graduale

If I could find my copy of the Latin GIRM I would weigh into the fray by insisting that although the "Gathering Hymn" and "Responsorial Psalm" are indeed permitted options, the introit and graduale are the preferred options.

02/01/2003 - 03/01/2003 John 2003

It thus included generically the antiphons and antiphonal chants sung by cantor, congregation, and choir at Mass (antiphonarium Missarum, or graduale) and at the canonical Hours (antiphonarium officii); but now it refers only to the sung portions of the Divine Office or Breviary.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

In the early Middle Ages the responsorium graduale was still sung at every Mass, and not replaced, as at present, by an Alleluia in Eastertide.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

He is said to dwell mainly upon the proper manner of performing the antiphonary and the graduale.

A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874