MUS 2331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Melisma, Versicle, Neume
14 Dec 2016
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Concentus: parts of the mass that were sung. Sung by the choir as the congregation enters: kyrie. Aaa bbb aaa" or aaa bbb ccc". Not sung during lent and advent : so that its reappearance would express seasonal gladness. Sung by the congregation in the earliest liturgical use. Later sung by the choir as the franks cultivated the genre: call to prayer. Melismatic verse for highly skilled soloist, melismatic respond for whole choir. A proper chant that changes depending on the feast (2 cycles?: alleluia. Replaced during advent and lent by the tract (a long sometimes melismatic psalm setting) The most melismatic of the chants in the mass - they are the focus of the worshipping community. Responsorial chant - soloist alternates with the choir: sequence. Became an additional movement of the mass proper on high feast days. Double versicle (aabbcc) or paired versicle (abbcca: gospel reading (sermon, credo. Concludes the first part of the mass.
