Singing the Archives / Manuscript and Sound
Victimae Paschali Laudes (mixed group)
This chant is one of only 4 sequences that is still used in Catholic Liturgy and is typically sung on Easter Sunday before the Alleluia. A sequence is a chant set to newly-composed, syllabic lines of rhymed poetry. The library’s manuscript is from a book produced for a convent in Poissy, France. The recordings here present the melody for women only (representing the nuns in Poissy) as well as a mixed group of singers for comparison.
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Artists
Francis, Jeff (recording engineer); Gianatassio, Brynn (singer); Alexander, Sarah (singer); Romeo, Alyssa (singer); Schlegel, Emily (singer); DeSena, Daphne (singer); Moore, Enya (singer); Bramhall, Curran (singer); Saxton, Leland (singer); Parga, Joshua (singer); Vasilevskis, Jasper (singer); Williams, Sarah (singer)
Editors
(Williams, Sarah (director); Campen, Cody (transcriptionist); Hall, Chad (music editor); Hogan, Trey (music editor)
Translation
Christians, to the Paschal Victim offer sacrifice and praise. The sheep are ransomed by the Lamb; and Christ, the undefiled, hath sinners to his Father reconciled. Death with life contended: combat strangely ended! Life’s own Champion, slain, yet lives to reign.
Source
See this manuscript in the Digital Collections database.
See this audio file in the Digital Collections database.