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