On Thu, 18 Jul 96 09:41:01 -1000 [log in to unmask] wrote:
> From: [log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 96 09:41:01 -1000
> Subject: Re: hymn help
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Bill and Tom (and others):
> Thanks for your help on hymn introductions. To address some of your
> suggestions:
> Aquinas' Pange Lingua is what Beeson designated, although I wondered
> about Fortunatus'.
> I was puzzled by his designation of Bernard of Cluny's De contemptu mundi
> (apparently sung in shortened versions?).
> Salve Regina seemed likely to me, also.
> Abelard's verses are wonderful--due to space considerations, however, I
> had to delete his Hymn for Saturday Vespers.
> Unfortunately, Beeson seems to be merely footnoting what was some common
> knowledge to him about 7 great hymns, not asserting it, proving it, or even
> including all seven in his anthology. It is not significant enough for me to
> worry about. My main concern is to introduce Veni Sancte Spiritus in a way that
> indicates to students the signficance of the hymn.
>
> Karen Jolly
> History
> University of Hawai'i at Manoa
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Was the De Contemptu Mundi ever sung at all? To what tune? Oriens.
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