Before 1970 and the new LOTH, the rule was except for the Invitatroy, the antiphon (in whole or part) was said before and after a psalm.Wow that first tutorial is great!
One thing I’m noticing is that some people say the Antiphon after each paragraph in the psalm while other people don’t. But even the people who do say the antiphon each paragraph, for the canticle of Mary and canticle of Zachariah they only say the antiphon at start and end.
Does anyone say the antiphon for each verse in the cancicle of Mary?
- The antiphons in the psalter have been designed to lend themselves to vernacular translation and to repetition after each strophe, in accordance with no. 125. When the office of Ordinary Time is recited, not sung, the quotations printed with the psalms may be used in place of these antiphons (see no. 111).
- When a psalm may be divided because of its length into several sections within one and the same hour, an antiphon is given for each section. This is to provide variety, especially when the hour is sung, and also to help toward a better understanding of the riches of the psalm. Still, it is permissible to say or sing the complete psalm without interruption, using only the first antiphon.
- At the beginning of each psalm its own antiphon is always to be recited, as noted in nos. 113-120. At the end of the psalm the practice of concluding with the Glory to the Father and As it was in the beginning is retained. This is the fitting conclusion endorsed by tradition and it gives to Old Testament prayer a note of praise and a Christological and Trinitarian sense. **The antiphon may **be repeated at the end of the psalm.
- When longer psalms occur, sections are marked in the psalter that divide the parts in such a way as to keep the threefold structure of the hour; but great care has been taken not to distort the meaning of the psalm.
It is useful to observe this division, especially in a choral celebration in Latin; the Glory to the Father is added at the end of each section.
It is permissible, however, either to keep this traditional way or to pause between the different sections of the same psalm or to recite the whole psalm and its antiphon as a single unit without a break.
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- In addition, when the literary genre of a psalm suggests it, the divisions into strophes are marked in order that, especially when the psalm is sung in the vernacular,** the antiphons may be repeated after each strophe**; in this case the Glory to the Father need be said only at the end of the psalm.
Every decent choir monk or nun knows the entire psalter by heart and many other people do also.Candles, I presume, were used when chanting. But also the monks in those days were quite adept at learning the psalms by heart. I forgot whether it was St. Benedict or St. Dominic (or maybe it was neither but some saint) went with his monks along the road reciting the 150 psalms by heart.
Of course, that too depends on how early in the Middle Ages you go, I suppose.
I didn’t see the video, but for the psalms one does not say the antiphon after each strophe. At least, I have never heard of that. That would be done for the Venite. You have the option of repeating the antiphon at the end of each psalm or canticle or not. I do that but I do not repeat the antiphhon after the strophes in the Venite.Wow that first tutorial is great!
One thing I’m noticing is that some people say the Antiphon after each paragraph in the psalm while other people don’t. But even the people who do say the antiphon each paragraph, for the canticle of Mary and canticle of Zachariah they only say the antiphon at start and end.
Does anyone say the antiphon for each verse in the canctcle of Mary?