57:, or other sacred musical work sung responsorially, that is, with a cantor or small group singing verses while the whole choir or congregation respond with a refrain. However, this article focuses on those chants of the western Christian tradition that have traditionally been designated by the term responsory. In the
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A responsory has two parts: a respond (or refrain), and a verse. Methods of performance vary, but typically the respond will be begun by the cantor then taken up by the entire choir. The verse is then sung by a cantor or a small group; or the verse can be begun by the cantor and continued by the
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sung on the first Sunday of Advent after the first reading in the night office of the Latin secular (non-monastic) rite. The version that was sung in the medieval rite of
Salisbury cathedral was worded as follows:
376:. The refrains are free compositions. The verses are ordinarily sung to standard tones, though there are exceptions to this. Polyphonic settings of parts of responsories survive from the Middle Ages.
311:(I look from afar, and behold I see the power of God coming, and a cloud covering the whole earth. Go out to meet him and say, tell us if you are the one who is to reign over the people of Israel.)
200:(I look from afar, and behold I see the power of God coming, and a cloud covering the whole earth. Go out to meet him and say, tell us if you are the one who is to reign over the people of Israel.)
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to the end. In the
Willcocks/Rutter arrangement, on the other hand, after the first verse the choir sings (in English translation) only the portion of the refrain corresponding to the Latin words
157:(I saw in a night-vision, and behold, the Son of Man was coming on the clouds of heaven: and sovereignty and honor were given him: and every people and tribe, and all languages shall serve him.)
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Aspiciens a longe et ecce video Dei potentiam venientem et nebulam totam terram tegentem. Ite obviam ei et dicite, Nuntia nobis si tu es ipse qui regnaturus es in populo Israel.
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Aspiciebam in visu noctis, et ecce in nubibus caeli Filius hominis veniebat: et datum est ei regnum, et honor: * Et omnis populus, tribus, et linguae servient ei.
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entire choir. The chant concludes with a repetition of all or part of the respond. Sometimes the second repetition of the respond is followed by a half-
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An example of a responsory with a non-standard verse tone is the first responsory for the feast of Corpus
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Most responsories have a single verse, but a few have multiple verses. One of the most famous of the latter is the responsory
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and rites strongly influenced by it, such as the pre-reformation
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Potestas eius, potestas aeterna, quae non auferetur: et regnum eius, quod non corrumpetur.
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Ite obviam ei et dicite, Nuntia nobis si tu es ipse qui regnaturus es in populo Israel.
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236:(Hear, O shepherd of Israel, who leadest Joseph like a sheep)
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Excita Domine potentiam tuam et veni ut salvos facias nos
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Qui regis Israel intende, qui deducis velut ovem Joseph
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