Music Suggestions
The Thirds Sunday of Advent [Gaudete Sunday] (B)

• Hark! A Herald Voice Is Calling (ICEL #4, HPSC #183, CBW #453, CH #176, CHB #4, SMH #336)
• Hark, the Glad Sound! (ICEL #5, CHB #5, CH #177, SMH #337, EH #7)
• O Be Glad, My Soul, Rejoice [Magnificat] (HPSC #233)
• On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry (AH #303, CBW #443, CH #182, HH #14, HPSC #271, ICEL #9, WIII #356, CHB #9, SMH #478, EH #10)
• So Lately Sprung from Glory (Kathleen Pluth) from Hymns for the Liturgical Year, CNP #4100
• Tell Out, My Soul, the Greatness of the Lord (HPSC #311, CD #846, CBW #638, CHB #264, WIII #534)
• The Voice of God Goes Out through All the Earth (WIII #358, HPSC #336, CBW #639, HH #24)
• When the King Shall Come Again (WIII #355)

AH = The Adoremus Hymnal, Ignatius Press

CBW = Catholic Book of Worship II / Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops

CD = Cantate Domino / Hymnal Supplement, GIA Publications, Inc.

CH = The Collegeville Hymnal, The Liturgical Press

CHB = The Catholic Hymn Book [London Oratory], Gracewing Publishers

EH = The Hymnal 1940 (Episcopal), used by many Anglican Use Roman Catholic parishes

HH = Hymnal of the Hours, GIA Publications, Inc.

HPSC = Hymns, Psalms & Spiritual Canticles, out of print but excellent

ICEL = ICEL Resource Collection, GIA Publications, Inc.

PMB = People's Mass Book, World Library Publications, Inc.

SMH = The Saint Michael Hymnal, Saint Boniface Church, Lafayette IN

WIII = Worship, 3rd Edition, GIA Publications, Inc.

• Introit:
  1. Gaudete in Domino [Graduale Romanum, p.21]
  2. Gaudete in Domino [Gregorian Missal, p.174]
  3. "Gaudete in Domino" (Gregorian chant) [Liber usualis, p.334] Proper Introit for Advent III -- origin of the name Gaudete Sunday
  4. "Rejoice in the Lord Alway" (Henry Purcell) [E.C. Shirmer]
  5. "Rejoice in the Lord Alway" (Healey Willan) [Concordia]
  6. "Rejoice in the Lord Alway" (John Redford) [Novello]
• Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
  1. Qui sedes Domine [Graduale Romanum, p.22]
  2. Qui sedes Domine [Gregorian Missal, p.175] 
  3. "Common Psalms for Schools & Parishes" (Thomas Cosley) CNP Catalog #1510
• Alleluia (Gospel Acclamation):
  1. Excita Domine [Graduale Romanum, p.23]
  2. Excita Domine [Gregorian Missal, p.176]
• Offertory:
  1. Benedixisti Domine [Graduale Romanum, p.23]
  2. Benedixisti Domine [Gregorian Missal, p.178] 
• Communion:
  1. Dicite: Pusillanimes [Graduale Romanum, p.23]
  2. Dicite: Pusillanimes [Gregorian Missal, p.179]
• Mass settings:
  1. "Modal Mass" (Calvert Shenk) CNP Catalog #3115
  2. "Missa XII - Orbis factor" (Gregorian chant) [Booklet of Chant, Volume 4] CNP Catalog #2004
  3. "Missa XVII - Adventus et quadragesimae" (Gregorian chant) [Booklet of Chant, Volume 4] CNP Catalog #2004

