Maneant in vobis 4-Part - Sheet Music

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The sixth antiphon from the Graduale Romanum for the Washing of Feet on Holy Thursday is: "Maneant in vobis fides, spes, caritas, tria h!c: major autem horum est caritas." "Let these abide with you: faith, hope and charity, these three things: the greatest is charity." Richard Rice has metricized the mode VII Gregorian chant found in the Graduale, using it as a refrain for his motet. The four verses are taken from the other prescribed liturgical antiphons: 1. The Lord Jesus, when he had eaten with his disciples... / 2. If I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet... / 3. If there is this love among you, all will know... / 4. I give you a new commandment: that you love one another. While the time changes from 4 to 5 to 6 beats per measure quite freely, nowhere is it jarring or academic. Rather, the time changes mimic the free rhythm of the original chant and produce a wonderful "motion without accent." The refrain is presented with both a Latin text and a singable English translation. The verses are in English.