Alternatively
Alternatim is a form of performance of liturgical music . A specific part of the Ordinary of Mass (e.g. Kyrie ) is divided into verses. Each verse is first sung as an antiphon by two groups of singers and then in the second half in a polyphonic movement. One of the two groups can either consist of vocal soloists, an instrumental ensemble or an organ. For the missing even or odd verses, a simple chorale was sung or an improvisation was added on the organ.
A large number of compositions have been composed in the alternatim performance form, e.g. B. 20 Masses by Heinrich Isaac . This form of mass performance was widespread across Europe from the 17th to the 19th centuries.
literature
- Rudolf Flotzinger : Alternatim. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
Web links
- Alternative practice (Wolfgang Schicker)
Individual evidence
- ^ Benjamin van Wye: Review of Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe pour le Port-Royal. ( Memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) In: Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music