Views from the Choir Loft

1928 Divine Office (Giulio Bas)

Corpus Christi Watershed · March 19, 2013

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* * 1928 Organ Accompaniments for the Divine Office by Giulio Bas (PDF)

• ORDINARIUM DIVINI OFFICII et Psalterium Vespertinum per Hebdomadam Dispositum ad exemplar editionis vaticanae • Author: Cantum Gregorianum harmonice modulavit Julius Bas ad normam editionis rhythmicae a solesmensibus monachis exaratae • Publishing Information: || : : 1928? : : || Sumptibus Societatis S. Joannis Evangelistae : : Descleé et Socii : : S. Sedis Apostolicae et S. Rituum Congregationis Typographi : : PARISIIS – TORNACI – ROMAE. No. 768. Printed in Belgium. Imprimé par la Société Saint Jean l’Evangéliste, Descleé & Cie. – Tournai (Belgique) – 2413. IMPRIMATUR = 1928. Copyright 1928 by Descleé & Co., Paris • almost NO antiphons: mainly just psalms. Giulio Bas’ organ accompaniments. •

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Can You Spare 33 Seconds?

Here’s an audio excerpt (33 seconds) of a setting for Kyrie VIII which was recorded live last Sunday at our parish in Los Angeles. The setting (“Missa de Angelis”) is by composer Richard Rice, and you can download the free PDF if you click here and scroll to the bottom. I think Richard’s composition is marvelous. I missed a few notes on the organ, but I’ll get them right next time.

—Jeff Ostrowski

5 April 2021 • When Girls Sing

Covid restrictions here in California are still extremely severe—switching “two weeks to flatten the curve” into “two years to flatten the curve.” Since 2020, we’ve had police breaking into our church to check if everyone is wearing a mask…even when only 5-6 people are present! But we were allowed to have a small percentage of our singers back on Easter Sunday, and here is their live recording of the ancient Catholic hymn for Eastertide: Ad Cenam Agni Providi. The girls were so very excited to sing again—you can hear it in their voices!

—Jeff Ostrowski

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