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Parts of the Mass

Music Cataloging at Yale [1] ♪ General music cataloging resources [2]

The list [3] of uniform titles from IFLA's Working Group on Uniform Headings for Liturgical Works [4] includes useful explanations of liturgical terminology.

Spoken		Sung or chanted A term that is a type of composition is linked to its entry in Types of Composition for Use in Authorized Access Points for Music [5] Links to definitions (from Indiana University) are in italics
Proper	Ordinary	Proper	Ordinary
		1. Introit [6] definition [7]
			2. Kyrie [8] definition [9]
			3. Gloria [10]¹ definition [11]
4. Collect
5. Epistle
		6. Gradual [12] definition [13]
		7. Alleluia (Tract) definition [14]
8. Gospel
			9. Credo [15] definition [16]
		10. Offertory [17] definition [18]
11. Secret
12. Preface
			13. Sanctus [19] definition [20] and Benedictus
	14. Canon
			15. Agnus Dei [21] definition [22]
		16. Communion definition [23]
17. Postcommunion
			18. Ite, missa est (Benedicamus Domino) definition [24]
	19. Last Gospel

¹The Gloria is omitted in seasons of Advent and Lent.

Source URL:https://web.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/Parts-of-the-Mass

Links
[1] http://web.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music [2] http://web.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/general-music-cataloging-resources [3] http://www.ifla.org/VI/3/pubs/unititles.htm#4 [4] http://www.ifla.org/VI/3/pubs/unititles.htm [5] http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/typesrda.htm [6] http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/typesrda.htm#introit [7] http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/courses/m401/Introit.html [8] http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/typesrda.htm#kyrie [9] http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/courses/m401/Kyrie.html [10] http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/typesrda.htm#gloria [11] http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/courses/m401/Gloria.html [12] http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/typesrda.htm#gradual [13] http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/courses/m401/Gradual.html [14] http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/courses/m401/Tract.html [15] http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/typesrda.htm#credo [16] http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/courses/m401/Credo.html [17] http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/typesrda.htm#offertory [18] http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/courses/m401/Offertory.html [19] http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/typesrda.htm#sanctus [20] http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/courses/m401/Sanctus.html [21] http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/typesrda.htm#agnusdei [22] http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/courses/m401/Agnus.html [23] http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/courses/m401/Communion.html [24] http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/courses/m401/Ite.html