Views from the Choir Loft

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).

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Do you know what the church narthex is? It’s kind of like a separate room, blocked off by a wall. A buddy of mine (sitting in the narthex) took some iPhone recordings of our congregation singing Vespers. Here’s how they sound sans organ. [Note: Whenever I play for Vespers, I make sure to have some psalms a cappella.] And here’s how they sound with accompaniment. Our entire parish sings Vespers each Sunday—whoever wants to show up. All are welcome.

—Jeff Ostrowski

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Here is a photo of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen celebrating Mass in Jerusalem. That image was included in the “Fulton J. Sheen Sunday Missal” (1961), which was edited by Father Caramen and has an IMPRIMATUR by William Cardinal Godfrey, who served as Archbishop of Westminster from 1956 until his death in 1963. The Fulton Sheen Missal can be freely downloaded as a PDF file, thanks to Corpus Christi Watershed.

—Jeff Ostrowski

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—Jeff Ostrowski