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Manuscript page of Gregorian chant propers, possibly for the First Sunday of Advent, from a choral book, C0500, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Purchased by Steve Gerber, George Mason University Libraries Music Liaison Librarian, in February 2017.
Processed by Elizabeth Beckman in April 2022. Finding aid published by Elizabeth Beckman in April 2022.
The mass ordinary and the propers are two major parts of the Catholic Mass that are frequently sung. The Mass Ordinary consists of the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Dei. The text of these prayers does not change throughout the year - they are the same from day to day and week to week at every mass. In contrast, the text of the propers, which consist of the Introit, Gradual, Alleluia verse or Tract, Sequence, Offertory, and Communion antiphons, changes to reflect the liturgial character of the day or the feast being celebrated (see Choral Public Domain Library, "Mass").
Single vellum manuscript page from a choral book, dating from around 1500. The page contains the Gregorian chant propers "Ad te domine levavi animam meam" and "Jacta cogitatum tuum in domino," possibly for the first Sunday of Advent (see Choral Public Domain Library, "Jacta cogitatum tuum in Domino - José Maurício Nunes Garcia" and "Ad te levavi animam meam").
This is a single item collection.
The Special Collections Research Center holds a second Manuscript page of Gregorian chant propers from an Italian choral book, as well as other manuscript liturgical music.
Choral Public Domain Library, "Ad te levavi animam meam," accessed April 20, 2022. https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Ad_te_levavi_animam_meam.
Choral Public Domain Library, "Jacta cogitatum tuum in Domino (José Maurício Nunes Garcia)," accessed April 20, 2022. https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Jacta_cogitatum_tuum_in_Domino_(Jos%C3%A9_Maur%C3%ADcio_Nunes_Garcia).
Choral Public Domain Library, "Mass," accessed April 20, 2022. https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Mass#Proper_of_the_Mass.