Music for OT-12-C (Jun 20)

Prelude:           Sonata em La maior: Carlos Seixas
Introit:           284: Christ Is The King
Kyrie:             -spoken-
Gloria:            113: Glory To God: Andrews
Readings:          613
Psalm:             (OT-12-C Guimont p 110) My soul is thirsting ...
Acclamation:       (OT-12-C Lassus sheet) My sheep hear my voice ...
Intercessions:     -spoken-
Offertory:         384: Take Up Your Cross
                   (11) (NCAB p 112) Crux Fidelis: John IV of Portugal
Sanctus-Mem-Amen:  172-175-177: Community Mass: Proulx
Agnus Dei          189: Lamb Of God: Proulx
Communion:         470: O Lord With Wondrous Mystery
Final Hymn:        423: Lift High The Cross
Postlude:          Preludio: Jose Marques e Silva

Music Notes:


Communion (Graduale Romanum Chant): (Mt 16:24)
Qui vult venire post me, abneget semetipsum; et tollat
crucem suam, et sequatur me (If a man wishes to come after
me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me).


John IV (1603-1656) was born at Vila Vicosa Portugal and
succeeded (1630) his father Teodosio II as Duke of Braganza.
Grandson of Duchess Catherine of Braganza who had in 1580
claimed the Portuguese crown and sparked the struggle for the
throne, John was acclaimed King by the voice of the people in
1640; a long war against Spain (Philip IV) ensued through 1668,
with fronts in Europe, Africa, Brazil. His son Afonso VI succeeded
him; his daughter Catherine of Braganza married King Charles II
of England. A patron of music and the arts, John collected a large
library (destroyed 1755, Lisbon earthquake). Among his writings is
a defense of Palestrina, and a Defense of Modern Music (1649).
His most famous composition is "Crux fidelis".


Carlos Seixas (1704-1742) born in Coimbra Portugal, assumed the
position of cathedral organist in his native town at age 14. From
1720 he was active at Santa Maria Cathedral and the court chapel
in Lisbon, where he was a highly regarded harpsichordist and a
keyboard teacher much sought after by the noble families of the capital.


José Marques e Silva (1778-1837) was a member of the Barnabite monastery
in Lisbon Portugal, and perhaps the most influential Portuguese musician
of the early nineteenth century in his dual capacity as teacher at the
Lisbon Cathedral music school and, from 1808, master of the court chapel.