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. TThis particular setting uses the psalm formula 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.
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Tone 6 à 3: Regem venturum_Cantate Domino | 2022
The Lord our King is coming, O come let us adore him.
Psalm 96 (95)
1. Sing a new song to the Lord; * sing to the Lord, all the earth.
2. sing to the Lord; bless his name. * Proclaim his salvation day by day.
3. Tell among the nations his glory, * and his wonders among all the peoples.
4. For the Lord is great and highly to be praised, * to be feared above all gods.
5. For the gods of the nations are naught. * It was the Lord who made the heavens.
6. In his presence are majesty and splendor, * strength and honor in his holy place.
7. Ascribe to the Lord, you families of peoples, † ascribe to the Lord glory and power; *
ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name.
8. Bring an offering and enter his courts; * worship the Lord in holy splendor.
9. O tremble before him, all the earth. * Say to the nations, “The Lord is king.”
10. The world he made firm in its place; * he will judge the peoples in fairness.
11. Let the heavens rejoice and earth be glad; † let the sea and all within it thunder praise. *
Let the field and all it bears exult.
12. Then will all the trees of the wood shout for joy at the presence of the Lord, * for he
comes, he comes to judge the earth.
13. He will judge the world with justice, and the peoples with faithfulness.