Comments on: Reviving the Introit http://lutherankantor.com/2008/04/13/reviving-the-introit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reviving-the-introit Where Music & Theology Intersect Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Phillip Magness http://lutherankantor.com/2008/04/13/reviving-the-introit/#comment-645 Phillip Magness Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:09:07 +0000 http://lutherankantor.wordpress.com/?p=93#comment-645 Great post. One of the challenges of preserving Intoits is that they take the place of that which took their place: Entrance Hymns. And Lutherans have a healthy love for good hymnody. My cantoral solution is to use hymns sometimes in place of the Introit, but other times in place of the Psalm of the Day (by selecting a hymn paraphrase of the appointed Psalm), the Verse (by using a Sequence Hymn), or the Offertory. This allows for good use of our hymnody, while preserving the true sense of the ordo ("the steps of the dance") amongst the congregation. And I wholeheartedly agree with the observations regarding the antiphon. We often highlight it by giving it to the choir, so that they may sing a through-composed setting of it. Then the people change the verses of the Introit, and all sing the Gloria Patri. After which, per church custom, the choir repeats the antiphon. There are many sources for such settings, such as the one you found on Ebay, Bunjes' "Service Propers Noted", CPH's "Acclamations" series, and......I'm sorry I can't resist......individiual downloadable settings of these texts by folk such as Kevin Hildebrand, Stephen R. Johnson, and Jon Vieker. With the download you get the right to make as many copies as you'd like for your choir, forever. You can view samples of all the pieces before purchasing a download. Yes, I'm talking about Liturgy Solutions. (grin) Great post. One of the challenges of preserving Intoits is that they take the place of that which took their place: Entrance Hymns. And Lutherans have a healthy love for good hymnody.

My cantoral solution is to use hymns sometimes in place of the Introit, but other times in place of the Psalm of the Day (by selecting a hymn paraphrase of the appointed Psalm), the Verse (by using a Sequence Hymn), or the Offertory. This allows for good use of our hymnody, while preserving the true sense of the ordo (“the steps of the dance”) amongst the congregation.

And I wholeheartedly agree with the observations regarding the antiphon. We often highlight it by giving it to the choir, so that they may sing a through-composed setting of it. Then the people change the verses of the Introit, and all sing the Gloria Patri. After which, per church custom, the choir repeats the antiphon.

There are many sources for such settings, such as the one you found on Ebay, Bunjes’ “Service Propers Noted”, CPH’s “Acclamations” series, and……I’m sorry I can’t resist……individiual downloadable settings of these texts by folk such as Kevin Hildebrand, Stephen R. Johnson, and Jon Vieker. With the download you get the right to make as many copies as you’d like for your choir, forever. You can view samples of all the pieces before purchasing a download. Yes, I’m talking about Liturgy Solutions. (grin)

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