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MUSICAL FORMS 121
(Christ became obedient for us, even unto death, and that the death of the
cross. Wherefore also God hath exalted him, and given unto him a name which
is above every name.)
Seventy out of the 160 contained in the Graduate Vaticanum are in
this mode, while the eighth is used only three times. The chorus part
is subdued in comparison with the solo verse, which is vivacious and
extended in range: both parts usually end on the same final. 1 Graduals
of the second mode have a special construction.
2. The Respond of the Office. Here we have to distinguish between
the *
Short Respond' and the 'prolix' or '
Greater Respond'. The text
of the former is usually short, and its syllabic melody lies between the
recitative and the antiphonal style. In the secular Antiphoner it is
used only in the Lesser Hours, in the monastic at Vespers and Lauds
alone. The melody of the Greater Respond takes the form ABA 1
distributed as follows: chorus A, verse 5, chorus A 1
(which is usually
shorter than A). In actual practice responds have only one verse,
though *
Aspiciens a longe' and 'Libera me* have kept several verses.
They are written mostly in the eighth, first, and seventh modes, and
are not quite so florid as the Graduals :
Ex. 42 (a)*
Tenebr^ factae sunt dum crucifixissent Jesuin Ju dae i: et cir-ca
ho-ramno *- nam excla-ma-vit Je - susvo-ce ma-gna:De- us
1
The Gradual 'Protector noster' is recorded in The History of Music in Sound,
ii, side 5.
2
Officium majoris Hebdomadae, p. 378.