Cantus Organi · Calendar · Octave Day of Christmas
Octave Day of Christmas
Die Octavæ Nativitatis Domini · ad Vesperas
Pss. 109, 112, 121, 126, 147: VI F, III a2, IV E, I f, II D · Magnificat: II A · Alma Redemptoris Mater
Deus in adjutorium
Nova Organi Harmonia, part VIII, printed page 1: 4 scanned music systems, images of a 1942 printed score that a screen reader cannot read.




1. Dixit Dominus — VI F
Nova Organi Harmonia, part VIII, printed page 82: 8 scanned music systems, images of a 1942 printed score that a screen reader cannot read.
Antiphon: O admirábile commércium
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O admirábile commércium! Creátor géneris humáni, animátum corpus sumens, de Vírgine nasci dignátus est : et procédens homo sine sémine, largítus est nobis suam deitátem. E u o u a e.
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Psalm 109
No accompaniment in VI F is printed in NOH VIII; the psalm is sung in that tone.
The text of Psalm 109
- Dixit Dóminus Dómino meo: * Sede a dextris meis:
- Donec ponam inimícos tuos, * scabéllum pedum tuórum.
- Virgam virtútis tuæ emíttet Dóminus ex Sion: * domináre in médio inimicórum tuórum.
- Tecum princípium in die virtútis tuæ in splendóribus sanctórum: * ex útero ante lucíferum génui te.
- Jurávit Dóminus, et non pœnitébit eum: * Tu es sacérdos in ætérnum secúndum órdinem Melchísedech.
- Dóminus a dextris tuis, * confrégit in die iræ suæ reges.
- Judicábit in natiónibus, implébit ruínas: * conquassábit cápita in terra multórum.
- De torrénte in via bibet: * proptérea exaltábit caput.
Antiphon (repeated)




2. Laudate pueri — III a2
Nova Organi Harmonia, part VIII, printed pages 82, 83: 8 scanned music systems, images of a 1942 printed score that a screen reader cannot read.
Antiphon: Quando natus es
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QUando natus es ineffabíliter ex Vírgine, tunc implétae sunt Scriptúrae : sicut plúvia in vellus descendísti, ut salvum fáceres genus humánum : te laudámus Deus noster. E u o u a e.
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Psalm 112
No accompaniment in III a2 is printed in NOH VIII; the psalm is sung in that tone.
The text of Psalm 112
- Laudáte, púeri, Dóminum: * laudáte nomen Dómini.
- (fit reverentia) Sit nomen Dómini benedíctum, * ex hoc nunc, et usque in sǽculum.
- A solis ortu usque ad occásum, * laudábile nomen Dómini.
- Excélsus super omnes gentes Dóminus, * et super cælos glória ejus.
- Quis sicut Dóminus, Deus noster, qui in altis hábitat, * (6) et humília réspicit in cælo et in terra?
- Súscitans a terra ínopem, * et de stércore érigens páuperem:
- Ut cóllocet eum cum princípibus, * cum princípibus pópuli sui.
- Qui habitáre facit stérilem in domo, * matrem filiórum lætántem.
Antiphon (repeated)




3. Laetatus sum — IV E
Nova Organi Harmonia, part VIII, printed page 83: 6 scanned music systems, images of a 1942 printed score that a screen reader cannot read.
Antiphon: Rubum, quem víderat Móyses
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RUbum quem víderat Móyses incombústum, conservátam agnóvimus tuam laudábilem virginitátem : Dei Génitrix, intercéde pro nobis. E u o u a e.
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Psalm 121
No accompaniment in IV E is printed in NOH VIII; the psalm is sung in that tone.
The text of Psalm 121
- Lætátus sum in his, quæ dicta sunt mihi: * In domum Dómini íbimus.
- Stantes erant pedes nostri, * in átriis tuis, Jerúsalem.
- Jerúsalem, quæ ædificátur ut cívitas: * cujus participátio ejus in idípsum.
- Illuc enim ascendérunt tribus, tribus Dómini: * testimónium Israël ad confiténdum nómini Dómini.
- Quia illic sedérunt sedes in judício, * sedes super domum David.
- Rogáte quæ ad pacem sunt Jerúsalem: * et abundántia diligéntibus te:
- Fiat pax in virtúte tua: * et abundántia in túrribus tuis.
- Propter fratres meos, et próximos meos, * loquébar pacem de te:
- Propter domum Dómini, Dei nostri, * quæsívi bona tibi.
Antiphon (repeated)



4. Nisi Dominus — I f
Nova Organi Harmonia, part VIII, printed pages 57, 84: 6 scanned music systems, images of a 1942 printed score that a screen reader cannot read.
Antiphon: Germinávit radix Jesse
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GErminávit radix Jesse, orta est stella ex Jacob : Virgo péperit Salvatórem : te laudámus, Deus noster. E u o u a e.
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Psalm 126
NOH VIII does not print this psalm in I f: the formula in the same tone and ending serves — Psalm 112 in I f, as printed for Advent II, p. 57.


