Here is an mp3 of the Lauds hymn beginning on Oculi (Lent 3), which is sung each morning until the Saturday before Lent 5. The audio file is from the Lutheran Liturgical Prayer Brotherhood's "Seasonal Propers Sung"; they call the hymn "The Glory of These Forty Days." (Oculi is the first word of the Latin Introit for Lent 3: "Mine eyes.")
This hymn is called Clarum decus jejunii at Cyberhymnal, which lists two different versions (it is not listed at all at TPL). First, it is listed as "The Glory of These Forty Days," translation by Maurice Bell; this gives the same set of words as used by the LLPB. (The music there is one of those "harmonized by Johann S. Bach" hymns - a tune called (in English?) "Spires," from Geistliche Lieder, by Joseph Klug, 1543.)
The other version is called "Good it is to keep the fast," and uses a different set of lyrics (which contain much the same theme). (John Stainer wrote the music for this one, and the Latin-English translation was by Henry W. Baker, 1875.)
Just for fun, here's a Cyberhymnal page listing all its hymns attributed to Gregory I.
The chant score below matches neither the tune nor the lyrics for any of the hymns above. I'm not sure what it is, or where it came from, but will do a bit of Googling to see if I can find out.
Here is an mp3 of the Vespers hymn, "Ecce tempus idoneum" ("Now is the healing time decreed"), sung each evening beginning on Oculi (Lent 3) until First Vespers of Lent 5, again from the LLLPB. Again, this one is not listed at TPL, but Oremus Hymnal has it, listed as "Now is the healing time decreed," which gives the same words as the LLPB version above. Another version is called "Lo, now is our accepted day," lyrics by J.M. Neale, and is at Cyberhymnal here. There, it is also "attributed to Gregory I."
The chant score I have matches the tune sung by the LLPB, given above, but the words are different.
If you'd like to actually listen to the Introits for which the Sundays of Lent are named (Invocavit, Oculi, Judica, etc.), you can do it here, at the Christusrex.org site, which features hundreds of mp3 files recorded at St. Benedict's Monastery in São Paulo (Brazil).
This hymn is called Clarum decus jejunii at Cyberhymnal, which lists two different versions (it is not listed at all at TPL). First, it is listed as "The Glory of These Forty Days," translation by Maurice Bell; this gives the same set of words as used by the LLPB. (The music there is one of those "harmonized by Johann S. Bach" hymns - a tune called (in English?) "Spires," from Geistliche Lieder, by Joseph Klug, 1543.)
The other version is called "Good it is to keep the fast," and uses a different set of lyrics (which contain much the same theme). (John Stainer wrote the music for this one, and the Latin-English translation was by Henry W. Baker, 1875.)
Just for fun, here's a Cyberhymnal page listing all its hymns attributed to Gregory I.
The chant score below matches neither the tune nor the lyrics for any of the hymns above. I'm not sure what it is, or where it came from, but will do a bit of Googling to see if I can find out.
Here is an mp3 of the Vespers hymn, "Ecce tempus idoneum" ("Now is the healing time decreed"), sung each evening beginning on Oculi (Lent 3) until First Vespers of Lent 5, again from the LLLPB. Again, this one is not listed at TPL, but Oremus Hymnal has it, listed as "Now is the healing time decreed," which gives the same words as the LLPB version above. Another version is called "Lo, now is our accepted day," lyrics by J.M. Neale, and is at Cyberhymnal here. There, it is also "attributed to Gregory I."
The chant score I have matches the tune sung by the LLPB, given above, but the words are different.
If you'd like to actually listen to the Introits for which the Sundays of Lent are named (Invocavit, Oculi, Judica, etc.), you can do it here, at the Christusrex.org site, which features hundreds of mp3 files recorded at St. Benedict's Monastery in São Paulo (Brazil).
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