Masses for Lower Male Voices
  • Palestrina
    Posts: 364
    I'm looking for some high quality (preferrably polyphonic, although I'm open to more contemporary works ala-Durufle et al) Masses written for lower male voices. The highest voice can be a countertenor, so if you know works that are scored for ATTB, they're fine too. I'm also not averse to taking a decent polyphonic Mass by Palestrina or Victoria (and others) and just transposing it down a fifth (this worked very nicely with Victoria's Tenebrae Responsories, which taken on a certain 'dark' and mysterious quality).

    So, folks - Any ideas? I was completely blown away (and still am) by Pekiel's 'Missa Brevis', so if you know of any other works of this quality, please post!!!
  • rich_enough
    Posts: 1,032
    Tallis's Mass for Four Voices is wonderful when sung at the "original" pitch.

    http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Mass_for_4_Voices_%28Thomas_Tallis%29

    Sam Schmitt
  • GavinGavin
    Posts: 2,799
    Same with the 3 voice Mass.

    Ropartz has a Mass that's STBB. It's not on CPDL, I heard it on Naxos.
  • Palestrina
    Posts: 364
    Thanks, Sam. The choir has sung the Tallis Mass for Four Voices in the past, and it really is an excellent piece of music.

    Gavin - where could I find the Ropartz Mass?
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