[Magdalen] Song of Mary

[Roger Stokes]

On 21/01/2017 05:14, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> When I was in Michigan--St. James in Birmingham--Eucharist was only the first Sunday of the month, though on those days we called it Holy Communion.
> We sang the canticles in Anglican chant, used the Myerbeck (?)

Merbecke. It was the standard setting for normal Sung (as opposed to 
Choral) Eucharists in England until the advent of the experimental rites 
about 1970. The new wording necessitated new settings. Even now you can 
hear echoes of it in some settings, particularly the Sursum Corda.

Roger