Music Suggestions The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary [Mass during the Day]
Hymns:
- Blessed Virgin Mother (HH #294)
- Canticle of Mary (CH #433, CBW #68)
- Christian People, Here Assembled
- Daily, Daily, Sing to Mary (CHB #145, AH #544)
- Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above (AH #530, CBW #610, CH #312, HPSC #170, ICEL #112, PMB #180, WIII #702, CHB #146)
- Hail, Queen of Heaven, the Ocean Star (AH #539, CH #315, PMB #176, ICEL #113, CBW #614, CHB #147)
- Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (CH #581, HPSC #203, WIII #525)
- O Glorious Lady Throned in Rest (CD #844)
- O Most Holy One (AH #542, CH #318, WIII #712, PMB #181)
- Sounds of Joy Have Put to Flight (AH #536)
- Star of Sea and Ocean (HH #298)
- Tell Out, My Soul, the Greatness of the Lord (HPSC #311, CD #846, CBW #638, CHB #264)
- Who Is She Ascends So High (CH #322, ICEL #111)
- 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
- 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.
- WIII = Worship, 3rd Edition, GIA Publications, Inc.
Liturgical Music:
Choral Music:
- "Ave Maria" (Arcadelt / Angelini) CNP Catalog #7012
- "Ave Maria" (Victoria / Angelini) CNP Catalog #7019
- "Christ Being Raised from the Dead" (John Blow)
- "Constitues eos principes" (Samuel Wesley) [Novello]
- "Diffusa est gratia" (G.M. Nanino) [GIA Publications]
- "Magnificat" (Jacques Berthier) [GIA Publications]
- "Magnificat" (Ciro Grassi) [Saint Gregory Hymnal]
- "Magnificat brevis" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #5070
- "Mary Was the Queen of Galilee" (W. Whalum)
- "Mary's Salutation" (Johann Eccard)
- "Salve Mater misericordiae" (Joseph Pothier)
- "Salve Regina" (Gregorian chant) CNP Catalog #2003
- "Since By Man Came Death" from Messiah (G.F. Handel)
- "Tota pulchra es, Maria" (J. William Greene) CNP Catalog #5210
Organ Music:
- "Fanfare" (Jean Mouret)
- "Festive Processionals for Organ and Brass" (Calvert Shenk) CNP Catalog #6033
- "Fuga sopra Magnificat" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246]
- "Hail, Holy Queen" (Robert Hebble) [For the Masses - The Sacred Music Press]
- "Hymn to Joy" (Wilbur Held) [Organist's Companion, August 1982 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Improvisation on Salve Regina" (Robert Hebble) [For the Masses - The Sacred Music Press]
- "Introduction and Processional for the Wedding Day" (Gilbert Martin) [The Sacred Organ Folio - Lorenz Publ Co]
- "Mach's mit mir Gott" (J.G. Walther, J.C. Kittel)
- "Marian Antiphons" (Marcel Dupré)
- "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]
- "Offertory" from Messe basse (Camil van Hulse)
- "Partita on Hymn to Joy" (Charles Callahan) [Morning Star Music Publ]
- "Plein jeu" from Magnificat (Jean François Dandrieu)
- "Postlude on Hymn to Joy" (Gordon Young) [Seven Chorale Preludes]
- "Postlude on Sicilian Mariners" (Alfred Fedak) [Organist's Companion, June 1986 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Postlude on Sicilian Mariners" from May Music (John Larkin)
- "Prelude on Hymn to Joy" (Michael Burkhardt) [Morning Star Music Publ]
- "Prière a Notre Dame" (Léon Boëlmann)
- "Processional on Hymn to Joy" (Alice Jordan) [Organist's Companion, August 1986 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Salve Regina" (Sr. Teresine Fonder) [Twenty-six Miniatures]
- "Salve Regina" (R. Keldermans) [Consoliere V-2]
- "Sortie on a Marian Hymn" (Alexandre Guilmant)
- "Toccata on Salve Regina" (Hermann Schroeder) [Die Marianischen Antiphonen - Schott]
- "Toccata on Salve Regina" (Everett Titcomb) [H.W. Gray - St.Cec.Ser. 790
- "Variations on a Theme by Beethoven" (Joseph Lowe) [Organist's Companion, June 1985 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Variation to the Sicilian Hymn" (Benjamin Carr) [A Century of Amercian Organ Music, Bk 1 - McAfee Music Corp]
Liturgical Hints & Ideas:
The Assumption (with the accompanying image of the Coronation of the Virgin) is a glorious feast, the logical fulfillment of Mary's immaculate conception.
Mary's life in heaven is a foretaste of our life after death, if we but persevere and remain faithful to God's will.
Reflect the sunny atmosphere of summer in the music for this solemnity.
A brilliant toccata is a perfect close to the liturgy.
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