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The Nativity of the Lord - Mass during the Day (ABC)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Introit:
1. Puer natus est [Graduale Romanum, p.47]
2. Puer natus est [Gregorian Missal, p.198]
3. Puer natus est (William Byrd, Claudio Macchi, Cristóbal de Morales, Ludwig Senfl)
4. Christmas Litany (J. William Greene)
5. Mass Propers for Christmastide (Gary Penkala)
6. Unto us a child is born [Simple English Propers, p.28 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
7. A child is born for us [Simple Choral Gradual, p.23 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. For Us A Child of Hope Is Born [tune: Carol] from Introit Hymns #8 (Christoph Tietze)
Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
1. Viderunt omnes fines terrae [Graduale Romanum, p.48]
2. Viderunt omnes fines terrae [Gregorian Missal, p.199]
3. Viderunt omnes fines terrae (André Vierendeels, Mikolaj Zielenski)
4. Common Psalms for Schools & Parishes (Thomas Cosley)
Alleluia (Gospel Acclamation):
1. Dies sanctificatus [Graduale Romanum, p.49]
2. Dies sanctificatus [Gregorian Missal, p.200]
3. Dies sanctificatus (Palestrina / Siebert)
4. Dies sanctificatus (William Byrd, Josef von Eybler, Jorge Moreira, José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Costanzo Porta)
Offertory:
1. Tui sunt caeli [Graduale Romanum, p.49]
2. Tui sunt caelii [Gregorian Missal, p.200]
3. Tui sunt caelii (William Byrd, Johannes Klein, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
4. Mass Propers for Christmastide (Gary Penkala)
5. Yours are the heavens [Simple English Propers, p.29 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
6. Justice and right are the pillars [Simple Choral Gradual, p.24 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
Communion:
1. Viderunt omnes fines terrae [Graduale Romanum, p.50]
2. Viderunt omnes fines terrae [Gregorian Missal, p.201]
3. Viderunt omnes fines terrae (André Vierendeels, Mikolaj Zielenski)
4. Mass Propers for Christmastide (Gary Penkala)
5. All the ends of the earth have seen [Simple English Propers, p.30 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
6. All the ends of the earth have seen [Simple Choral Gradual, p.25 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
Mass settings:
1. Latin Chant Masses VIII (De angelis) & XI (Orbis factor)
2. Latin Gregorian Chant Masses XI (Orbis factor) & VIII (De angelis)
3. Latin Missa sanctorum angelorum (Calvert Shenk)
4. Latin Mass of Saint Jerome (Christopher Bord)
5. Mass of Our Lady, Help of Christians (Richard Connolly)
6. Mass of Saint Agnes (B. Andrew Mills)
7. Mass of the Angels (Richard J. Clark)
8. Mass of the Redemption (Calvert Shenk / Adam Taylor)
9. Modal Mass (Calvert Shenk / Adam Taylor)

Other liturgical music

Blessed Be the Lord God of Israel (Gary Penkala) from Seven Roman Basilica Processionals
Communion Psalms for the Liturgical Seasons (Gary Penkala)
From East to West: A Christmas Processional (arr. Gary Penkala)
Gloria III Canon (Jacques Berthier) Music from Taizé [GIA Publications]
Gospel Verses for the Christmas Cycle (Gary Penkala)
Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition]
Graduale simplex [Vatican edition]
Gregorian Missal [Solesmes edition]
Hail, Holy Mother (Gary Penkala) from Seven Roman Basilica Processionals
Mass Propers of Christmastide (Gary Penkala)
Psalm 96 (Christopher Bord)
Universal Music for Morning Prayer (Gary Penkala)
Universal Music for Evening Prayer (Gary Penkala)

Hymns

Christians, Awake (ICEL #16, CHB #17, EH #16)
For Us A Child of Hope Is Born [tune: Carol] from Introit Hymns #8 (Christoph Tietze)
Good Christian Men, Rejoice (AH #334, CBW #465, CH #190, HH #45, ICEL #18, PMB #33, WIII #391, SMH #322, EH #31)
How Great Our Joy! (CH #189)
Joy to the World (AH #320, CBW #454, CH #208, HPSC #205, ICEL #22, PMB #24, WIII #399, SMH #387, EH #319)
Of the Father's Love Begotten (AH #331, CBW #470, CH #220, HH #44, HPSC #269, ICEL #25, WIII #398, CHB #28, SMH #473, EH #20)
The Living Light of Heaven (Kathleen Pluth) from Hymns for the Liturgical Year

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.

