This is part of an ongoing series of equal-voice fauxbourdons designed to accompany antiphons and psalmody for both the Mass and the Divine Office.
These are easily adaptable for a schola of any size. Sing a few verses with the Gloria Patri or all the verses depending on the time needed for the distribution of communion and its procession. The antiphonal nature along with the mix of plainchant and polyphony are sure to make any liturgy all the more solemn and prayerful.
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Communio Tone 8 à 3: Pater si...Deus Deus meus | 2022
-Mt. 26: 42
Antiphon
Father, if this chalice may not pass away, but I must drink it, thy will be done.
Psalm 21
1. O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words
of my sins.
2. O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be reputed as
folly in me.
3. In thee have our fathers hoped: they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them.
4. But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people.
5. Many calves have surrounded me: fat bulls have besieged me.
6. They have dug my hands and feet. They have numbered all my bones.
7. Save me from the lion’s mouth; and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns.
8. I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I praise thee.