At 14:12 14/05/99 -0500, you wrote:
>A colleague of mine has been editing a psalm motet, the text of which is the
>first three verses of Psalm 104 (Vulgate). Unusually, the composer has
>conspicuously set an "Amen" at the end of the motet; no gloria patri, just
>an Amen. My colleague asks if there is a liturgical circumstance that might
>explain that. Any ideas are most welcome.
Why should there bed a gloria patri at the end of a motet? It would not be
usual.
Oriens.
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