Continue every verse to this formula in I f, then Gloria Patri.
The text of Psalm 126
- Nisi Dóminus ædificáverit domum, * in vanum laboravérunt qui ædíficant eam.
- Nisi Dóminus custodíerit civitátem, * frustra vígilat qui custódit eam.
- Vanum est vobis ante lucem súrgere: * súrgite postquam sedéritis, qui manducátis panem dolóris.
- Cum déderit diléctis suis somnum: * (3) ecce heréditas Dómini fílii: merces, fructus ventris.
- Sicut sagíttæ in manu poténtis: * ita fílii excussórum.
- Beátus vir, qui implévit desidérium suum ex ipsis: * non confundétur cum loquétur inimícis suis in porta.
Antiphon (repeated)


5. Lauda Jerusalem — II D
Nova Organi Harmonia, part VIII, printed page 84: 8 scanned music systems, images of a 1942 printed score that a screen reader cannot read.
Antiphon: Ecce María génuit
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ECce María génuit nobis Salvatórem, quem Joánnes videns exclamávit, dicens : Ecce Agnus Dei, ecce qui tollit + peccáta mundi, allelúia. + peccáta mundi. E u o u a e.
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Psalm 147
No accompaniment in II D is printed in NOH VIII; the psalm is sung in that tone.
The text of Psalm 147
- Lauda, Jerúsalem, Dóminum: * lauda Deum tuum, Sion.
- Quóniam confortávit seras portárum tuárum: * benedíxit fíliis tuis in te.
- Qui pósuit fines tuos pacem: * et ádipe fruménti sátiat te.
- Qui emíttit elóquium suum terræ: * velóciter currit sermo ejus.
- Qui dat nivem sicut lanam: * nébulam sicut cínerem spargit.
- Mittit crystállum suam sicut buccéllas: * ante fáciem frígoris ejus quis sustinébit?
- Emíttet verbum suum, et liquefáciet ea: * flabit spíritus ejus, et fluent aquæ.
- Qui annúntiat verbum suum Jacob: * justítias, et judícia sua Israël.
- Non fecit táliter omni natióni: * et judícia sua non manifestávit eis.
Antiphon (repeated)




Chapter
Nova Organi Harmonia, part VIII, printed page 21: 1 scanned music system, images of a 1942 printed score that a screen reader cannot read.
Appáruit grátia Dei Salvatóris nostri ómnibus homínibus, erúdiens nos, ut abnegántes impietátem, et sæculária desidéria, sóbrie, et juste, et pie vivámus in hoc sǽculo.

Hymn: Jesu Redemptor omnium
Nova Organi Harmonia, part VIII, printed pages 70, 71, 72: 10 scanned music systems, images of a 1942 printed score that a screen reader cannot read.
Versicle



Magnificat — II A
Nova Organi Harmonia, part VIII, printed pages 85, 86: 10 scanned music systems, images of a 1942 printed score that a screen reader cannot read.
Magnificat
No accompaniment for the Magnificat in II A is printed in NOH VIII; sing it unaccompanied or improvise in II A.
Antiphon (repeated)





Collect
The collect of the day, as at Mass.
Benedicamus Domino
Nova Organi Harmonia, part VIII, printed page 27: 2 scanned music systems, images of a 1942 printed score that a screen reader cannot read.


Alma Redemptoris Mater
Nova Organi Harmonia, part VIII, printed pages 40, 41: 9 scanned music systems, images of a 1942 printed score that a screen reader cannot read.
Alma Redemptoris Mater
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ALma Redemptóris Mater, quae pérvia caeli porta manes, Et stella maris, succúrre cadénti súrgere qui curat pópulo : Tu quae genuísti, natúra miránte, tuum sanctum Genitórem : Virgo prius ac postérius, Gabriélis ab ore sumens illud Ave, peccatórum miserére.
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