(1) Pieces like this may have been composed as a sort of trope on that versicle to be sung in the Divine Office.(2) The low woodnotes of a roller served as a substitute for Gloria in Excelsis following our final response to Adam's versicles .(3) There's a big role for the Precentor or Cantor - he has all the versicles and the choir gives the responses.(4) Some were satirical epics in the manner of Pope, on the state of British society; others more enigmatic little versicles .(5) This is reflected in the choice of prayers, psalms, versicles , and antiphons.
