Marian Hymnology: Antiphons, Canticles… The following is a
collection of various posts on the Virgin Mary. The music Mary
has inspired is varied and a delight to music lovers. So are
paintings of Mary who is called Theotokos in the Eastern Church.
You will notice that some of the music I have used is from a
Russian source. You may have to scroll down until you find the
correct piece. For instance, you may have to scroll down to find
Marie-Nicole Lemieux’s rendition of Antonio Vivaldi’s Stabat
Mater 1 & 2. I hope that this will not be too difficult. In
French, Antiphons are called antiennes and the “t” is pronounced
as if it were a “c”. However, books containing antiennes are
called Antiphonaires. There are no Marian anthems. An Anthemn is
a different musical form. In fact, anthems resemble Catholic
motets. The four Marian Antiphons are sung during a certain
period of the liturgical year. The Antiphon used at this
particularly moment is the Alma Mater Redemptoris. On February
2, it will be the Ave Regina Cælor