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SIMPLE CHORAL

GRADUAL Entrance, Offertory, and Communion Antiphons for Parish Choirs

Music by Richard Rice

Volume III: Lent and Passiontide

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Foreword i

Foreword

In the years since the Second Vatican Council, many collections of music for Catholic worship

have emerged that address the desire of the Council to promote the full, conscious, and active

participation of the faithful in liturgical celebrations (CSL 14). The emphasis of these collections

has been on vernacular texts for sung liturgies, especially those texts designated as the people’s

parts.

In response to the Council’s mandate, composers have produced dozens of settings for

Eucharistic acclamations and responsorial psalmody, as well as psalms, hymns, and spiritual

songs for general use in worship. The latter have been widely used in the Mass as substitutes for

the entrance, offertory, and communion antiphons.

This Simple Choral Gradual is intended to provide settings of the approved texts from the

Roman Missal for the entrance and communion antiphons for Sundays and Solemnities of the

Church year, with accompanying psalm verses as prescribed by the Ordo Cantus Missæ. It pro-

vides settings of offertory antiphons found in the Graduale Romanum, as well as accompanying

psalm verses from the Offertoriale Triplex. It also provides antiphons and responses for special

rites, including the distribution of ashes on Ash Wednesday, the washing of feet on Holy Thurs-

day, the reproaches and veneration of the cross on Good Friday, and the baptismal responses for

the Easter Vigil. English translations of the offertory antiphons and all accompanying psalm

verses are taken from the Grail Psalter (1963).

Simple Choral Gradual is intended primarily for small parish choirs, recognizing the traditional

role of the choir to sing these texts. Nevertheless, the antiphons are written to allow—in fact, to

encourage—the congregation to respond with the choir, following the form of the responsorial

psalm. The melodies are written in step-wise motion, seldom exceeding a range of a fifth or

rising higher than middle-c. The melodies generally employ one or two repeated phrases (three

for the longest texts). Harmonies are simple and rarely chromatic, enabling choirs of modest

forces to master the choral texture with minimal effort.

Seasonal worship aids (known as “missalettes”) tend more and more to include the texts for the

entrance and communion antiphons, albeit without musical settings. Congregations that use these

worship aids can sing these antiphons while referring to the texts alone, simply by listening and

responding to the choir. It would be helpful, however, to prepare an edition of Simple Choral

Gradual for congregational use containing the texts and melodies of the antiphons.

It is my hope that Simple Choral Gradual will provide textual and musical resources for singing

the entrance, offertory, and communion antiphons as prescribed by the Roman Missal, Graduale

Romanum, and Ordo Cantus Missæ, and thus to restore these antiphons to their integral place in

Roman Catholic Eucharistic worship. I do not expect congregations to abandon their custom of

hymn singing, nor is this collection intended to displace worship aids currently in use in a given

parish. Simple Choral Gradual is intended to supplement a parish’s liturgical music program by

using these neglected but spiritually rich texts. In the end, it can be judged successful only when

it leads to genuine praise of God through the Church’s liturgy.

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Introduction iii

Introduction

Textual Sources

English texts used in Simple Choral Gradual for the entrance and communion antiphons are from

the Roman Missal (ICEL, 1973). Psalm verses for use with the entrance and communion anti-

phons are taken from The Psalter (The Grail, 1963). Verses from other scriptural canticles are

taken from the �ew American Bible (Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, 1970). The translation

of the Magnificat (Communion for the Feast of Mary, Mother of God) is by the International

Consultation on English Texts. Verses for the entrance and communion antiphons have been

chosen according to the references given in the Graduale Romanum (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de

Solesmes, 1979) and in the Ordo Cantus Missæ (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1987). In choosing

between the antiphon texts in the Roman Missal and the more traditional texts of the Graduale

Romanum, I chose the former because they are more readily available for common use in Sunday

missals and popular worship aids.

Since the Roman Missal does not contain them, texts for the offertory antiphons and verses have

also been taken from the Grail Psalter, according to the references given in the Offertoriale

Triplex (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes, 1985). The unique nature of the offertory antiphon

has necessitated some modifications in the ordering, selection, and occasionally, the sense of the

verses. In doubtful cases, I have tended to defer to the verses as they appear in the Grail Psalter.

In one case (Pentecost: Mass During the Day, page 123), the sense of the Offertoriale was

preserved by using the Douay translation. Verses not from Scripture are taken from the sources

indicated.

Musical Forms

The form of the entrance and communion antiphons, with their accompanying verses, follows the

form customarily used for responsorial psalmody. The antiphon is sung once by the choir or the

cantor and repeated by all. The antiphon is sung between verses.

