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1 The Respond sung in the service of the Mass between the Epistle and Gospel.

2 The book containing the concentus of the traditional plainsong of the Mass, i.e. it is the choir's (or congregation's) mus. companion to the Missal—in which last the only mus. is the accentus or priest's parts.

Subjects: Music.

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