Saturday, May 18, 2019

Nunc Sancte nobis Spiritus, Paschaltide


The hymns of the minor hours in the 1962 breviary all follow the melody for Terce's "Nunc Sancte nobis Spiritus" which has 13 different melodies for the various seasons and feasts of the year, and are contained in the Liber Usualis. The one for Paschaltide is on page 808.

Compline's "Te lucis ante terminum" also has 13 different melodies, respectively. The one for Paschaltide is on page 268.

The index for those hymns and all their melodies is on pages 1910-1911.
Cantate!

Christus resurrexit!