Choral Music

Christmas Lullaby: Carol of the Nuns of Saint Mary's, Chester (J. William Greene)
Ein Kind ist uns geboren — Proper introit text in German (Melchior Franck, Heinrich Schütz)
Et incarnatus est (Calvert Shenk)
For unto Us A Child Is Born from Messiah (G.F. Handel)
Hodie Christus natue est (Claudio Marenzio)
How Beautiful upon the Mountains (John Antes)
No Sad Thought (Ralph Vaughan Williams) from Hodie
O Splendor of God's Glory Bright (John Reese) CNP Catalog #5085
Psallite unigenito (Michael Praetorius / Thomas Vozzella)
Puer natus est nobis (Gregorian chant) Proper Introit [Liber usualis p.408]
Puer natus in Bethlehem (Gregorian chant) from Booklet of Chant I CNP Catalog #2001
Singet dem Herrn (Johann Pachelbel, Heinrich Schütz)
Ten New Carols for Advent and Christmas, Volume 1 (Gary Penkala)
Ten New Carols for Advent and Christmas, Volume 2 (Greene, Brumby, Penkala)
The Glory of the Father (Egil Hovland)
The Word Was Made Flesh (Healey Willan)
Two Christmas Anthems (Colin Brumby)
Unto Us a Boy Is Born! (Colin Brumby)
Verbum caro factum est (Hans Leo Hassler, Johann Walther)
When Christ Was Born of Mary Free (J. William Greene)

Organ Music

A solis ortus cardine from Four Preludes on Chant Hymns (Mark Siebert)
Der Tag der ist so freudenreich (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein] [Neumeister Collection - Yale University Press]
Der Tag der ist so freudenreich (J.H. Buttstedt) [Organist's Companion, November 1994]
Der Tag der ist so freudenreich (Dieterich Buxtehude) [Organist's Companion, November 1992]
Der Tag der ist so freudenreich (J.K.F. Fischer) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
Der Tag der ist so freudenreich (Johann Pachelbel) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
Divinum mysterium (Richard Purvis) [Leeds Music Corp]
Divinum mysterium (Dorothy Howell Sheets) [Organist's Companion, November 1992]
Divinum mysterium from Four Preludes on Chant Hymns (Mark Siebert)
Fanfare, Prelude and Chorale on Joy to the World (Ronald Besemer) [Organist's Companion, December 1984]
Fantasy on Antioch (Emma Lou Diemer) [AGO 90th Anniversary Anthology of American Organ Music - Oxford]
Five Variations on Antioch (John Hebden Schaffner) [Organist's Companion, November 1998]
Good Christian Men, Rejoice (Wilbur Held) from Six Carol Settings [Concordia 97-4985]
Hail the Day So Rich in Cheer (Paul Manz) from Improvisations for the Christmas Season, Set 3 [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-102]
He Whom Shepherd Men Came Praising (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Christmas Season, Set II - Morning Star Music Publ 10-101]
In dulci jubilo (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein] [Old Masters of the Organ - Kalmus] [Joyce Jones Chirstmas Collection - Bradley Publ] [Organist's Companion, November 1998]
In dulci jubilo (Johann Michael Bach) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co]
In dulci jubilo from Five Chorale Preludes (Colin Brumby)
In dulci jubilo (Dieterich Buxtehude) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co] [Anthologia pro organo IV - Schott Frères] [Joyce Jones Christmas Collection - Bradley Publ] [Organist's Companion, November 2001]
In dulci jubilo: Partita for Organ (James A. Dale) [Organist's Companion, November 1994]
In dulci jubilo (George Lachenauer) [Organist's Companion, November 1999]
In dulci jubilo (Vincent Lübeck) [Orgelwerke - Peters] [Organist's Companion, December 1987]
In dulci jubilo (Fridolin Sicher) [Consoliere IV-4 - World Library Publ] [Organist's Companion, November 1993]
In dulci jubilo (J.G. Walther) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co] [Organist's Companion, December 1986 ]
In dulci jubilo (F.W. Zachau) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
Joy to the World (Alfred Fedak) [Organist's Companion, December 1985]
Joy to the World (Hugo Gehrke) [Parish Organist, Part 1 - Concordia]
Joy to the World (Wilbur Held) [A Nativity Suite - Concordia 97-4461]
Joy to the World: In the Style of Vivaldi (James Konkel) [Organist's Companion, November 1990]
Now Sing We Now Rejoice (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Christmas Season, Set III - Morning Star Music Publ 10-102]
Of the Father's Love Begotten (Wilbur Held) from Six Carol Settings [Concordia 97-4985]
Of the Father's Love Begotten (David Johnson) [Augsburg 11-841]
Postlude on Antioch (Gordon Young) [Ten Christmas Organ Voluntaries - Presser]
Quem pastores (R.E. Gahringer) [Organist's Companion, November 1990]
Stille Nacht from Seven Preludes for the Church Year (Donna Robertson)

Liturgical Hints & Ideas

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