Here is a booklet that contains the “Glory be to the Father…” doxology in all eight modes for use with the Introit and Communion chants of the Simple English Propers Project.
We have decided to eliminate the reprinting of the Glory be text at the end of each Introit and instead will simply place the words “Glory be to the Father…” and the singer will be referred to the Glory be tones which will be found in the back of the book. This will save space and might also help demonstrate how the tones are to be sung, being that they are presented in full notation, much like the Gloria Patri tones in the back of our Graduale Romanum.
Please keep this on hand if you will be singing the Simple Propers from now on. Of course most will end up singing these from memory, but the sheet is here for your reference.
Note: Look for Simple Propers for the Second Sunday of Advent today, the rest of the Advent Season by the end of the week, and most of the Christmas Season by the end of next week.
Does the Glory Be come at the very end, or is it to be followed with the Introit refrain as though it were a verse?
The Glory Be is treated as a verse, set to the same tone as the psalm verses, and then the antiphon is repeated once more.
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