{"id":45637,"date":"2019-02-05T08:01:39","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T14:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=45637"},"modified":"2019-02-05T08:02:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T14:02:12","slug":"introit-for-st-agatha-february-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/05\/introit-for-st-agatha-february-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Chant Trivia: Introit for St. Agatha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Gaudeamus-600x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"45638\" data-link=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?attachment_id=45638\" class=\"wp-image-45638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Gaudeamus-600x189.jpg 600w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Gaudeamus-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Gaudeamus-768x242.jpg 768w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Gaudeamus-1340x420.jpg 1340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a bit of trivia for chant geeks. The famous <em>Gaudeamus<\/em> introit, which is used for All Saints, multiple feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and various saints (such as Benedict), was written originally for St. Agatha, whose feast is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seems surprising to me that such an elaborate and advanced chant was written for a saint&#8217;s day on a ferial &#8220;weekday.&#8221; This says something about how important daily Mass was, and how high the level of music was on every day of the week, in the medieval monasteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>awr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a bit of trivia for chant geeks. The famous Gaudeamus introit, which is used for All Saints, multiple feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and various saints (such as Benedict), was written originally for St. Agatha, whose feast is today. 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