"Mass Of The Americas" by Frank La Rocca? Anyone?
  • princehalprincehal
    Posts: 50
    https://www.benedictinstitute.org/mass-of-the-americas/

    Anyone have any idea where I can get music for it?

    Also, I was also surprised that I couldn't find any past posts on this mass on this forum...
  • chonakchonak
    Posts: 9,216
    Try Frank LaRocca's website: https://www.franklarocca.com/

    It offers scores for some of his works, but I don't think his "Mass of the Americas" is listed there yet. Probably the contact page on his website can lead you to get further info.
  • princehalprincehal
    Posts: 50
    Thanks!
  • rollingrj
    Posts: 352
    You might ask the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship in San Fransisco (https://www.benedictinstitute.org). IIRC, they are the ones who commissioned this work.
  • irishtenoririshtenor
    Posts: 1,325
    Doesn't Mary Ann Carr Wilson work with them now? She would be a good person to contact.
  • Richard MixRichard Mix
    Posts: 2,801
    Can't help but smile at the blurb's apt "all-two-separate".
  • PaxTecum
    Posts: 314
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  • kevinfkevinf
    Posts: 1,191
    I can ask him. He is a friend. BTW, I love his music and was thrilled to hear the Mass for the Americas. I was invited but unable to go.
  • Randolph Nichols
    Posts: 398
    There is an interesting review today by Robert Royal at "The Catholic Thing" of La Rocca's Mass (performed at the Basilica in Washington, D.C. in a Tridentine Mass setting).

    https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2019/11/18/intimations-of-immortality-in-the-americas/
    Thanked by 1CHGiffen
  • francis
    Posts: 10,827
    Watched the entire vid. Beautifully celebrated. Very interesting music. My hat is off to Mr. La Rocca. Truly in the spirit of sacred music and Gregorian undertones with more progressive (the right kind) hints of harmonic nuance. Ave Maria.
    Thanked by 1irishtenor
  • kevinfkevinf
    Posts: 1,191
    One might write to Frank about the music and any other questions at his website:
    franklarocca.com
  • matthewjmatthewj
    Posts: 2,700
    I sent Frank a note with my thanks earlier this week.

    It might be worth mentioning that both Frank and the President of this Association will be addressing the CRCCM at our annual conference in January.
    Thanked by 2CHGiffen janetgorbitz
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