The verso is a genre in Iberian organ music, a local variant of the organ mass

verset Alternatim refers to a technique of liturgical musical performance, especially in relationship to the Organ Mass, but also to the Hymns, Magnificat and ''Salve regina'' traditionally incorporated into the Vespers and other liturgies of the Catholic ...

alternatim Alternatim refers to a technique of liturgical musical performance, especially in relationship to the Organ Mass, but also to the Hymns, Magnificat and ''Salve regina'' traditionally incorporated into the Vespers and other liturgies of the Catholic ...

.John R. Shannon -The Evolution of Organ Music in the 17th Century 0786488662 2012 - Page 282 "Verset (also verso): In the practice of alternation, a short section of music designed to substitute for a single passage of . " The most prominent examples of the verso or verset in Spanish Baroque organ music are the ''Versos tertii toni'' of

Antonio Cabezón Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular mal ...

, and ''Verso para orquesta'' of

Ignacio de Jerusalem Ignacio de Jerusalem was a composer of Novohispanic Baroque music. Jerusalem was born Ignazio Gerusalemme on June 3, 1707 in Lecce, Italy. His father was Matteo Gerusalemme, a Neapolitan who had moved to Lecce in 1689 to become chapel master. One ...

with lesser known examples such as ''Versos de quatro tono'' of Carmelite friar

Pedro Carrera y Lanchares Fray Pedro Carrera y Lanchares (1760s - c.1815) was a Spanish Carmelite friar, organist and composer. Carrera was pupil of D. Joseph Lidon, organist of the Capilla Real de Madrid, then organist of the Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales (Madrid).B ...

and ''Versos de Kyrie'' of Portuguese composer

Manuel Rodrigues Coelho Manuel Rodrigues Coelho (ca. 15551635) was a Portuguese organist and composer. He is the first important Iberian keyboard composer since Cabezón. Coelho was born in Elvas around 1555 and probably received early education at the Elvas Cathedral. ...

. The vocal lines were not always sung, and today usually not performed or recorded. Modern compositions paying homage to the Baroque ''verso'' include

Roberto Sierra Roberto Sierra (born 9 October 1953) is a Puerto Rican composer of contemporary classical music. Life Sierra was born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. He studied composition in Europe, notably with György Ligeti in Hamburg (1979–1982), Germany. Af ...

(b.1953) ''4 Versos'' for cello and orchestra.

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