The Propers, Part 3—The Modes and the Gregorian Psalm Tones

The previous articles in this series discussed the texts and melodies of the Mass Propers. This article concerns the technical elements of the melodies, which are wrapped up in a concept called modality. N.B.: in the process of writing this article, the author came across a detailed article on a similar topic, written by AngelaContinue reading “The Propers, Part 3—The Modes and the Gregorian Psalm Tones”