Missa Se la face ay pale, Guillaume DuFAY. A complete nuptial mass / Pro Arte Singers, Thomas Binkley


IMAGEN

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Focus 934
octubre de 1987
First Baptist Church–United Church of Christ, Bloomington, Indiana






01 - Introitus   [2:59]
02 - Kyrie   [3:07]
03 - Gloria   [6:18]
04 - Oratio   [1:30]
05 - Epistola   [2:05]
06 - Graduale   [3:53]
07 - Alleluia   [2:16]
08 - Evangelium   [1:42]
09 - Credo   [6:26]
10 - Offertorium   [1:24]
11 - Prefacio   [6:51]
12 - Sanctus   [6:39]
13 - Pater Noster   [1:25]
14 - Agnus Dei   [1:00]
15 - Communio   [0:38]
16 - Postcommunio   [1:05]
17 - Ite Missa Est   [0:58]





PRO ARTE SINGERS
Thomas Binkley
Alan Bennet, assistant

Cantus:
Lisa Cardwell, Deborah Co, Hallie Fischel, Maria Gonçalves, Sonja Rasmussen, Angela Mariani Smith
Altus:
A. Lee Barlow, Robert Freitas, Brian Link, Patrice Morrell, Matthew Pass, Marita Ward
Tenor-Bassus:
Alan Bennett, David Cody, Randy Enders, David Jerome, Rod Loren, James Ward, Bruce-Robert Wright

SOLOISTS
Celebrant: James Ward
Deacon: Randy Enders
Subdeacon: David Cody
Alleluia: Deborah Co, Patrice Morell
Graduale: Lisa Cardwell, Angela Mariani Smith




THE MASS

The Ordinarium is that portion of a mass which is common to every mass in contrast to the Proprium which contains texts for a specific feast. A nuptial mass was actually of two kinds, a short mass which preceded the consummation of the marriage and a full-scale mass the following day. The second is presented here, with the Proprium taken from the earliest published Missal of 1474.

The Ordinarium was often set in polyphony with the Proprium sung in a chant, as is done here. The chant is of several kinds: recitation, sung by formulae according to specific tones, especially in the readings (Collects, Epistles, Gospel); psalmody, also a formulaic recitation employed for singing psalm verses (as the verse of the Introit); and fully melodic chant as found in the antiphons, the alleluias, graduals, etcetera. In addition there are small responds between the ministers and the choir, as well as softly spoken private prayers, intended to be inaudible. The Schola Cantorum was the chant choir, while a separate choir consisting of boys and male singers sang the polyphony. Each of the ministers had specific duties: the Celebrant chanted the Collects, officiated at the elevation and sang the Pater Noster, the Preface and the Post Communion. The Deacon officiated at the Gospel procession and chanted that reading as well as the final "Ite missa est." The Subdeacon chanted the Epistle. Each was involved in the complex choreography of the mass.