At the Good Friday liturgy at the Vatican with Pope Francis, the first mode antiphon Diviserunt sibi (Ps. 22 [21], 19) was sung as Communion Antiphon, with verses from Psalm 22 (21):
Here's the musical score of the antiphon:
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"They divide my clothing among them, they cast lots for my robe". It's a wonderful text to be used as an antiphon on Good Friday, and - though the liturgical books only suggest using Psalm 22 (21) without giving specific texts for any antiphons – this might form a good example to follow.
However, I wonder where this particular chant comes from. So far, I could only find the same text set to another, eight mode melody, used as second antiphon ad matutinum in I nocturno of Feria sexta in Passione et Morte Domini (Good Friday), see Ordo Hebdomadae Sanctae (1957), p. 201:
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Where did the Vatican take its antiphon from? Is this a new composition, just like we saw at the opening Mass of the Year of Faith? Any ideas?
Here's the musical score of the antiphon:
"They divide my clothing among them, they cast lots for my robe". It's a wonderful text to be used as an antiphon on Good Friday, and - though the liturgical books only suggest using Psalm 22 (21) without giving specific texts for any antiphons – this might form a good example to follow.
However, I wonder where this particular chant comes from. So far, I could only find the same text set to another, eight mode melody, used as second antiphon ad matutinum in I nocturno of Feria sexta in Passione et Morte Domini (Good Friday), see Ordo Hebdomadae Sanctae (1957), p. 201:
Where did the Vatican take its antiphon from? Is this a new composition, just like we saw at the opening Mass of the Year of Faith? Any ideas?