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Quem Terra, Pontus, Sidera
"Quem terra, pontus, sidera", also known by its more ancient name, "Quem terra, pontus, aethera", is a latin-language Christian hymn in long metre, in honour of the virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, attributed to Venantius Fortunatus. The Roman Breviary divides it into two parts: the first, beginning with "''Quem terra, pontus, sidera''", assigned to Matins; the second, beginning with "''O gloriosa virginum''", similarly assigned to Lauds. Both parts conclude with the doxology of Marian hymns, "''Jesu tibi sit gloria etc.''" As found in breviaries following the reforms of Urban VIII and preceding the reforms of Paul VI, the hymns are revisions, in the interest of classical prosody (music), prosody, of the older hymn, "''Quem terra, pontus, æthera''", found in many old breviaries and in manuscripts dating from the eighth century. Its ancient form was restored in the modern Liturgy of the Hours. In the Cistercian office it was sung officially at Compline during Advent. Sometimes it was d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Metre
Long Metre or Long Measure, abbreviated as L.M. or LM, is a poetic metre consisting of four line stanzas, or quatrains, in iambic tetrameter with alternate rhyme pattern ''a-b-a-b''. The term is also used in the closely related area of hymn metres. When the poem is used as a sung hymn, the metre of the text is denoted by the syllable count of each line; for long metre, the count is denoted by 8.8.8.8, 88.88, or 88 88, depending on style. History Poets and composers have used long metre for more than a millennium: Venantius Fortunatus (c.530-c.600/609) wrote "Vexilla regis", and probably also wrote " Quem terra, pontus, aethera", both of which are in long metre. Metrical psalters include many such tunes, some of which are still sung today, such as "All people that on Earth do dwell", a paraphrase of Psalm 100 sung to a tune that first appeared in the Genevan Psalters of 16th century. Many church hymns are also based on long metre tunes, such as the Good Friday hymn " When I S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |