All Mankind Created (CD #914, WIII #638])

AH = The Adoremus Hymnal, Ignatius Press

CBH = A Catholic Book of Hymns, Sacred Music Library

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 Hymnal & Missal, Corpus Christi Watershed

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

VII = Vatican II Hymnal, Corpus Christi Watershed

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

Choral Music

A Place Where Angels Sing (Jonathan Adams)
Anima Christi (Calvert Shenk)
Ave verum corpus (W.A. Mozart, Camille Saint-Saens)
Be Joyful in the Lord (André Campra)
Be unto Me, O Lord (William Byrd, ed. Wm. Tortolano)
Blessed Jesus, at Your Word (Hnery Lebedinsky)
Defend me, Lord, from shame (Stephen Jarvis)
Eternal Light, Shine in Our Hearts (Tim Knight)
In thee, O Lord (John Weldon)
Misericordia Domini (G.O. Pitoni)
O Clap Your Hands (François Couperin, Orlando Gibbons, Maurice Greene, John Rutter, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Archer)
O Lord, Increase My Faith (Orlando Gibbons)
O salutaris Hostia (César Franck, arr. Jon Naples)
Prayer of the Venerable Bede (Robert Benson)
We Will Rejoice (William Croft)

Organ Music

Air with Variations (G.F. Handel)
Immortal, Invisible (Harold Rohlig) [Parish Organist XII - Concordia]
Italian Hymn (Robin Dinda) [Organist's Companion, June 1987]
Italian Hymn (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, May 1998]
Italian Hymn (David Schack) [Organist's Companion, October 1981]
Lobe den Herren (J.S. Bach)
Lobe den Herren (Johann Pachelbel)
Lobe den Herren (Max Reger) [Thirty Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
Lobe den Herren (J.G. Walther) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co] [Anthologia pro organo IV - Schott Frères]
Movement II from Sonata II (Paul Hindemith)
Now Thank We All Our God (Jan Bender) [Parish Organist, Part 9: Wedding Music - Concordia]
Now Thank We All Our God (Wilbur Held) [Hymn Preludes for the Autumn Festivals - Concordia 97-5360]
Now Thank We All Our God (Paul Manz) [Five Hymn Improvisations for Wedding or General Use - Morning Star Music Publ 10-850]
Now Thank We All Our God (Paul Manz) [Improvisations on Hymns of Praise - Morning Star Music Publ 10-750]
Now Thank We All Our God (Piet Post) [Triptych for Organ - Augsburg]
Now Thank We All Our God (David Schack) [Nine Chorale Preludes - Concordia 97-5045]
Now Thank We All Our God from Three Postludes on Hymn Tunes (Kevin Waters SJ)
Nun danket alle Gott (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246]
Nun danket alle Gott (J.S. Bach) from Cantata No.79 [Mercury Music W-142; H.W. Gray Publ - St.Cec.No.868]
Nun danket alle Gott (Dieterich Buxtehude) [Joyce Jones Christmas Album]
Nun danket alle Gott (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, September 1995]
Nun danket alle Gott (Sigfrid Karg-Elert) [Wedding Music, Part II - Concordia 97-1370]
Nun danket alle Gott (G.F. Kaufmann) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
Nun danket alle Gott (J.C. Kellner) [Organist's Companion, September 1994]
Nun danket alle Gott (M.F.A. Koehler) [Organist's Companion, October 1986]
Nun danket alle Gott (Michael Krentz) [Organist's Companion, September 1991]
Nun danket alle Gott (Selmar Müller) [Organist's Companion, October 1983]
Nun danket alle Gott (J.C. Oley) [Seasonal Chorale Preludes for Manuals, Bk 2 - Oxford]
Nun danket alle Gott (Max Reger) [Thirty Short Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
Nun danket alle Gott (J.E. Rembt) [Organist's Companion, September 1989]
O God, Our Help in Ages Past (Heinrich Fleischer) [Wedding Music, Part II - Concordia 97-1370]
Offertoire sur les grands jeux (François Couperin)
Our God, Our Help in Ages Past (George T. Miles) [Parish Organist, Part 3 - Concordia]
Partita on Saint Anne (Paul Manz) [Concordia 97-5307]
Partita on Lobe den Herren (Don Freudenberg) [Organist's Companion, June 1986]
Praise to the Lord (Calvin Hampton) [Organist's Companion, October 1986]
Praise to the Lord (Paul Manz) [Five Improvisations for Wedding and General Use - Morning Star Music Publ 10-850]
Praise to the Lord (Friederich Zipp) [Parish Organist XII - Concordia]
Prelude on Saint Anne (Alfred Fedak) [Organist's Companion, June 1983]
Prelude & Fugue in F (J.S. Bach)
Psalm XX (Benedetto Marcello)
Toccata on Lobe den Herren (Gordon Young) [Five Toccatas - Flammer HF-5009]
Toccata on Saint Anne (Gordon Young) [Five Toccatas - Flammer HF-5009]
Toccata-Prelude on Saint Anne (Garth Edmundson) [J. Fischer & Bros]
Variations on Saint Anne (James Konkel) [Organist's Companion, January 2001]
Variations on the Chorale Nun danket alle Gott (Stephen McManus)

Liturgical Hints & Ideas

During Ordinary Time in Year B we will highlight passages from the General Instruction on the Roman Missal (GIRM) that pertain to music during the liturgy. The GIRM contains rubrics and instructions (some of them new) for the celebration of the Mass. The first section below is a direct quote from the English translation of the document. The second section is a commentary on the passage.

Structure, Elements and Parts of the Mass: The Penitential Act (GIRM #51-52)

The Priest calls upon the whole community to take part in the Penitential Act, which, after a brief pause for silence, it does by means of a formula of general confession. The rite concludes with the Priest's absolution, which, however, lacks the efficacy of the Sacrament of Penance. From time to time on Sundays, especially in Easter Time, instead of the customary Penitential Act, the blessing and sprinkling of water may take place as a reminder of Baptism.

After the Penitential Act, the Kyrie eleison (Lord, have mercy). is always begun, unless it has already been part of the Penitential Act. Since it is a chant by which the faithful acclaim the Lord and implore his mercy, it is usually executed by everyone, that is to say, with the people and the choir or cantor taking part in it. Each acclamation is usually pronounced twice, though it is not to be excluded that it be repeated several times, by reason of the character of the various languages, as well as of the artistry of the music or of other circumstances. When the Kyrie is sung as part of the Penitential Act, a "trope" precedes each acclamation.

Commentary: There are three options for the Penitential Act, only the third of which includes the Kyrie eleison, as mentioned above:

The Confiteor + the Kyrie
The dialogue beginning, "Have mercy on us, O Lord. For we have sinned against you…" + the Kyrie
The trope formulas, each trope being followed by "Lord, have mercy" or "Christ, have mercy."

Option #3 is by far the most familiar [rivaling Eucharistic Prayer #2 in "wrist-watch-shackled" parishes]. If your congregation doesn't know the Confiteor from Option #1, teach them this ancient penitential prayer by using Option #1 for an extended period. If even you've never heard the dialogue in Option #2, then it's time to learn that along with your congregation. Introducing Option #2 requires much cooperation from the priest, since he has a part in the dialogue [I'll bet he doesn't know this either!]. On introducing Option #2, do it for an extended period of time — all of Lent, perhaps.

Note that it is not permitted to simply recite the Kyrie eleison (Lord, have mercy) alone, without the Confiteor or tropes that precede it.

To be continued next Sunday …

Music SuggestionsThirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)