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Where shall wisdom be found? 69 Plainchant Magnificat with optional antiphon ‘Beatam me dicent’
Mode 8: DOH = A, First note E
ANTIPHON (optional) Cantor: All:
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B All generations shall call me blessed; for God has looked with favour BvKOvvvijvvKObb9bb*&vv[vvhvvvbkvvbbjcgvvvvgvvv}
húmi- lem respé-xit De- us
on his humble servant.
Cantor:
BvgchcvvGIîcvvvijvvKOvvxxxxxxxxbbvvKOcbbbkcxxxxkvvvvvxxxxxxxxxxxx{
y soul doth magni- fy the Lord :
All:
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and my spi-rit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Cantor: All:
BvgcbbhcGIîcvxxxxxvxxbijvvKOvvbbkvvvvv{vxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxkcxxxxxkvvxxxxxxxxkvvkcxxxxxxxxxxxkxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxjcbkvvvvvvbxxhvvvgvvvxxxx}
For he hath re-garded : the lowliness of his hand-maiden.
M
The setting of the English text is for normal contemporary pronunciation of ‘rejoiced’, ‘magnified’, ‘showed’, ‘scattered’, ‘filled’, ‘remembering’, and ‘promised’. ‘Israel’ is set as 3 syllables.
A version of this plainchant Magnificat in modern notation is available on page 134
© 2018 The Royal School of Church Music
Edited by John Rowlands-Pritchard from Plainchant for the Church Year (rscm 2019)
