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Figure 11. Order of Eighteenth-Century Matins in Mexico

 

 

Preparation

  • Processional (optional)
  • Domine labia mea (intoned)
  • Invitatory (concerted—interspersed with chanted Psalm 94)
  • Hymn (concerted, often a “Pastoral” in 6/8 time)
Score Second Responsorio Jerusalem: Matins for Virgin Guadalupe

Nocturne 1

  • Antiphon 1 & Psalm (plainchant)*
  • Antiphon 2 & Psalm (plainchant) *
  • Antiphon 3 & Psalm (plainchant) *
  • Versicle, Lord’s Prayer & Absolution (intoned)
  • Benediction 1 & Lesson 1 (intoned)
  • Responsory 1 (concerted, with choir)
  • Benediction 2 & Lesson 2 (intoned, continuation of previous Lesson)
  • Responsory 2 (often a solo or duet with orchestra) [Fig. 11A]
  • Benediction 3 & Lesson 3 (intoned, continuation of previous Lesson)
  • Responsory 3 (concerted with choir, with virtuosity for soloist)
Fig. 11A (above). Responsorio Segundo de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Solo con Violín, Oboes, y Trompas by Ignacio de Jerusalem. Courtesy of the Archivo Musical Catedral Metropolitana de Mexico. Photo by Craig Russell.  
   
Score sample First Motete from the Second Nocturne of the Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe by Jerusalem

Nocturne 2

  • Antiphon 4 & Psalm (plainchant) *
  • Antiphon 5 & Psalm (plainchant) *
  • Antiphon 6 & Psalm (plainchant) *
  • Versicle, Lord’s Prayer & Absolution (intoned)
  • Benediction 4 & Lesson 4 (intoned)
  • Responsory 4 (concerted, with choir)
  • Benediction 5 & Lesson 5 (intoned, continuation of previous Lesson) [Fig. 11B]
  • Responsory 5 (often a solo or duet with orchestra)
  • Benediction 6 & Lesson 6 (intoned, continuation of previous Lesson)
  • Responsory 6 (concerted with choir, with virtuosity for soloist)
Fig. 11B (above). Motete Primero del 2o Nocturno de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe by Ignacio de Jerusalem. Courtesy of the Archivo Musical Catedral Metropolitana de Mexico. Photo by Craig Russell.  
   
Score sample Te Deum

Nocturne 3

  • Antiphon 7 & Psalm (plainchant) *
  • Antiphon 8 & Psalm (plainchant) *
  • Antiphon 9 & Psalm (plainchant) *
  • Versicle, Lord’s Prayer & Absolution (intoned)
  • Benediction 7 & Lesson 7 (intoned)
  • Responsory 7 (concerted, with choir)
  • Benediction 8 & Lesson 8 (intoned, continuation of previous Lesson)
  • Responsory 8 (often a solo or duet with orchestra)
  • Benediction 9 & Lesson 9 (intoned, continuation of previous Lesson)
  • Te Deum (a “numbers” arrangement with each section of text having itsown music as a separate movement: choral sections, duets, solos, etc.) [Fig. 11C]
Fig. 11C (above). Te Deum by Igancio de Jerusalem. Courtesy of the Archivo Musical Catedral Metropolitana de Mexico. Photo by Craig Russell. * During any Psalm, short symphonies (called versos) may be inserted. The sonorities then shift back and forth between plainchant and instrumental interludes.