#Define strophes full

(1) The starting-point of the Sequence is the Alleluia with its melisma (i.e. Bannister and the writer of the present article-and with the assistance of the material gathered by Bannister for his forthcoming work on the Sequence melodies of all Western countries, we may trace the most probable development of the Sequence as below:

With the aid of the 'Analecta hymnica medii Г¦vi'-especially the material of the last volume (LIII) edited by the Rev. That the Sequence started from the Alleluia is generally admitted, and may be considered as certain but the manner of its origin and the various phases of its development before we get to what are termed the 'versus ad sequentias' (which are the immediate predecessors of the Sequence), are still shrouded in obscurity and cannot now be determined with certainty, as the oldest documents are not contemporary, and from those which we possess no sufficiently definite conclusions can be drawn. The various transformations which this original plan underwent in the course of the centuries, and according to which we divide sequences into those of the first, the transitional, and the second periods, will be considered in the next paragraph. Thus, in contrast with the monotony of the hymn, the Sequence shows manifold diversity in outward construction, in melody, and in method of execution. The execution was entrusted to two choirs (usually of men and boys, respectively), the strophe being sung by one and the antistrophe by the other to the same melody. Each pair of strophes is composed of strophe and antistrophe, which exactly agree in their length and the number of their syllables (later also in rhythm and rhyme). A sequence usually begins with an independent introductory sentence or an Alleluia (an intonation with its own melody) then follow several pairs of strophes, each pair with its own melody in the earlier periods the conclusion is uniformly an independent sentence of shorter or longer form. The Sequence differs also in structure and melody from the hymn for whilst all the strophes of a hymn are always constructed according to the same metre and rhythm and are sung to the same melody as the first strophe, it is the peculiarity of the Sequence, due to its origin, that (at least in those of the first epoch) each strophe or pair of strophes is constructed on a different plan. The Sequence ( Sequentia)-or, more accurately as will be seen further on, the Prose ( Prosa)-is the liturgical hymn of the Mass, in which it occurs on festivals between the Gradual and the Gospel, while the hymn, properly so called, belongs to the Breviary. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more В— all for only $19.99.

#Define strophes full

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