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Thirteen (13) Organ Accompaniments to “Missa de Angelis” (Mass VIII)

Jeff Ostrowski · April 25, 2014

* Brébeuf Hymnal • “What Experts Are Saying”
(Testimonials from authorities on Sacred Music.)

1. Organ Accompaniments for Mass VIII (PDF)
Special version from the Vatican II Hymnal Organist Edition

2. Organ Accompaniments for Mass VIII (PDF)
Nova Organi Harmonia (Peeters, Van Nuffel, et al.)

3. Organ Accompaniments for Mass VIII (PDF)
Henri Potiron (1950)

4. Organ Accompaniments for Mass VIII (PDF)
Jean Hébert Desroquettes & Henri Potiron (1929)

5. Organ Accompaniments for Mass VIII (PDF)
Achille Bragers (1937)

6. Organ Accompaniments for Mass VIII (PDF)
Albert Goyatton & J. Lemoine-Biton

7. Organ Accompaniments for Mass VIII (PDF)
Dr. Eugene Lapierre (1946)

8. Organ Accompaniments for Mass VIII (PDF)
Sister Euphemia M. Bank, O.S.B. (warning: 5.6MB)

9. Organ Accompaniments for Mass VIII (PDF)
Franz Xaver Mathias (1906)

10. Organ Accompaniments for Mass VIII (PDF)
Dr. Peter Wagner (1905)

11. Organ Accompaniments for Mass VIII (PDF)
Rev. Leo P. Manzetti (1906)

12. Organ Accompaniments for Mass VIII (PDF)
Julius Bas (1906)

13. Organ Accompaniments for Mass VIII (PDF)
Raczkowski

Opinions by blog authors do not necessarily represent the views of Corpus Christi Watershed.

About Jeff Ostrowski

Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He resides with his wife and children in Los Angeles.—(Read full biography).

14 June 2021 • “From Rehearsal…”

One of our choristers recorded this audio excerpt from a recent rehearsal we had. I know there are certain people on the internet who claim that “proper voice leading & harmonies died with Bach in 1750AD…anything goes these days.” But I could not disagree more with such an assertion. The proper rules of harmony and counterpoint make incredible music—and I would suggest that tiny excerpt (from our volunteer choir rehearsal) shows this reality.

—Jeff Ostrowski

3 June 2021 • Re: “Mass of the Angels”

In the past, we have provided thirteen organ accompaniments to Mass VIII (a.k.a. “Missa de Angelis”). Some versions of the KYRIALE use the melody from Sanctus VIII for Agnus VIII also. Dr. Peter Wagner’s 1903 edition of the KYRIALE does this, as we mentioned earlier this month. Please sing through Sanctus VIII and then sing O Quam Suavis Est from the feast of Corpus Christi. Do you hear it?

—Jeff Ostrowski

1 June 2021 • Unsure of Author

The editors of this 1667AD Missale Romanum weren’t sure who wrote the VEXILLA REGIS hymn, so they wrote this in the margin. (To be fair, the original text by Bishop Fortunatus was greatly altered under Pope Urban VIII.)

—Jeff Ostrowski