• "Advent Introits for Choir & Congregation" (Richard Rice) CNP Catalog #3121
• "Blessed Be the Lord" (Robert Kreutz)
• "Canticle of the Blessed Virgin" (Rev. Joseph Gelineau) [GIA Publications]
• "Common Psalms for Schools & Parishes" (Thomas Cosley) CNP Catalog #1510
• "Communion Psalms for the Liturgical Seasons" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3020
• "Emmanuel: An Advent Processional" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3035
• "Gloria of the Angels" (Richard Clark) CNP Catalog #3125
• "Gospel Verses for the Christmas Cycle" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3050
•  Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition] CNP Catalog #2100
•  Graduale simplex [Vatican edition] CNP Catalog #2150
•  Gregorian Missal [Solesmes edition] CNP Catalog #2200
• "Hail, Holy Mother" (Gary Penkala) from Seven Roman Basilica Processionals CNP Catalog #3075
• "Mass Propers of Advent" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3201
• "My Soul Rejoices" (Owen Alscott) [Oregon Catholic Press]
• "Psalm 25" (Christopher Bord) CNP Catalog #1025-1
• "Psalm 80" (Rev. Joseph Gelineau)
• "Psalm 80" (Robert Schaffer)
• "Ten New Carols for Advent and Christmas, Volume 2" (Colin Brumby, J. William Greene, Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #4020
• "Universal Music for Morning Prayer" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3100
• "Universal Music for Evening Prayer" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3101
• "Winchester Alleluia" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3008

• "Alma redemptoris mater" (G.P. da Palestrina, arr. Andrea Angelini) CNP Catalog #7001
• "Arise, Shine" (Maurice Greene)
• "Confortemini (Orlando di Lasso) [Concordia]
• "Emmanuel: An Advent Processional" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3035
• "Gaudete in Domino" (Gregorian chant) [Liber usualis, p.334] Proper Introit for Advent III -- origin of the name Gaudete Sunday
• "Lift Up Your Heads" (Rev. Brian Muzas) CNP Catalog #5124
• "Lo, I Am the Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness" (Heinrich Schütz) [G. Schirmer]
• "Magnificat" (Jacques Berthier / Taize Community) from Worship III #553
• "Magnificat" (Gregorian chant, tone 6) from ICEL Resource Collection #115
• "Magnificat" (G.B. Pinelli) [GIA Publications]
• "Magnificat" (G.B. Pergolesi) [Kalmus]
• "Magnificat" (Henry Purcell)
• "Magnificat" (Franz Schubert) [Arista]
• "Magnificat brevis" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #5070
• "Matin Responsory" (adapted from Palestrina) from Carols for Choirs II [Oxford]
• "Rejoice in the Lord Alway" (Henry Purcell) [E.C. Shirmer]
• "Rejoice in the Lord Alway" (Healey Willan) [Concordia]
• "Rejoice in the Lord Alway" (John Redford) [Novello]
• "Say to Them That Are of A Fearful Heart" (Everett Titcomb) [Carl Fisher]
• "Song of Mary" (William Crotch) [AMSI]
• "The Promise of Advent" (J. William Greene) CNP Catalog #5091
• "The Spirit of the Lord Is upon Me" (Edward Elgar) [Novello]
• "This Is the Record of John" (Orlando Gibbons) [Oxford]

• "Advent Prelude on Merton" (Edward G. Mead) [Consoliere VI-4 - World Library Publ]
• "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen" (Johannes Brahms)
• "Four Advent Chorales for Flute and Harpsichord [or Organ]" (Stephen McManus) CNP Catalog #6023
• "Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele" (Georg Böhm)
• "Fuga sopra Magnificat" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246]
• "Gottes Sohn ist kommen" (J.S. Bach)
• "Magnificat du deuxieme ton" (Nicolas Lebegue)
• "Making Music to Thy Name, Volume 1" (Gary Penkala) simplified hymn tunes for Advent CNP Catalog #6071
• "Meine Seele erhebt den Herren" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co]
• "Meine Seele erhebt den Herren" (J.G. Walther) [Seasonal Chorale Preludes for Manuals, Bk 2 - Oxford]
• "Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein" (J.S. Bach, Matthias Weckmann)
• "Prelude on Bristol" (Healey Willan) [Ten Hymn Preludes for Organ, Set II - Peters]
• "Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn" (J.G. Walther) from Eighty Chorale Preludes [Peters]