Nocte surgentes vigilemus omnes

Nocte surgentes vigilemus omnes. This hymn was at one time ascribed to Gregory the Great* (ca. 540-604). It is found in Daniel, Thesaurus Hymnologicus I. 176-7, under his name, and this was accepted in JJ (p. 809). However, A.S. Walpole (1922, p. 265) thought that this was a hymn of the Carolingian renaissance, and speculated that it might be by Alcuin of York* (ca. 735-804). Milfull (1996, p.125) describes it as anonymous, but notes the Alcuin suggestion. The title in Milfull is ‘Ymnus ad Matutinam’. It was a hymn for Nocturns in summer in the New Hymnal, taking over from the winter hymn, ‘Primo dierum omnium’ (see Milfull, pp. 115-7, and ‘Medieval hymns and hymnals’*). JJ noted several...