Chant alternatim suggestions for polyphonic Masses
  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    I can't seem to find a definitive answer as to which Agnus Dei setting from the Kyriale to use in alternatim with Palestrina's Missa Brevis and Hassler's Dixit Maria. Is there a hard and fast rule to follow in such cases, such as using the same mode?

    Also, which Gloria from the Kyriale would ideally be used with these two mass settings?

    Any help would be most appreciated!
  • tomjaw
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    We use the same mode, we have sung the Dixit Maria... but can't remember which Agnus we used will ask and edit this post.
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  • Richard MixRichard Mix
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    With the Dixit Maria Gloria the trick is not to start a De angelis stampede: the Rex splendens (mass VII) intonation works better for us.
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  • Andrew_Malton
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    De angelis stampede

    Clear contender for the best mixed metaphor of the year.
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  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    Thanks so much for the replies! From what I can gather from imslp.org, Palestrina's Missa Brevis is in the F Ionian mode, but for the life of me I can't find any information on what mode the Missa Dixit Maria is in, though I do love the Mass VII Gloria, so that sounds like a good fit to me. : )

    P.S. Which of the chant modes corresponds to the F Ionian mode? If I'm not mistaken, it appears to be Mode XI, but none of the Agnus Dei settings in the Kyriale seem to be in Mode XI so how do you find an appropriate Agnus Dei?

    I feel like I'm getting deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole with this stuff. Yikes.
  • M. Jackson Osborn
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    ...rabbit hole...

    Speaking of rabbit holes this time of year, what might be the result in pouring hot water down one?
  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    Bunny-cide. Shame on you.
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  • M. Jackson Osborn
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    Bunny-cide is not answer.
    Keep trying.
    It may be helpful to note that 'this time of year' is part of the question.
  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    Rabbit stew? I give up. Does it have something to do with the March Hare? Another clue, please!!
  • GerardH
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    Hot Cross Bunnies!
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  • Richard MixRichard Mix
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    Well, obviously one doesn't have hot chocolate for Lent, so what are you trying to get at?

    I was amused to learn a new idiom yesterday (from Resnais' A wa tu goe ome ): when one makes an appointment one does not mean to keep, "on a poser (quell qu'un) un lapin".
  • GerardH
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  • Jeffrey Quick
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    Julie, don't worry about F Ionian. Any Mode 5 chant should work fine. At pitch, it might lie high. But a lot of this late-Renaissance major-mode music is written in high clefs and should probably come down so that the reciting tone is A or thereabouts (in both the chant and polyphony), if that works for your particular forces.
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  • CharlesW
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    Well, obviously one doesn't have hot chocolate for Lent


    Au contrary, good sir. Chocolate is a perfectly acceptable Lenten fasting food in the east, as long as it doesn't contain dairy. That means dark chocolate and a non-milk substitute. Not the greatest hot chocolate but close enough.
  • ryandryand
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    Speaking of rabbit holes this time of year, what might be the result in pouring hot water down one?


    Hard-boiled eggs.
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  • M. Jackson Osborn
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    Hot Cross Bunnies!....

    Gerard wins!
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  • MaryAnn Carr WilsonMaryAnn Carr Wilson
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    I don't think you need to pair with the exact mode as much as major or minor and the melodic pattern leading in and out of the transition.
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  • MaryAnn Carr WilsonMaryAnn Carr Wilson
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    Mass VIII works very well to use with the Missa brevis Agnus Dei. Our treble voices sing it and it leads back to the polyphony nicely.
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  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    Thanks so much, Jeffrey and Mary Ann!! I was starting to wonder if I should just close my eyes and pick one out of the Kyriale since it was starting to get quite perplexing.
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