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| | © Barbara Haggh, October 6, 2004 |
 | | In the sixteenth century, the chants for the saints of St Bavo's abbey were performed on three types of occasions: the main saints' festivals with a full office and mass, at specified processional stations, and as memorials. |
 | | Exceptional texts in the Bavo office are the Magnificat antiphon for first Vespers, with a text in the style of a collect, the first, fifth and sixth responsory verses of Matins and the fourth and fifth responsories, whose texts quote or paraphrase the first Vita of Bavo. |
 | | The Bavo office is the earliest - it relies mainly on standard responsory verses, gives finals greater prominence as reciting tones, is sprinkled with long melismas, and lacks any devices that would bringing undue attention to the music, such as repetition or word painting. |
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