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Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”

Views from the Choir Loft

PDF Download • Palestrina Kyrie “Fons Bonitatis”

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E HAVE ADDED rehearsal videos for the first section of a Palestrina Mass—section 1 of 3. Soon, we will add the missing sections. You can find it as #81668 at the Lalemant Polyphonic tome. Naming the files is always difficult. Palestrina based the Mass upon what we now refer to as “Mass II”—but the Masses were not numbered the same way when Palestrina was alive as they are now. Perhaps the easiest and most accurate name would be Kyrie Fons Bonitatis. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina called the Mass: IN MAJORIBUS DUPLICIBUS.

    * *  PDF Download • Kyrie (1 of 3)   (#81668)

EQUAL VOICES : YouTube   •   Mp3 Labeled

SOPRANO : YouTube   •   Mp3 Labeled

ALTO : YouTube   •   Mp3 Labeled

TENOR : YouTube   •   Mp3 Labeled

BASS : YouTube   •   Mp3 Labeled


This little piece is harder than it looks, by the way—so be on your guard!

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