Dies sanctificatus...venite

R. Dies / sanctificátus illúxit nobis: † veníte, gentes, et adoráte Dóminum: * Quia hódie descéndit lux magna in terris. V. Vénite, adorémus eum, † quia est Dóminus Deus noster. R. Quia hódie descéndit lux magna in terris. V. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. R. Quia hódie descéndit lux magna in terris.

R. This day which is breaking is holy; O come, ye Gentiles, and worship the Lord. * For this day is much light come down unto us from heaven. V. Come let us adore him, he who is the Lord our God. R. For this day is much light come down unto us from heaven. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. R. For this day is much light come down unto us from heaven.

LR 73/NR 204

Used:

Epiphany No 4
Epiphany Sunday I no 4
Baptism of Our Lord no 4

Sources

Translation source: DO

Text: 

Chant

NR 204
Gregofacsimil (different verse)

Audio

Source notes

Gregorien

Feast of the Annunciation - chants

Responsory 7: Codex synopticum




Nocturn III antiphon



Codex Synopticum

Easter octave antiphons

Nocturn I

Either:

2d - Antiphonale Synopticum


or:


8g: Antiphonale Synopticum



Nocturn II

either

8c - Antiphonale Synopticum



or

8G:  Antiphonale Synopticum

Sub tantis patribus - Cluny abbots

℟. Sub tantis pátribus / Cluniáci laus per omnes diffundebátur ecclésias, † sancta Régula novo decóre refúlsit, monastéria veterascéntia refloruérunt, * Et per orbem monachórum exércitus sacro fœdere devínctus militávit, alleluia. ℣. Aedificáta est Cluníaci domus ut cívitas: † illuc ascendérunt tribus Dómini ad confiténdum nómini Dómini. ℟. Et per orbem monachórum exércitus sacro fœdere devínctus militávit, alleluia. ℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. ℟. Et per orbem monachórum exércitus sacro fœdere devínctus militávit, alleluia.

℟. Under such fathers the praise of Cluny spread through the whole Church, the Holy Rule shone with new lustre, and ancient monasteries flourished afresh. * And throughout the whole world the army of monks, bound by a sacred covenant, fought on, alleluia. ℣. The house of Cluny is built as a city: thither the tribes of the Lord go up, to confess the name of the Lord. ℟. And throughout the whole world the army of monks, bound by a sacred covenant, fought on, alleluia. ℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. ℟. And throughout the whole world the army of monks, bound by a sacred covenant, fought on, alleluia.

Used:

April 29 - SS Hugh, Odo, Odilo and Maiolis

Sources

Translation source: Monastic Breviary Matins

Text: 

Chant

Audio

Source notes

Lent Nocturn III antiphons

The third Nocturn antiphons for Lent are specific to each Sunday, and not included in the Liber Responsorialis or the Nocturnale Romanum.  They are, however, identical text wise with one of the antiphons used at the day hours each Sunday, and so can be found in the Antiphonale Monasticum.

For reference purposes though, I have also collected up the Antiphonale Synopticon transcriptions of them for potential use.


Lent Sunday 1 (Tone 5A)  - AM 344 (Sext)

Codex Synopticon

Lent Sunday 2 (Tone 4A)  - AM 354 (Sext)

Codex Synopticon

Lent Sunday 3 (IIIb*) - AM 363-4 (Terce)

Codex Synopticon

Lent Sunday 4 (Tone 4A) - AM 374-5 (Sext)

Codex Synopticon

Passion Sunday - Ego gloriam: 8C - AM 391

Palm Sunday - Hosanna Filio david - Liber Usualis 578

Sources for Matins chants

As those familiar with this blog will be aware, there is, as far as I know, no single book that provides all of the chants for the Benedictine Office of Matins.

I have been gradually trying to collate sources for the major feasts and seasons however, and this blog includes some posts collating this for particular feasts, as well as lists of sources for individual responsories (cross-indexed by incipits, feast etc).

I thought it might be useful though, to provide an overview of the key sources.

Document/ book	Where to obtain it	What it contains	Notes
Ferial Psalter draft (Peter Standhofe)	Standhofe Benedictine psalter	Ferial invitatory antiphons, hymns and antiphons	The psalms contain  a lot of errors, and some of the cross-references to Invitatory antiphon tones are incorrect.
Liber Responsorialis	Buy or download.	Invitatory antiphon tones, Te Deum, Te Decet; antiphons, hymns and responsories for commons, selected feasts and some Sundays during the year.	Odd gaps (no Advent for example!).
Nocturnale Romanum	Purchase (hard to obtain) or download.	Most antiphons and responsories for the Office throughout the year.	Arranged for Roman not Benedictine Office and so missing some antiphons and responsories.
Psalmus Venite Exsultemus per varios tonos cum invitoriis pro officiis de tempore et de sanctis	Secondhand only, rare book.	Invitatory antiphons for most feasts of the year.	Rare but some scanned onto Benedictine Responsory website
Gregofacsimil website	Gregofacsimil	Responsories transcribed from the c10th Hartker mss and selected others.	Good source for missing responsories, but verses frequently diverge from breviary.
Liber Hymnarius	Available for purchase through online monastic websites (Le Barroux, Solesmes etc)	Supplementary responsories, invitatory antiphons and hymns.	Hymns sometimes differ from 1962 breviary, selected responsories and invitatories only.
Antiphonale Synopticon	Antiphonale Synopticon	Antiphons for the Office transcribed from MSS with variants noted.	Useful source for unpublished antiphons.
Processionale Monasticum, 1887	Available for purchase but check edition (later versons remove a number of chants).	Responsories and antiphons for selected feasts.