Word: introit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sacraments, except holy orders, into English. In both low and solemn Masses, Latin will be retained for the beginning prayers at the foot of the altar and for the canon, the central prayer of the celebration. But the Epistle and Gospel and all the chants of the Mass - the introit, gradual, offertory and communion verses -will be in English, and so will a number of prayers that will be recited by priest and congregation together: the Kyrie eleison (Lord, have mercy on us), the Gloria, the Creed, the Sanctus at the beginning of the canon, and the Lord...
...Introit, Greenberg unfolded all his resources. Directing in a smooth, flowing manner, he did meticulous justice to Isaac's complexity. The choirboys never failed to add a lustrous openness to the awesome fourths that characterize this musical idiom...
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