Canticle (Bible)
A canticum ("Lied", "Gesang", plural Cantica ) is a hymn text from the Old or New Testament that does not come from the Book of Psalms .
liturgy
In the Liturgy of the Hours , the canticas usually appear as New Testament equivalents to the Old Testament psalms , for example in the most common canticas, the Benedictus - the praise of Zacharias from Luke 1.68-79 EU in the Laudes - the Magnificat - the hymn of praise for Mary from Luke 1 , 46–55 EU in Vespers - and the Nunc dimittis , the hymn of praise of Simeon from Luke 2.29–32 EU in Compline . These cantica are given the same solemnity in the Liturgy of the Hours as the Gospel in Holy Mass . In Gregorian chant , they are always sung with an inchoatio , that is, with a beginning of each verse.
Further cantica sung in the Liturgy of the Hours are the hymn of praise of the young men in the fiery furnace from Dan 3,51-90 EU , those from the letters of the apostles Paul (about Eph 1,3-10 EU ) and Peter as well as from the Revelation of John . In the Roman Book of Hours, a separate canticle is provided for Vespers every weekday of the four-week Psalter .
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literature
For Gregorian rendition of Cantica:
- Luigi Agustoni : Gregorian chant . In: Hans Musch (Ed.): Music in worship (Volume 1). Conbrio, Regensburg, 1993, ISBN 3-930079-21-6 .
- Luigi Agustoni, Johannes Berchmans Göschl : Introduction to the interpretation of the Gregorian chant . Bosse, Regensburg 1987 (Volume 1), 1992 (Volume 2 in two parts), ISBN 3-7649-2343-1 (Volume 1), ISBN 3-7649-2430-6 (Volume 2 / I), ISBN 3-7649 -2431-4 (Volume 2 / II).
- Karlheinrich Hodes: The Gregorian Choral - an introduction , Bernardus-Verlag Langwaden 1992, 4th edition ISBN 3-9802153-2-6 .