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Index of Chants and Responses

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“Index of Chants and Responses” as printed in The Church Hymnary (1893).

Traditional: Collected Lyrics Text 430 1893 · historical text
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This text comes from The Church Hymnary, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

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Ascription504

Baptismal Chant504

Bonum Est501

Burial Chant504

Deus Misereatur500, 501

Gloria in Excelsis497

Gloria Patri503

Jubilate Deo500

Nunc Dimittis503

Offertory Sentence503

Opening Sentence502

Response after Prayer503

Responses after Commandments502

Sanctus504

Te Deum Laudamus498,499

Venite Exultemus500, 501

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Traditional words. Historical text published in The Church Hymnary (1893); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

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The Church Hymnary (1893), “Index of Chants and Responses”

The 1893 published edition is in the public domain in the United States (pre-1931 publication). Entries whose credited author or translator died more than 70 years ago are also in the public domain in life-plus-70 jurisdictions; traditional entries are public domain.

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