York Use - Credo from the York Masses

At a Gild of Clerks reconstruction of a mass for Corpus Christi according to the Use of York, as the choir sing the Creed the subdeacon takes the book of Gospels around the quire, offering to each person in turn for them to kiss. The setting of the Creed is taken from the 'York Masses' a manuscript volume of fifteenth century polyphony in the Borthwick Institute for Archives in York. The music was transcribed by music was transcribed by musicologist Dr Lisa Colton of Huddersfield University and this probably the first liturgical performance of the work since the Reformation.

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[Vitrearum]

It isn't intended to be 100% accurate, but was intended to give a 'feel' of late medieval liturgy. If we had been entirely authentic it would have been necessary to rip up the fitted carpet and restore the medieval levels at the east end of the chancel.

[Vitrearum]

No, both the clergy and the church are part of the established church.

[TrainmasterCurt]

I think the English Use Altar looks more dignified than the Baroque type, Percy Dearmer always reccommended them

[Vitrearum]

Do you have anything intelligent to say while you are here? Come on, surely you can do better than simply debunking Christianity as myth.

[mudws]

@TrainmasterCurt : I agree, although I miss the low reredos or riddel curtains that fit well with the low east window. I understand that All Saints once had these, but removed 'em.

[NihilNominis]

Logically thinking person? Like St. Thomas Aquinas, perhaps? Or would you like to explain in greater depth the logic behind your masterful syllogism, "It sounds made up, therefore it is"?

How much of Physics sounds like bad science fiction? Yet it turns up as true.

[Vitrearum]

Yes, to my mind it was a proper act of worship. One that hadn't been offered for many centuries, therefore required reconstructing both textually and visually.

[Winaska]

oh so it wasnt even a real service?

[allwasforanapple]

It is doubtful that this polyphony would have been sung in such a small parish church in York. A genuine (Catholic) Mass according to the Use of York should be celebrated in Ampleforth Abbey - with permission being sought from the Catholic Ordinary and the Holy Father. The Minster would be the ideal location, but the altar would have to be reconsecrated or a mensa brought in.

Perhaps the next time it's 'performed' boys and male altos should replace the women.

[Vitrearum]

Thank you for your kind words. At 32 I too have become weary of the lack of timelessness and continuity in the liturgy. The liturgy of ages speaks to all generations, I think. As for the music, this was the first time it had been performed since before the English Reformation.

[Winaska]

beautiful, but was this Church of England or Catholic under Anglican use?