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Does anyone know if there has been any discussion in the literature of
the plainchant incipit of "Gloria in excelsis deo" (on page 189 the
first edition) in James Joyce's "Ulysses" (chapter 9: "Scylla and
Charybdis")?
The incipit would appear to be identical to Gloria IV of the modern
Roman Rite (p.26 in my copy of the Liber Usualis) - and probably
coincidentally the same as Gloria IV of the Sarum Use. There doesn't
seem to be any significance to the choice (16 June isn't a double feast.
Translation of St Richard of Chichester in the Sarum Use - but that's a
simple feast.) As the four-line stave and square notation are employed,
presumably Joyce took it from the Liber Usualis, or at least a
publication of Solesmes. Do we know if he possessed a copy? Joyce had
serious musical interests (he had sung with John McCormack - as Molly
Bloom was to do.)
--
John Briggs
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