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The Introit is best known in the Tridentine Mass ; however, it is part of other Catholic Mass liturgies, and even other Christian liturgies. In Ambrosian Chant and Beneventan Chant , the counterpart of the Introit is called the "ingressa." In the Sarum Rite , it is called the "officium". Many Lutheran s also have an introit in their liturgy. TEXT AND LITURGICAL USE Most Introits are taken from Psalms , though many come from the rest of Scripture . Generally they follow the same structure: two to four lines of scripture related to the theme of the feastday or celebration. Most often the choice of scripture passage has something in common with the liturgical readings that will be featured later in that Mass. The Introit can be either sung or spoken, depending on the formality of the Mass as well as the preferences of the Priest and his congregation. Not all Masses have Introits; traditionally the service of Holy Saturday in the Roman Catholic rite does not. In many cases the Introit also serves another purpose: it gives a name to a particular Mass, based on the first word or phrase of the Introit. Since the Introit for a Mass is different for each day of the is no longer mandatory in the celebration of the Mass, the traditional names remain for purposes of organization of the calendar. HISTORY The practice evolved from the singing of a Psalm as the priest and ministers approached the altar, sung verses having been part of the celebration of the Mass since earliest times. The '' Liber Pontificalis '' claims that the Introit originated by the request of Celestine I , but it was in the reign of Gregory I that the familiar form emerged, and Gregory is popularly believed to have composed many Introits himself; he is in fact not known to have composed any music. MUSICAL SETTING In the musical idiom of Gregorian Chant , Introits normally take the form antiphon-verse-antiphon- Doxology -antiphon. Introits, like Offertories and Communion s, are believed to have evolved from simpler Reciting Tone s. Introit melodies show this musical parentage most clearly, and are often anchored around two reciting notes which may be repeated or percussed. The melodies are mostly ''neumatic'', dominated by Neume s with two or three notes per syllable, although syllabic and Melisma tic passages also occur. The Introits of Old Roman Chant share many similarities with their Gregorian cousins, and often include a repeated extra verse that fell out of use in the Gregorian repertory. FOOTNOTES | ||
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| First | Willi |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Title | Gregorian Chant |
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| Publisher | Indiana University Press |
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| Location | Bloomington, IN |
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| Id | ISBN 0-253-20601-4 |
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