Choruses, Sacred (Unison)

Scope and Contents Great forerunner of the morn (Ut Quaeant Laxis) PT 213 Text: The Venerable Bede (673-735); tr. John Mason Neale (1818-1866), alt.; Office hymn for the Feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist (June 24). Tune: Ut quaeant laxis; Plansong, Mode II, Liber UsThis is Proulx's transcription of "Ut Quaeant Laxis." On the top of the composition, Proulx wrote the following: "This text has not been designated by the Hymn Music Committee to be plainsong. However, here is an attempt to...

Scope and Contents Gregorian chant in English OVERSIZE Study-settings toward a new/old Plainsong repertoire for cantor, choir, congregation. A "sampler" of choral communion antiphons (Advent-Baptism of Jesus) adapted from the Graduale Romanum with English texts. Judging from the manuscripts in this file, Proulx undertook a project of adapting and compiling folk chants for use in liturgy. These manuscripts, along with the manuscripts for the Madeleine project (a composer-in-residence project to...

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Holy / Richard Proulx. This sketch for cantor and congregation, marked "all," is hand-written on legal-size score paper. The "Holy," "Mem[orial acclamation]," and "Amen" are present. The cantor part and "all" parts trade-off, the cantor part moving mostly

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Holy Saturday: Matins: lesson III photocopy with pencil notations No composer noted but presumed Proulx

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I place all my trust in you, my God Antiphon This manuscript only contains the melody and words of the text. There is no accompaniment included. It is unclear if Proulx actually composed this melody or if he was simply copying it from something else.

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Kyrie / Jean de Bournonville ; Richard Proulx. The following photocopy is a mixture of textual alterations and an addition of Gregorian Kyrie XVI. Numbers "8." and "9.," written at the bottom of the page, indicate that this folder could be incomplete.

Scope and Contents Madeleine Project OVERSIZE Parish book of folk chant for community singing Folder has documentation of Richard Proulx's engagement at Composer in Residence for the Cathedral of the Madeleine, 1994-95; first draft/study manuscript sketches;Judging from the manuscripts and materials (correspondences) in this file, Proulx undertook a project of creating a parish book of folk chants while he was a Composer in Residence at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah, in...

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Magnificat anima mea : (the song of Mary) / Richard Proulx This leaf-long work was written in plainsong style for use in lent vespers. Accents and dashes have been placed over various words of the text at different places of the score. This hand-written w

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Penitential rite : chrism mass / Richard Proulx. This work, written in plainsong style works freely between F# aeolian and an A ionian feel. The format of the piece is the Kyrie with a statement followed by the pleas for mercy. The text appears to be orig

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Pentecost introit : proper XXIII / Richard Proulx. This introit, written for Pentecost, includes unison and male voices. No other vocal parts are specified.

It is unclear if this short piece (written in 1966) was ever published. Also included in this file is an introit for Pentecost, also written in 1966.