Note in this offering a couple of things:
Firstly, that the Offertory chant is set in a new melodic formula that hasn’t been seen here yet. And secondly, that all three propers are in Mode 1. This allows for a nice quick comparison of the 3 different melodic formulas that are in the first mode, and also allows us to ask ourselves how tired we would be of Meinrad tone 1 after hearing it for an entire liturgy if the second, “Simple Setting”, were sung! This is definitely good food for thought!