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. This particuar setting of the Magnificat uses the psalm formula for the Communio for the Mass. Please see this page for the psalm formula setting for 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.
The recording below is set to a different text, but the music sounds the same.
Need this set to a different Communio text or for SSA or ATB? Contact me and we'll make it happen.
Tone 6 à 3: Simon Joannis_Benedicam Dominum fauxbourdon | 2022
Simon son of John, lovest thou me more than these? Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest, Lord, that I love thee.
1. I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise shall be always in my mouth.
2. In the Lord shall my soul be praised; let the meek hear and rejoice.
3. O magnify the Lord with me; and let us extol his name together.
4. I sought the Lord, and he heard me: and he delivered me from all my troubles.
5. Come ye to him and be enlightened: and your faces shall not be confounded