Textbook of Gregorian Chant (1930) - MusicaSacra

28 Part One.
syllables and words. The accents give it a sort of lilt which at
once holds the attention and charms the ear of the listener. The
psalm chants and liturgical recitatives would gain immensely if
they were rendered in perfect conformity with these rules.
The teacher should knoiv these rules thoroughly and by heart when
instructing his pupils in theory and practice, since they are of capital
importance for the good execution of the chant. When the. pupils
have learnt how to read the following examples correctly recto tono
they may begin to make use of the breviary and other liturgical
books. The importance of this type of exercise cannot be too strongly
insisted upon.
Psalm 109.
Dixit-Dominus Domino-mdo : * Sdde a-d£xtris-m£is :
Donec-ponam inimfcos-tuos, * scab&Ium p^dum-tuorum.
Vfrgam-virtutis-tiiae emfttet-D6minus-ex-Sfon : * domin&re inmedio-inimicorum-tuorum.
Tdcum-principium in-die-virtiitis-tuae in-splendoribus-sanct6rum
: * ex-utero ante luciferum g&iui-te.
Juravit-Dominus et-non-paenit£bit-6um : * Tu-es-sacdrdos-inaeternum
secundum-ordinem-Melchfsedech.
Dominus a-dextris-tuis, * confrdgit in-die-frae-suae r£ges.
Iudic£bit-in-nati6nibus, impl^bit-ruinas : * conquassabit-capita
in-t^rra multorum.
De-torr^nte in-vfa-bibet : * propt^rea exaltdbit-cdput.
Gloria-Patri et-Filio, * et-Spiritui-Sdncto.
Sicut-^rat-in-princfpio, et-nunc, et-semper, * et-in-sa£cula-saeculorum.
Amen.
Psalm 110.
Confitebor-tibi-Domine in-toto-corde-m^o : * in-consilio-iustorum
et-congregatione.
Magna opera-Domini : * exquisita in-6mnes-voluntAtes-6ius.
Confessio-et-magnific^ntia 6pus-6ius : * et iustitia-^ius mdnetin-sadculum-saeculi.
Memoriam-Kcit mirabflium-su6rum, f mis^ricors-et-miserdtor-
Dominus : * 6scam-d