Views from the Choir Loft

Resources • 2nd Sunday after Easter (1962 Missal)

Jeff Ostrowski · April 17, 2015

RESPONSES FOR HIGH MASS

PDF Score (Singer) • printed on a single sheet

PROCESSIONAL

Organist.

VIDI AQUAM

From Campion Hymnal.

INTROIT

PDF Score (Singer) • Practice Audio (Singer)

KYRIE ELEISON • Palestrina Parody Mass

Part 1 with Impleta Sunt “Christe”

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS • Zachariis (†1594)

Practice Videos and scores

GRADUAL & TRACT • Mode III

PDF Score (Singer)

CREDO IV • Alternatim

PDF Score (Singer) • Practice Audio (Singer) • Organist

OFFRT. ANTIPHON

PDF Score (Singer)

OFFRT. HYMN • Salve Festa Dies

PDF Score (Singer) • Organist

Bass Section go here and learn the harmony for the REFRAIN ONLY (“Salve festa dies, etc.”).

Everyone else please learn the unison for the REFRAIN here.

SANCTUS • Palestrina (“Vexilla”)

Chant Part • Polyphony Part • Practice the Solfège for the Polyphonic section

AGNUS

Du Fay Agnus Dei • Score • {Women Voice} • {Middle Voice} • {Men Voice}

COMM. ANTIPHON

PDF Score (Singer) • Practice Audio (Singer)

COMMUNION HYMN • Vita Sanctorum with Refrain

Complete score, with polyphony & unison: PDF Score (Singer)

EQUAL VOICES: YouTube

SOPRANO: YouTube

ALTO: YouTube

TENOR: YouTube

BASS: YouTube

RECESSIONAL HYMN • #841 Christ, The Lord, Is Risen Today

From Campion Hymnal.

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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).

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

29 March 2021 • FEEDBACK

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—Jeff Ostrowski