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The alleluia melody in the prosa appears Schlager‟s catalogue (no. 63) with the
verse, Os iusti, 37 a text used in various chant genres for the Common of Saints, but not
found as an alleluia verse in the Gregorian corpus. This prosa for the Aredius Proper is
thus compatible with another alleluia, not that for the Aredius Proper in the gradual, but
instead for an Alleluia found in a total of four Aquitanian graduals, including Pa903. The
disagreement between the prosa alleluia and the Aredius alleluia is similar to the
disagreement found in the Aredius tropes (again for the introit Os iusti). This type of
disagreement will be further discussed in a later section of this Chapter.
2. Eucharist
(a.) Offertory
The music and text of the Offertory chant (Figure 5-3) consist of the Offertory
antiphon with two non-Psalmic verses. This offertory has been cited as an example of
Gallican influenced chant in Pa903, 38 because it includes (a) repetitive melodic patterns
(four such patterns are marked (1-4)), (b) repeated use of the pes-stratus in this example
(5 and 6), and (c) non-Psalmic verses. 39
The use of metaphorical language is a further trait of Gallican influence, because
it contrasts with the conservative, biblically influenced conventions of Gregorian texts.
Often, the use of florid language is the most clearly identifiable trait that distinguishes the
Gallican-influenced chant from Gregorian style.
37 Schlager, Alleluia Katalog :51, listed as a D mode on (c) with alleluia concordance in Pa776,
Pa780, and Harl.4951.
38 Hankeln, Offertoriums, 1:60.
39The study of Gallican influence in the church music of this period has a long history, including
the early survey of Amédée Gastoué, Le chant gallican (Grenoble, 1939), and the series of contributions by
Bruno Stäblein, e.g., “Gallikanische Liturgie,” in Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine
enzyclopädie der musik Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1955 iv: col. 1299-1325, and Michel Huglo, et. al.,
“Gallican Chant,” in New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Stanley Sadie and John Tyrell, eds.
(London:Macmillan, 2001) 23: 458-472 .
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