Reproaches (Chants)

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Name (Latin)
Reproaches (Chants)
Other forms of name
Improperia
nne Reproaches (Good Friday liturgy)
See Also From tracing topical name
Good Friday music
Gregorian chants
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MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q283912
Library of congress: sh 97006542
Sources of Information
  • Marshall, W. The passion of Christ : reflections on the Good Friday reproaches, 1997.
  • New Cath. encyc.:v. 7, p. 407 (Improperia)
  • New Grove dict. of mus. WWW site, Feb. 24, 2011:Reproaches [Improperia] (A series of chants sung on Good Friday during the Veneration of the Cross, the texts of which tell of God's generosity to his chosen people and man's faithlessness.)
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Wikipedia description:

The Improperia are a series of antiphons and responses, expressing the remonstrance of Jesus Christ with his people. Also known as the Reproaches or the Solemn Reproaches, they are sung In the Catholic liturgy as part of the observance of the Passion, usually on the afternoon of Good Friday. In the Byzantine Rite, they are found in various hymns of Good Friday and Holy Saturday. The Improperia appear in the Pontificale of Prudentius (846–61) and gradually came into use throughout Europe in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, finally being incorporated into the Roman Ordo in the fourteenth century.

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