“Kyrie Setting” we’re doing for Lent
Kyrie VIII with polyphony.
“A much greater source of anxiety to Us is the style of action of those who maintain that liturgical worship should shed its sacred character, who foolishly say we should substitute for sacred items & furnishings ordinary common things in daily use.” —Pope Saint Paul VI (14 Oct 1968)
Feel free to download this PDF file containing GLORIA VIII (“Mass of the Angels”) harmonized by the great Belgian organist: Flor Peeters.
My Mass setting for the Ordinary Form involves your Congregation, your Cantrix, and your Choir.
I consider this my best organ accompaniment … I hope you like it!
Kyrie “Missa de Angelis”—recorded yesterday by a volunteer choir.
My brother immediately said: “I would never use this; it’s terrible, Jeff.” — And he was correct!
Can Gregorian Chant be harmonized? Does it work? Monsignor Jules Vyverman demonstrates for us!
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Free PDF downloads for “Mass of the Angels” organ accompaniments • Henri Potiron (1950), Achille Bragers (1937), Dr. Eugene Lapierre (1946), Franz Xaver Mathias (1906), Dr. Peter Wagner (1905), Monsignor Leo P. Manzetti (1906), Julius Bas (1906), and more+
“My opinion is that this is one of the best congregational settings of the new texts.” — Adam Wood
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