15th Sunday after Pentecost 2024
Processional hymn: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, 838
Recessional hymn: Holy God We Praise Thy Name, 881
Kyriale: Mass XI, 740; Credo IV, 780
Motet after Offertory: Jesu Dulcis Memoria, Cornelius Schmuck (1814–1903)
Communion Antiphon: Panis Quem Ego, Heinrich Isaac (c.1450–1517)
Jesu, Dulcis Memoria is a celebrated 12th century hymn attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux. The entire hymn has some 42 to 53 stanzas depending upon the manuscript. The setting today is by Cornelius Schmuck and this motet was included in the St. Gregory Hymnal. Little is known of Schmuck, but he was Pennsylvania native born in York in 1814.
The communion antiphon is a setting by Heinrich Isaac. The text of the antiphon is taken from John 6:52: The bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world. Isaac composes pieces of the melody in both the Tenor and Soprano voices in a quasi-canon.
Heinrich Isaac (c.1450–1517) was a Renaissance composer from the South Netherlandish region. His output was rivaled only by Orlandus Lassus in number and variety of composition. Most notable of his collections is Choralis Constantinus which contains nearly 400 Gregorian chant based motets of propers for the Mass.