Two Uncommon Settings of O Salutaris Hostia
  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    I'm always on the lookout for out-of-the-ordinary arrangements of this favorite text; these might be of interest to someone for the upcoming feast of Corpus Christi.

    1) O Salutaris Hostia by Giovanni Francesco Anerio (SATB). Score here.

    2) O Salutaris Hostia by Andre Caplet (SSA or TTB). Score here.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwsr134mvrU
    O Salutaris Hostia (Andre Caplet).pdf
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    www.atrilcoral.com_hostia_a.pdf
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  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    An even more mystical interptretation:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iavb5mnQl9Y
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  • Marc Cerisier
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    The SSA collection is wonderful--thanks! I'm always looking for good music for trebles.
  • SalieriSalieri
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    *chills*

    Thank you, what a wonderful piece!
  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    Salieri, I was thinking you could have some of your countertenors sing this like they do in the video. The notes say: children's voices, or women's or men's voices, or possibly men doubling as women's voices.

    (It's part of Caplet's Messe a trois voix and is supposed to be sung after the Consecration as is the French custom. The rest of the Mass is just stunning, but perhaps just a little too far out in outer space, at least for my taste.)
  • MarkThompson
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    I'm not sure if it's an "uncommon" setting, but I'd like to draw people's attention to the lovely setting by Pierre Villette:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5TiMpZcdF0
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  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
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    Rarely performed is the Byrd 6-part setting (unpublished in his lifetime). It is full of dissonances, more so than the usual ones seen in other of Byrd's works (eg. the Ave verum corpus, but necessary because of Byrd's adherence to the strict canon amongst three of the parts. It is a masterpiece, nonetheless, and here is one excellent new recording:

    Byrd "O salutaris hostia a 6" - performed by Q6

    https://soundcloud.com/thequeenssix/o-salutaris-hostia/s-fBsfo

    Score from CPDL, in an excellent edition by Edward Tambling (the other score at CPDL is a transposition and has some errors/omissions).

    Finally, here is a video performance by Ensemble Sine Nomine of the same work. I prefer the Q6 performance, though.

    https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150715033985215

    By contrast, the 4-part setting of this text by Byrd is much more tame.
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  • Cantus67Cantus67
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    Does anyone know this one? It's been attributed to Count Von Berchem but I'm not sure of it's actual source.
    3004 - O Salutaris Hostia - Van Bercham.pdf
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  • ContinuousbassContinuousbass
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    Byrd "O salutaris hostia a 6" - performed by Q6

    https://soundcloud.com/thequeenssix/o-salutaris-hostia/s-fBsfo

    Score from CPDL, in an excellent edition by Edward Tambling (the other score at CPDL is a transposition and has some errors/omissions).


    I love how they end the O salutaris hostia on what sounds like a consonant 9th chord, very magical.

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  • Heath
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    Charles, I can't believe that's Byrd! I've never heard that side of him . . .
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
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    Heath ... I know ... it's frabgious, isn't it.
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  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    Calloo! Callay!
  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    Rick, thanks so much for the SATB Berchem arrangement. My collection of O Salutaris Hostia is growing. I'm so pleased, I'm positively beamish.
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  • G
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    That Byrd is stunning!

    Has anyone ever used the Liszt?
    It was very useful with, and well received by, a choir that was used to singing more emotive, "performance-oriented," (and often not Catholic-compatible,) showpieces. Also quickly, easily learned.

    (Save the Liturgy, Save the World)
  • BruceL
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    People here probably already know it, but Elgar is very nice and not hard.
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  • AndrewK
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    Leo Delibes also has a very nice setting.
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  • lhouston58
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    Do you have Jehan Alain's setting?
  • eft94530eft94530
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    Some weeks ago one of my Normandy-related search strings grabbed this ...

    Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)
    L'abbaye (Opus 16) (1899–1902, orch. 1903)
    http://imslp.org/wiki/L%27abbaye,_Op.16_%28Koechlin,_Charles%29
    Eight movements
    I. Prélude
    II. Ave Maria
    III. Kyrie — Requiem
    IV. Prélude d'orgue
    V. Ave verum
    VI. O salutaris === PDF pages 21 - 26
    VII. Benedictus
    VIII. Sanctus
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  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    Here's another one to add to the collection. Unfortunately, I can't find much on the composer, M. Angel Viro, but this is, I think, a very graceful and polished arrangement.
    O Salutaris (Angel Viro).pdf
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  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
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    Here is Angel Viro's website.
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  • Don9of11Don9of11
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    Here is one more to add to the collection. O Salutaris Hostia by J. Lewis Browne. I think it's beautiful and perhaps better than those posted so far (IMHO)
    OSalutarisHostia-Browne.pdf
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  • Nicholas_Will
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    The Schola Cantorum Franciscana of Franciscan University of Steubenville will be performing this lovely setting by Marcel Dupre this semester:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-SOPzMwKqk
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  • noel jones, aagonoel jones, aago
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    The rest of the Mass is just stunning, but perhaps just a little too far out in outer space, at least for my taste.)


    Which is really what the church needs more of. If music had continued to grow in the 1970's instead of being strangled by the folk music, life might be easier and happier for many of us.
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  • ryandryand
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    Here's another setting. Cantus firmus buried in there throughout, if you think that sort of thing is cool (I think its cool that the chant melody exists throughout the whole piece, so you should think its cool too).

    http://forum.musicasacra.com/forum/discussion/11596/o-salutaris-hostia-for-3-equal-voices-dingess#Item_1
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  • Jeffrey Quick
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    Cool thread, with bits for The Musicology Project.
    Speaking of which, there's another Browne O Salutaris ("#2") here
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  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    Thanks so much for all these great suggestions! These will keep my schola busy for months. I think the French have the custom of singing the O Salutaris après la Consecration, as they say, at the EF Missa Cantata, so I like to sing it often as a Communion meditation at our Missa Cantata.

    Here is Giroust's O Salutaris Hostia at an EF Mass at Notre Dame, après la Consecration:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ugzIy0j-Gk
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  • Don9of11Don9of11
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    I just thought of one more O Salutaris by Werner. A very simple arrangement and quite easy to sing with 4 parts, both Latin and English text.
    O Salutaris - Werner.pdf
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  • StimsonInRehabStimsonInRehab
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    Let's not forget Josquin de Prez's setting which, I'll admit, is one of the few pieces by the J-man that I can handle.
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  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    That is indeed a great piece to have in your repertoire. It's simple but very effective.
  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    Am reviving this thread since I have a question about Giroust's O Salutaris Hostia in the video just above. The score is here on the Schola St. Cecile's website which you can obtain by "liking" it on Facebook, thanks to the generosity of Henri de Villiers.

    I'm enchanted by the melancholic nature of this piece, but most of my choir members (and myself) have rebelled at the many vocal ornamentations, and it's quite a nightmare getting more than one person to "trill" uniformly together. I think a straight acapella rendition without the trills is also very lovely and perhaps even an improvement. Does anyone agree, and is this a kosher alternative from a musical point of view?

    Video here.
  • CGM
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    I wanted to put in another plug for the astonishing six-voice Byrd "O salutaris," one of my absolute favorites.

    Transposed score for mixed voices, here, and another (audio) performance, here.
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  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    Awesome recording, CGM! is this your group?
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  • tomjaw
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    We have been singing this one for a few years now... Pierre de La Rue

    http://www0.cpdl.org/wiki/images/sheet/rue-osa1.pdf
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  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    Thanks, Tomjaw. That's one of our favorites, too. Such a gorgeous piece.
  • CGM
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    Julie - thanks for your kind note. I did a lot of recording in the summers of 2013 and 2014, and this is one track from those sessions. PM me for more information.
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  • vansensei
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    Here's a setting from Latvian composer, Eriks Esenvalds that I've heard recently.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST67T386rcs

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