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- noun Same as
neume .
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This is also sometimes used for one of the puncta of the climacus (first syllable of tuam, third and sixth neums, etc.) and towards the end of the group neuma on nobis (fifth sign from the end) we see a trigon subpuncte, the last dot of the trigon and the added punctum being drawn out.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The clivis with episema to the first note is found on the first syllable of tuam (first sign) and twice towards the end of the neuma on tuum.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Thus at the end of the Alleluia neuma it joins the virga to form a clivis, and at the end of the neuma on nobis the podatus of the MS. is changed into a torculus.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The first sign in the same neuma is also an episematic torculus followed by another long punctum.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Alleluia (third sign); and third, with a more elaborate gravis, as in the final neuma of nobis (second last sign).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The episematic torculus is seen in the final neuma of nobis (before the first trigon).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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'Moris enim fuit, ut post Alleluia cantaretur neuma; nominatur autem neuma cantus qui sequebatur Alleluia.'
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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This musical phrase (called variously neuma, jubilatio, jubilus, cantilena) is a very old and essential element of the Alleluia.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Towards the end of the neuma on tuam (where in the MS. the neums surmount the second syllable) the staff notation substitutes a pes subbipunctis for a virga and climacus – a mere graphic difference.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Of interest is the disappearance of the quilisma at the end of the final neuma, also the substitution of c for b on florebit at the end of the group on per
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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