Verses are sung using a flexible musical formula composed of two phrases. Each phrase consists

of a reciting note and a cadence. The reciting note can accommodate any number of syllables,

which should be sung according to the natural rhythm of the text. The cadences (called the

mediation and termination for each phrase, respectively) consist of four notes, with an additional

note (in reduced typeface) to accommodate a fifth (unaccented) syllable (for example, 1 below).

Unlike the reciting note, cadences are sung metrically, but their meter is determined both by the

music of the formula and by the natural rhythm of the text. These “natural meters” usually fall

into one of three metrical patterns:

1. I rejoiced ____________ whén I héard them sáy q q q q h

2. And now our _________ féet are stán-ding q q q h

3. For love of my ________ bréth-ren and friénds q q q h .

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Simple Choral Gradual

iv Introduction

No attempt has been made to notate or otherwise point the different “natural meters” of the

cadences. Choirs should spend rehearsal time uncovering and internalizing these meters to

achieve an interpretation which is both uniform and natural sounding.

Verses usually are made up of two couplets. For longer couplets, the first line may be divided

into two phrases, with a one-note cadence at the end of the first phrase (similar to the “flex” in

traditional psalm formulas). This elongated couplet may stand alone as a single verse.

For the entrance antiphon, the Graduale Romanum lists one, occasionally two, verses. In addi-

tion, the Gloria Patri is given as the final verse, following the ancient custom. The Gloria Patri

should always be prefaced and followed by the antiphon. The entrance antiphon may be short-

ened by omitting the Gloria Patri. On the other hand, additional verses may be sung. (Additional

verses are not included in this collection, but can be taken from the Grail Psalter and set to the

formula given for the day.) In any case, the Gloria Patri, if used, should be the last verse sung.

For the communion antiphon, as far as possible, all the verses listed in the Graduale Romanum

are given. It is not necessary to sing all the verses. In situations where more psalmody is needed,

additional psalm verses may be used. The Graduale Romanum (page 391) suggests Psalms

(79)80, (33)34, (22)23, (77)78, (110)111, and (118)119 as suitable for use ad libitum during

communion.

Simple Choral Gradual uses two basic formulas for singing the verses, one each for major and

minor keys. Both formulas may end either on the dominant or the mediant to ensure a smooth

transition to the antiphon. This is a functional approach which may seem limiting to some choirs.

The regularity of the cadences makes it possible to use other formulas of the same pattern. Choir

directors should feel free to expand their repertoire of Psalm formulas and adapt those already

used by their choirs.

The form of the offertory antiphon is somewhat different. In the Offertoriale Triplex, the offer-

tory antiphon has two distinct, though dependent, textual phrases. Rather than repeating the

entire antiphon after each verse, the offertory repeats only the second phrase. (The entire anti-

phon is sometimes repeated, usually after even numbered verses.) The verses are selected—occa-

sionally modified—so that the second phrase of the antiphon completes or heightens the sense of

the verse. This interweaving of psalm verses creates a poetical and theological structure of great

richness and beauty. To complement this, the verses use an extremely florid and expressive

melody. These virtuosic settings were never intended for congregational singing.

In Simple Choral Gradual, I have attempted to capture the spirit of this unique form in a simpler

way. The first phrase of the antiphon, as well as the offertory verses, are sung on a musical

formula. The verses are composed of one, two, or three lines, each of which uses the same musi-

cal formula. After each verse, the second phrase of the antiphon is sung as a melodic response

that completes the sense of the verse.

Since the texts of the offertory antiphons are not included in seasonal worship aids, the offertory

may become the exclusive responsibility of the choir. Nevertheless, the response is compara-

tively short, and the congregation should be able to pick it up after a verse or two. It is possible

for the choir or cantor to sing the first occurrence of the response, and then invite the congrega-

tion to repeat it, as indicated by the repeat marks. The response should not be “introduced”

before the first verse, since this would obscure the unique form of the offertory and, in some

cases, make bad textual sense.

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Simple Choral Gradual

Introduction v

Interpretation

No tempo or dynamic markings are given in Simple Choral Gradual. Musical interpretation of

the antiphons should follow the general rules governing liturgical declamation. Any additional

clues to interpretation should be governed by a sensitive reading of the text. Musical interpre-

tation will also depend on nonmusical considerations, such as the size and ability of the choir, its

distance from the congregation, and the reverberation of the church. Antiphons use compound

meters frequently, suggesting a flowing half-note tempo.

Accompaniment

Simple Choral Gradual is intended for unaccompanied choirs. Nevertheless, organ may be used

to introduce the tune of the antiphon, and to support the choir and congregation in singing it. This

is especially useful in the absence or deficiency of one or more of the choral parts, or when a

cantor alone is singing. Organ registration should remain light so as not to overpower the singing.

When accompanying the verses, the organist should hold the chord of the reciting note for the

duration of the recitation, rather than attempt to play each syllable. For longer recitations, the

organist may restrike the chord for each new phrase, in effect breathing with the singers.

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