O Salutaris Hostia • Do You Like This Version?

Jeff Ostrowski · May 24, 2016

Various composers have set the “O Salutaris” by St. Thomas Aquinas, and it’s hard to choose. Below is an SATB version. (And here’s the musical score.)

EQUAL VOICES : YouTube • Mp3 Audio

SOPRANO : YouTube • Audio

ALTO : YouTube • Audio

TENOR : YouTube • Audio

BASS : YouTube • Audio

That version will be sung NEXT TUESDAY for a solemn event involving our District Superior and Archbishop José H. Gomez. We prepared a special booklet—which you can download—but please pardon any typos:

* * PDF Download • BOOKLET for 31 May (47 pages)

We hope to see you this coming Tuesday!

Feel free to invite your friends & family.

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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).

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