practice survived for several of the major feasts. Later, most Old Roman Responsories repeated just a portion of the respond, a practice that was borrowed from the Gregorian convention. Virtually no Hymns are found in the Old Roman Offices; the larger number of Hymns in the Gregorian Offices reflects the later influence of Benedictine rule. References Snow, Robert (1990). The Old-Roman Chant. In Willi Apel, Gregorian Chant, pp. 484–505. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. External links Hucke, Helmut and Joseph Dyer: Old Roman Chant, Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 12 May 2006), Grove Music - Access by subscription only Old Roman Chant. Ensemble Organum directed by Marcel Pérès. Many recordings on the page of Luca Ricossa: http://luca.ricossa.free.fr/ Catholic music Christian chants Song forms Western plainchant Medieval music genres