ANOTHER HYMN TUNE. 
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(FOR CHRISTMAS DAY.» L Mopr. 
Se eee eee Ponca sl 
ee 
Je - su, Re-deem-er of the world! Who, ere the ear - liest 
A 
OS _. ares ee. 
ae Se a eae 
ri - ginem Pa-rem pa-ter - ne glo - ri- & 
dawn of light, Wast from e - ter - nal a - ges born, 
a ao eel ore 
Pa-ter su-pre- mus e - di-dit. A - men, 
Im-mense in glo- ry as_ in might. 
From the same. 
NOTE. 
Tue preceding illustrations are not facsimiles, but they are given in the notation 
used for Gregorian music at the present time, in order that they may be more 
generally understood. 
The adaptation of the syllables to the musical text has not been altered from 
the originals, and this will account for some of the short syllables in the two 
Antiphons being overcharged with notes, as was frequently the case at the period 
when the prosody of the Latin language came to be neglected. 
The two clefs used are the Do clef -\8- and the Fa clef - the line through 
the former indicating the position of the note C, and the latter of the note F. 
The Long (™) always bears an accent, and the other notes which require 
poral emphasis in a greater or less degree are marked with the accent (A) over 
them. 
The Breve (gg), which is the note most commonly used, must not be supposed 
to possess always one uniform length. In music purely syllabic it is governed 
4 the accent of the poetry, or the words; but its musical accent depends upon 
the character of the phrase in which it is used; and in the more elaborate pas- 
sages it requires to be executed with greater rapidity than in those which consist 
of a few notes only. 
The Semibreve (¢) when used singly is invariably short, but when found in 
a series, especially in cadences, it often requires a retarded movement. 
A musical ear will very soon detect and adjust the rhythm of each successive 
phrase, but it is extremely difficult to describe in writing the various modifica- 
tions to which each is liable; and Guido d’Arezzo himself was quite sensible of 
this when, in treating of the same subject in the eleventh century, he used these 
words, “Sed hae et hujusmodi melius colloquendo quam conscribendo monstran- 
tur."—Miorologus, c, 15, 
