The entrance rite began with the choir singing an introit psalm, a full psalm. |
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The parts of the mass known as the introit, offertory, and communion originally consisted of antiphons and psalm verses. |
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There was little pretense of a church service beyond a choral introit and a couple of congregational hymns. |
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The opening introit, sliding out of silence into sound, was rapt in its fervour. |
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Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation was our introit, chosen because I love it and it is a good length, and one or two people did join us as we sang. |
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He combines the old, more expansive Thuringian-Saxon motet with the shorter, liturgical introit motet, and, above all, with the sensitive cantabile style of his time. |
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Providence Methodist Choir sang the introit, Earth Below Is Beaming. |
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Several years ago, the tournament committee at my local club seemed dedicated to the idea that I must tee off just about the time the choir was singing the introit. |
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After the greeting, psalmody took the place of the Introit and the later Gradual. |
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Do not sign yourself when you begin the Introit, but make the sign of the cross over the book. |
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There is also a setting of the Introit for Easter, with Dutch and English texts underlaid, by the Dutch composer Wim Kloppenburg. |
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The verse of the Introit is normally set as a semichoir section, returning to full choir scoring for the Gloria Patri. |
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Puer natus est nobis, based on the Introit for the third Mass for Christmas Day, was perhaps sung at Christmas 1554 when Mary believed she was expecting a male heir. |
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