1904 Gregorian congress

1904 Gregorian congress
Plainchant and Speeches recorded in Rome by The Gramophone Company
Various performers
Discant Recordings DIS 1-2 [LPx2]

Contents:

    1. Solemn Mass in honour of St. Gregory the Great

  1. Ordinary: Kyrie VIII, mode 5
  2. Ordinary: Gloria VIII, mode 5
  3. Ordinary: Credo III, mode 5
  4. Ordinary: Sanctus IX, mode 5
  5. Ordinary: Agnus Dei IX, mode 5
  6. Sequence: Alma cohors, mode 2
  7. Introit: Sacerdotes Dei, mode 6
  8. Alleluia: Amavit eum, mode 4
  9. Alleluia: Justus germinabit, mode 1
  10. Offertory: Veritas mea, mode 2
  11. Communion: Fidelis servus, mode 7

    12. 2. Proper chants for the feast of the Assumption

  12. Introit: Gaudeamus omnes in Domino ... Mariae, mode 1
  13. Alleluia: Assumpta est Maria, mode 5
  14. Communion: Optimam partem elegit, mode 8

    15. 3. Selected chants for various occasions

  15. 1st responsory of Christmas Matins: Hodie nobis caelorum rex, mode 5
  16. Popular Christmas chant: Puer natus in Bethlehem alle, mode 2
  17. Introit for Ascension Day: Viri Galiaei quid admiramini, mode 7
  18. Sequence for Pentecost: Veni Sancte Spiritus et emit, mode 1
  19. Tract from the Requiem Mass: Absolve Domine animas omniun, mode 8
  20. Funeral antiphon: In Paradisum deducant ... choru, mode 7

    21. 4. Proper chants from the Mass in honour of St. Gregory the Great

  21. Introit: Sacerdotes Dei ... sancti, mode 6
  22. Alleluia: Amavit eum Dominus, mode 4
  23. Alleluia: Justus germinabit sicut lili, mode 1
  24. Offertory: Veritas mea et misericordia, mode 2
  25. Communion: Fidelis servus et prudens, mode 1

    26. 5. Selected chants for various occasions

  26. Introit from the St. Gregory Mass: Sacerdotes ... sancti, mode 6
  27. Introit for Easter Day: Resurrrexi et adhuc tecum sum, mode 4
  28. Gradual for Easter Day: Haec dies quam fecit Dominus, mode 2
  29. Alleluia for Easter Day: Pascha nostrum immolatus, mode
  30. Alleluia for the Patronage of St. Joseph: Fac nos innocuam Joseph, mode 8

    31. ----

    6. Speeches from the Congress of April 1904 in Rome

  31. Inaugural address
  32. The fundamental character of liturgical chant, part 2
  33. The Solesmes method of Gregorian chant: its critical method
  34. The role of the grammophone in the teaching and diffusion of Gregorian chant
  35. Introduction to a practical course in Gregorian chant, including an antiphon at the Asperges in Easteride, Vidi aquam

Playing time: ?? ??"

Performers:
[1]-[11] Roman Schola, Antonio Rella, cond.
[12]-[14] Benedictine schola of San Anselmo, Dom Joseph Pothier, cond.
[15]-[20] Choir of Augustinians, Baron Rudolph Kanzler, cond.
[21]-[25] Benedictine schola of San Anselmo, Dom Henry Laurent Janssens, cond.
[26]-[30] Choir of French seminarians, Dom André Mocquereau, cond.
[31] Angelo de Santis (speaker)
[32] Dom Joseph Pothier (speaker)
[33] Dom André Mocquereau (speaker)
[34] Baron Rudolph Kanzler (speaker)
[35] Antonio Rella (speaker)

Excerpts, from original:
[1] Gramophone 054751 [78rpm, 30cm] Solemn Mass in honour of St. Gregory the Great (Kyrie)
[2] Gramophone 054752 [78rpm, 30cm] Solemn Mass in honour of St. Gregory the Great (Gloria)
[3] Gramophone 054753/54 [78rpm, 30cm] Solemn Mass in honour of St. Gregory the Great (Credo)
[4]-[5] Gramophone 054760 [78rpm, 30cm] Solemn Mass in honour of St. Gregory the Great (Sanctus / Agnus Dei)
[6] Gramophone 054761 [78rpm, 30cm] Solemn Mass in honour of St. Gregory the Great (Sequence)
[7] Gramophone 054762 [78rpm, 30cm] Solemn Mass in honour of St. Gregory the Great (Introit)
[8]-[9] Gramophone 054763 [78rpm, 30cm] Solemn Mass in honour of St. Gregory the Great (Alleluia)
[10]-[11] Gramophone 54786 [78rpm, 25cm] Solemn Mass in honour of St. Gregory the Great (Offertory / Communion)
[12] Gramophone 054768 [78rpm, 30cm] Proper chants for the feast of the Assumption (Introit)
[13]-[14] Gramophone 54787 [78rpm, 25cm] Proper chants for the feast of the Assumption (Alleluia / Communion)
[15] Gramophone 054766 [78rpm, 30cm] Selected chants for various occasions (Responsory)
[16] Gramophone 54782 [78rpm, 25cm] Selected chants for various occasions (Christmas chant)
[17] Gramophone 54784 [78rpm, 25cm] Selected chants for various occasions (Introit)
[18] Gramophone 54783 [78rpm, 25cm] Selected chants for various occasions (Sequence)
[19]-[20] Gramophone 54785 [78rpm, 25cm] Selected chants for various occasions (Tract / Antiphon)
[21] Gramophone 054764 [78rpm, 30cm] Proper chants from the Mass in honour of St. Gregory the Great (Introit)
[22]-[23] Gramophone 054765 [78rpm, 30cm] Proper chants from the Mass in honour of St. Gregory the Great (Alleluias)
[24]-[25] Gramophone 054767 [78rpm, 30cm] Proper chants from the Mass in honour of St. Gregory the Great (Offertory / Communion)
[26] Gramophone 054770 [78rpm, 30cm] Selected chants for various occasions (Introit)
[27] Gramophone 054769 [78rpm, 30cm] Selected chants for various occasions (Introit)
[28] Gramophone 54789 [78rpm, 25cm] Selected chants for various occasions (Gradual)
[29] Gramophone 54790 [78rpm, 25cm] Selected chants for various occasions (Alleluia)
[30] Gramophone 054771 [78rpm, 30cm] Selected chants for various occasions (Alleluia)
[31] Gramophone 054774 [78rpm, 30cm] Inaugural address (Angelo de Santi)
[32] Gramophone 54791 [78rpm, 25cm] Le caractère fondamental du chant liturgique, partie 2 (Dom Joseph Pothier)
[33] Gramophone 054776 [78rpm, 30cm] L'École grégorienne de Solesmes ... (Dom André Mocquereau)
[34] Gramophone 054772 [78rpm, 30cm] Grammophono applicato ... (Baron Rudolph Kanzler)
[35] Gramophone 054773 [78rpm, 30cm] Prolusione al corso practico ... (Antonio Rella)

Recording site and date:
Rome [04/1904];
Rel.: 1982

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Early Music America (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Goldberg (y., #-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):

Comments:
Information from NSA & « A Gregorian Chant Discography » by Jerome F. Weber, Utica, New York (1990)

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