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Figure 12. Example of Responsorial Structure

Signum magnum apparuit in caelo - plainchant version

Orchestral Version
Responsory No. 4 from Matins for Our Lady of Guadalupe (1764)
Ignacio de Jerusalem

Chant taken from Liber Responsorialis pro Festis I. Classis et Communi Sanctorum. Juxta Ritum Monasticum. Adnectuntur Invitatorium et Hymnus Aliorum Festorum (Solesmes: E Typocrapheo Sancti Petri, 1895).
Respond
 
Recitative
 
*track 8
     
instrumental introduction
0:00-0:31
Ra
 
Soprano Soloist
   
0:32-0:53
           
    Signum magnum apparuit in caelo, Mulier amicta sole, et Luna sub pedibus ejus.   A great sign appeared in the heavens: a woman enrobed in the Sun, and the Moon under her feet.  

     
Aria
   
     
(A)
   
     
instrumental ritornello
 
0:54-1:12
Rb
 
Soprano Soloist
   
1:13-1:35
           
    Et in capite ejus corona duodecim stellarum, corona duodecim stella ... rum.   And on her head a twelve-starred crown, etc.  
     
Choir
 
1:36-1:56
      Et in capite ejus corona duodecim stellarum,corona duodecim stellarum.    
    Et in capite ejus corona duodecim stellarum, corona duodecim stella ... rum,corona duodecim stellarum, duodecim stellarum.    
1:57-2:29
      Et in capite ejus corona duodecim stellarum,corona duodecim stellarum  
2:30-2:49
           
     
instrumental closing gesture
 
2:50-2:57

 
Verse
   
(B)
   
 
V
 
Alto Soloist
     
      Fundamenta ejus in montibus Sanctis.   Her foundation is onthe holy mountains.
2:58-3:04
        Diligit Dominus portas Sionsuper omnia, tabernacula Jacob,tabernacula Jacob. He praises the gates of Zionabove all the tents of Jacob,the tents of Jacob.
3:05-3:23

 
Repeat
   
Repeat
   
 
Rb
   
(A')
 
3:24-5:32

*Timings apply to Chanticleer's recording of Signum Magnum on the CD Ignacio de Jerusalem’s “Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe” (Teldec, 1998).