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Table of Items for the Medieval High MassCynthia 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. A more extensive discussion of the medieval mass and its ceremonial has been provided by Joseph Dyer The most important musical items are listed in italics
and bold.
For other ORB Music articles:visit http://the-orb.net/encyclop/culture/music/musindex.html Cynthia.Cyrus@vanderbilt.edu. Copyright (C) 1997-2003, Cynthia J. Cyrus. This file may be copied on the condition that the entire contents, including the header and this copyright notice, remain intact. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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