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by Cynthia J.
Cyrus
This chart presents the musical items for a typical high mass, but some
services during the church year omit particular items or substitute other
chants (an extra alleluia in place of the gradual, for instance), and
the requiem mass (the mass for the dead) differs in many ways from this
outline.
The most important
musical items are listed in italics and bold.
|
Item
|
Proper/ Ordinary
|
Performed by
|
Musical Characteristics
|
Manuscript
Source
|
|
Introit
|
proper
|
choir w/solo
on verse
|
neumatic
(syllabic for verse)
|
Graduale
|
|
Kyrie
|
ordinary
|
choir
|
melismatic
|
Kyriale
|
|
Gloria
|
ordinary
|
choir
|
neumatic
|
Kyriale
|
|
Collects
|
proper
|
priest
|
spoken or
recited
|
Sacramentary
|
|
Epistle
|
proper
|
subdeacon
|
spoken or
recited
|
Lectionary
or Epistolary
|
|
Gradual
|
proper
|
soloist
w/choir
|
melismatic
|
Cantatory
|
|
Alleluia
or Tract
|
proper
|
soloist
w/choir
|
melismatic
|
Cantatory
|
|
Sequence
|
proper
|
choir
|
syllabic
|
Sequentiary
|
|
Gospel
|
proper
|
deacon
|
spoken or
recited
|
Lectionary
or Evangeliary
|
|
Sermon
|
extemporary
or written
|
priest (deacon
may also speak)
|
spoken
|
|
|
Credo
|
ordinary
|
choir
|
syllabic
|
Kyriale
|
|
Offertory
|
proper
|
choir
|
melismatic
|
Graduale
|
|
Offertory
Prayers
|
ordinary
|
priest
|
spoken or
recited
|
Sanctorale
|
|
Secret
|
proper
|
priest
|
spoken or
recited
|
Sanctorale
|
|
Preface
|
proper
|
priest
|
spoken or
recited
|
Sacramentary
|
|
Sanctus
|
ordinary
|
choir
|
neumatic
|
Kyriale
|
|
Canon
|
ordinary
|
priest
|
silent
|
Sacramentary
|
|
Pater noster
|
ordinary
|
all
|
spoken or
recited
|
|
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Agnus
Dei
|
ordinary
|
choir
|
melismatic
|
Kyriale
|
|
Communion
|
proper
|
choir
|
neumatic
|
Graduale
|
|
Post-Communion
prayers
|
proper
|
priest
|
spoken or
recited
|
Sacramentary
|
|
Ite
missa est or Benedicamus Domino
|
ordinary
|
priest and
choir
|
melismatic
|
Kyriale
|
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