Prayer to St. Michael : for Voice and Organ : by Koerber
  • francis
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    Please sing this for the upcoming feast days of St. Michael and Our Lady of Fatima in which St. Michael played a significant role. It is performed with full organ with reeds and chanted with confidence and strength of voice.
    koerberStMichaelPrayer.pdf
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  • Earl_GreyEarl_Grey
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    My organ doesn't have a low B! Did you write it for one of those fancy Boesendorfers? :)
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  • PaxMelodious
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    upcoming feast days of St. Michael and Our Lady of Fatima


    I thought the feast of Our Lady of Fatima was in May?
  • chonakchonak
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    The 100th anniversary of the seventh apparition at Fatima will be in October.
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  • francis
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    E_G

    lol.
    pull a 32 and play up one octave for the b.
    or
    couple the mans to ped at the b and play up one octave.
    or
    play the entire bass line up one octave and use appropriate registration.
    or
    have the choir sing all the parts a cappella starting on an 'ah' with nearly closed lips. On each new sentence have them open their mouths until the last sentence becomes a full open "ah" at fff. (and if you have a basso profundo, send me a recording)
    or
    use a simulacrum (synthesizer) for the bass line in conjunction with the organ. (sorry MJO... this might be the only time I would use a synth at Mass)

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  • ronkrisman
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    or
    transpose the entire piece up 1/2 step
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  • francis
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    Here it is in E minor.
    koerberStMichaelPrayerEm.pdf
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  • francis
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    and Eb minor
    koerberStMichaelPrayerEbm.pdf
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  • monscarmelimonscarmeli
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    Thanks for this posting, a great idea!

    Here's another offering - this was written for a contest many years ago; it didn't win, and it's never been sung. Curious to see if it could be useful.

    The melody is in the top voice(s) (tenor, soprano), and can be used alone of course. The 3-part harmony is for equal voices, simply doubled at the octave for the mixed choir version.

    Links to cold analytical computer audio:
    https://soundcloud.com/user-650194262/st-michael-the-archangel-tbb
    https://soundcloud.com/user-650194262/st-michael-the-archangel-saatbb
    St. Michael the Archangel TBB.pdf
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    St. Michael the Archangel SAATBB.pdf
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  • francis
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    St Michael... come to our aid!
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  • sdtalley3sdtalley3
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    I will leave this up here for any future use.
    S.Michael Archangele.pdf
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  • francis
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    @sdtalley3

    What is source of the chant?
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  • sdtalley3sdtalley3
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    @francis

    Sir, it’s of my own doing. I had come into the possession of the version posted by Brothermonk via a friend in NY who had association with him, and while I thought that version was nice, it was also a bit too jarring for congregational use if it ever came to that.
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  • francis
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    @sdtalley3

    It is very simple, stark and quite beautiful... thank you! Will try it with schola.
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  • Richard MixRichard Mix
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    At first I read proèlio instead of proé-li-o. In the absence of an accented œ próelio might be slightly less confusing.
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  • sdtalley3sdtalley3
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    @Richard Mix

    Yes, I think I copied the text from whatever first popped up in the Google search because the Latin text already had the accent marks.
  • sdtalley3sdtalley3
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    @francis,

    Thank you for the compliments Francis, it means much to me. I will just add that I personally find beauty in the more simple aspects of art meaning “they shouldn’t be overly complicated to figure out, nor be too intrinsic that the point of prayer is lost”. IMHO this goes for any chant, or polyphonic piece out there.
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