Gradual political reforms in the 1990s culminated in the constitutional reform of 1996, which created a new bicameral legislature with expanded, although still limited, powers.

In 1799 the state legislature passed " An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery " with little opposition.

* Missa Cantata ( Latin for " sung mass "): celebrated by a priest without deacon and subdeacon, and thus a form of Low Mass, but with some parts ( the three variable prayers, the Scripture readings, Preface, Pater Noster, and Ite Missa Est ) sung by the priest, and other parts ( Introit, Kyrie, Gloria, Gradual, Tract or Alleluia, Credo, Offertory Antiphon, Sanctus and Benedictus, Agnus Dei, and Communion Antiphon ) sung by the choir.

Petrucci was not the first music printer in Europe – a number of liturgical works with woodcut music were printed before 1500, with the first, the Constance Gradual, printed about 1473, and works using movable type were printed beginning with Ulrich Han's Missale Romanum in 1476.

* Gradual thinning of hair with age is a natural condition known as involutional alopecia.

Gradual Germanification of southern Schleswig became more intense following the Protestant Reformation, promoted by Duke Christian III in the duchies after his ascension there in 1523 as co-ruling duke with his father King Frederick I.

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Gradual decline of On Chong through the 1920s with low copra prices.

The chant manuscript records mainly Western plainchant of the Roman-Frankish proper mass and part of the chant sung during the matins (" Gregorian chant "), but unlike the common form of the Gradual and of the Antiphonary, William organized his manuscript according to the chant genre ( antiphons with psalmody, alleluia verses, graduals, offertories, and proses for the missal part ), and theses sections were subdivided into eight parts according to the octoechos.

Gradual urbanisation over the following decades led to some rural districts being redefined as urban districts or merging with existing urban districts or boroughs.

Gradual intensification took place for the first several days of September, with Fran attaining winds of 90 mph ( 150 km / h ) on September 3.

In conjunction with Francesco Soriano, another composer of the Roman School, he helped to reform the responsories of the Roman Gradual, another of the late activities of the Counter-Reformation in Italy.

Soriano worked with Felice Anerio to revise the Roman Gradual in accordance with the needs of the Counter-Reformation ; this work was left incomplete by Palestrina.

In 1857, the Gradual Civilization Act was passed by the Legislature of the Province of Canada with the aim of assimilating First Nations people.

In the time or times when the word " Alleluia " is excluded from use in the liturgy ( Lent and, in earlier forms of the Roman Rite, Septuagesima ), the pre-Gospel chant either replaces the word " Alleluia " with another acclamation ( in the present normal form of the Roman Rite ), or ( in earlier forms ) is itself replaced by a Tract, while, on the other hand, those earlier forms of the Roman Rite replace the Gradual with an Alleluia chant during Eastertide, thus putting not one but two such chants before the Gospel reading.

Gradual relaxation of the rules of poverty led to great possessions, and thus increased the importance of the lay brothers, who now claimed equality with the choir-monks.

In the Tridentine Mass, the celebrant himself reads the Gradual with the Alleluia, Tract, or Sequence immediately after he has read the Epistle, and at the same place, even if the choir sings it too.

The usual form of the Gradual is a single respond with a solo verse, although a final repetition of the respond was found up to the Renaissance and is still permitted by the Liber usualis.

These included the Gradual ( texts mainly from the Psalms, with musical notes added ), the Evangelary or Gospel Book, the Epistolary with texts from other parts of the New Testament, mainly the Epistles ( letters ) of Saint Paul, and the Sacramentary with the prayers that the priest himself said.

Gradual of King John I Albert of Poland in the Wawel Cathedral's Sacristy

Gradual advances in the empirical understanding of the corning of gunpowder made possible a more powerful explosive ( dating is still uncertain from c. 1420 – c. 1550 and probably varied by country ).

Life in Post-war Japan was difficult, and many musicians abandoned their music in favor of more sustainable livelihoods Gradual Modifications of the Gagaku Tradition 18.

It is ordinarily followed by the Alleluia or Tract, but in Masses that have more readings than normal, such as during Lent, these may be separated by another reading, or, if there are more than three readings, there is more than one Gradual, and finally the Tract, to separate each reading.

Gradual substitution of the title of Prinz for the monarch's title of Fürst occurred, and became customary in all German dynasties except in the grand duchies of Mecklenburg and Oldenburg.

Gradual consolidation and eastward expansion took place over the next 150 years ; however, by the beginning of the nineteenth century, Dutch power had substantially waned.

Gradual, social stratification also took place in the coming years, in fact a busy road in Kamathipura was known as Safed Gully ( White Lane ) owing to the European prostitutes housed here during the British Raj, the lane is now known as Cursetji Shuklaji Street.

Gradual intensification took place over the following day before the storm attained its peak intensity on September 10 near the Florida Keys.

Gradual weakening took place as the storm moved inland over Mississippi and by 1800 UTC on September 16, Ethel was further downgraded to a tropical depression.

Gradual degradation of the storm took place over the next few days with little convection present over the system by October 11.

Gradual, controlled expansion of the world's textile trade is what President Kennedy wants.

Gradual silting of the lake would seem to be occurring ; during low-water level, it is only about 1. 5 meters deep, while at flood stage it is between 10 and 15 meters deep.

Gradual discontinuation of hypnotics leads to improved health without worsening of sleep.

Gradual Islamization was accompanied by a process of Arabization as well, during which the Berber masters of Mauritania lost power and became vassals of their Arab conquerors.

Gradual desensitisation treatment and CBT are often successful, provided the patient is willing to endure some discomfort.

* Gradual climate change, sea-level fluctuations or a pulse of oceanic acidification during the late Triassic reached a tipping point.

Articles & Transcripts of Teachings on Lamrim: The Gradual Path to Enlightenment.

Gradual improvements were made to MiniDisc Walkmans through the years.

* R 5. 54 – Gradual: Omnes de Saba venient in G major

Gradual silt buildup in the Yellow River had raised its water level and overwhelmed the flood control works.

Normally, Byrd includes the Introit, the Gradual, the Alleluia ( or Tract in Lent if needed ), the Offertory and Communion.

Similar treatment applies to the Gradual verse, which is normally attached to the opening Alleluia to form a single item.

A good example of the transfer system in operation is provided by the first motet from the 1605 set ( Suscepimus Deus a5 ) in which the text used for the Introit has to be reused in a shortened form for the Gradual.

Gradual sex reversal in developed mice can also occur when the gene FOXL2 is removed from females.

Gradual senescence is exhibited by all placental mammalian life histories.

Gradual discontinuation of hypnotics in long-term users leads to improved health without worsening of sleep.

His work in the field of semiology was recognized and supported by commissions and led to the publication of the ' Graduale Triplex ' in 1979, which was based on Cardine's personal Roman Gradual in which, over the years, he had copied many neumes from Sankt Gallen school manuscripts.

Billecocq, undertook the strenuous task to manually copy the neumes of two schools of generally concordant rhythmic manuscripts ( Einsiedeln / Sankt Gallen and Laon ) into the new type-set Roman Gradual of 1974.

The momentum of its publication has created a demand for a new Gradual as the 1974 Gradual contains many incidental or structural melodic errors.

They are also variously called Gradual Psalms, Songs of Degrees, Songs of Steps or Pilgrim Songs.