For Christ the King, Christus Vincit! You don’t need a papal procession to sing it. You can get the entire chant (6 pages) at the Parish Book of Chant online (pdf page 103ff)
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Here is a contemporary setting by James MacMillan
Christus Vincit!
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Thanks! I am looking for the Worcester Antiphoner version of this chant and would appreciate any leads as to where I might get a copy.
Pretty. Performance a bit affected. Women's low-cut attire not appropriate. Better heard and not seen.
@ Patricius, Dr Mary Berry's Book CANTORS, published by Oxford University Press has the 13th century Worcester version of the Laudes Regiae written out by her from MS F 160, in latin of course,and with a VERY singable english translation by Rosemary McCabe underneath the latin. The pope, archbishop, bishop royal family are all prayed for in turn and special saints invoked for each. It is I believe melodically superior to the well know Roman version, and great fun to sing.
If you have trouble finding CANTORS, I have a performing edition I put together for my choir. At my parish we sing it at all great occasions and it adds great solemnity. I have of course edited it for use in the U.S., so that the prayers for the King, Queen, Royal Family and the English Armies have been removed. I can send you a hard copie, or perhaps scan a copy. My email address is moravocis@mac.com.
Thanks very much, Moravocis. I have ordered Cantors via Amazon. The version I recall is in fact melodically superior but did not, as we sang it in the 1960s, include the petitions for the secular rulers. If I remember correctly, it was published by the Bendictine nuns of Stanbrook.
@Patricius, I seem to remember the version you speak of and it found its way into the Roman Catholic Hymnal (Brompton) in a rather truncated form. I think you'll be very pleased with the version found in CANTORS. Glad you were able to find a copy!