Paraphrase Mass

Paraphrase Mass
   A polyphonic setting of the Roman Catholic mass ordinary prayers that employs a preexisting melody, usually taken from Gregorian or medieval chant, in all voices as the subject of imitative passages. This technique became important in the last quarter of the 15th century when composers began to use structural imitation as their principal polyphonic technique. It allows all voices of the texture to share the same speed and melodic material, as compared to the older cantus firmus technique in which one voice, usually the tenor, moves at markedly slower speed with a distinct melody. A great exemplar of a paraphrase mass is Josquin Desprez’s Missa Pange Lingua.

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