TRIPLEALLELUIAS

Pes
InitsConstitutionontheSacredLiturgy,theSecondVaticanCouncil(19621964)
requiredthatofficialsacredchantbooksfortheChurchbepublishedwithcare:
117.ThetypicaleditionofthebooksofGregorianchantistobecompleted;anda
morecriticaleditionistobepreparedofthosebooksalreadypublishedsincethe
restorationbySt.PiusX.Itisdesirablealsothataneditionbeprepared
containingsimplermelodies,foruseinsmallchurches.
OneeditioncontainingsimplermelodieswasreleasedastheGradualeSimplexin
1967.Sincethen,useofSimplexantiphonsintheU.S.hasbeenlimited,butat
leastonescholarhaswrittenthattheSimplexdidexertaconsiderableeffecton
theAlleluiabeforetheGospel.1PriortothenewMissalof1970,theAlleluias
weresizablemelismaticchants.WhenusageoftheGradualeRomanumdeclined,
theSimplexapproachofsubstitutingashort,tripleAlleluiawasadopted
widelyasthenewdefault.Useoftheactualmelodieswasnot.
WhateverthefaultsoftheoverallapproachoftheSimplex,itsAlleluiasaregood
examplesofmodalmelody.Somearesomber,somehaunting.Theyalsohave
interestingrhythmicvarietyifonepayscarefulattentiontogroupsoftwoand
three.
AllthetripleAlleluiamelodiesintheSimplexareshownbelow.

AdventMassI;HolyFamily;OrdinaryTimeMassV
VerseinModeIVE

Bvz dv v vzfv vzvGYv vzvgv v[v zgv v zhv v gv z vrsv v zfv vzgv v zdv v dv v v}
Allelia,allelia,allelia.

1 Dr.WilliamMahrt,http://www.musicasacra.com/2005/11/latestversionofanglicanusegradual.html

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AdventMassII;SacredHeart
VerseinModeIID

Xvvz fv v zhv vzvygv vfv v[v vgv v hv v gv v rdv v vfv z vGYv v fv zv fv v }

Allelia,allelia,allelia.
Christmas;Epiphany;CorpusChristi;ChristtheKing
VerseinModeIIIg

Bvvzgv v z hv v vkv v zijvz vz[z zvhv v gv v GYv v tfv v vgv v tfv z dv z vdv vz}
Allelia,allelia,allelia.
EasterVigil

Bvvfv zvGYv vhv }

VerseisrectotonoonG,mediantaccentonA,ending:

Bvv zgv v zgv v hv v zgv v[v z gv vfv v vG^v zv hv v vzhv vzGIzx&^%z zfGYv vzygv v}
Allelia,allelia,allelia.
EasterDay;Ascension;Pentecost
ThisisthecommunionantiphononEasterDay.TropedonAscension,Pentecost.
VerseinModeVIF

Bvv zav v zsv v SEv vwav zv[v z dv vzgv v GYv v zgv v vzrv v wav vS#v vz dv v vz}
Allelia,allelia,allelia.

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Eastertide:MassIandII
VerseinModeVIIIG

Bvz vz hv v z tfv vGYv v gv v[v z hv v kv v zygv vfv v vGYv v z hv v gv v zgv v }

Allelia,allelia,allelia.
TrinitySunday;OTMassIII
VerseinModeVIIa

Vvv zdv v zgv vz HUv v jv v[v z JIv v jv v zygv vfv v vzgv v fv v dv v zdv v z}
Allelia,allelia,allelia.
OrdinaryTimeMassI
VerseinModeVIIIc

Vvv zhv v vGYv vz rdv vgv v[vzvfv v gv v hv v fv v v fv v dv v fv v zdv v }

Allelia,allelia,allelia.
OrdinaryTimeMassII
VerseinModeIID

Xvvz hv zv HUv zv uhv z fv6z%z #v [v vH8v vzkv v JIv v 6z%$v vz gv v DRv v fv vz fv v}

Allelia,allelia,allelia.

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OrdinaryTimeMassIV
VerseinModeIg2

Bvz v fv v fv v vGYv vz hv [v v hv vzgv v ygv vDRv v v zgv v rdv zsv v zszv v vz v}

Allelia,allelia,allelia.
OrdinaryTimeMassVIusesAlleluiafromOTMassIIorOTMassIII.
OrdinaryTimeMassVIIusesAlleluiafromOTMassIVorOTMassV.
OrdinaryTimeMassVIII
VerseinModeVIIIc

Vvv z hv v gzv v hv v zfv v[v vdv vzsv vdv v fv v v z gv v rdv zfv v zdv v v}
Allelia,allelia,allelia.
MassfortheDead
VerseinModeIVE

Bvz v fv v gv v z fv vz dv v[v z sv vzDRv v zGYv v gv v vzfv v tfv vdv v dv v v}

Allelia,allelia,allelia.

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ProperoftheSaints
Presentation:useAlleluiaforAdventMassI
St.Joseph:HolyFamily
Annunciation:AdventMassI
St.JohnBaptist:OrdinaryTimeMassIV
Peter&Paul:Christmas
Transfiguration:TrinitySunday
Assumption:TrinitySunday
BirthofBMV:AdventMassI
HolyCross:OrdinaryTimeMassII
Archangels:TrinitySunday
AllSaints:OrdinaryTimeMassI
ImmaculateConception:AdventMassI
DedicationofaChurch:Christmas
Wedding:TrinitySunday

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