Mass I middle key accompaniments
  • cantorconvert
    Posts: 79
    Does anyone have accompaniments for Gregorian Mass I in a middle key? Specifically, I am looking for the Gloria, Sanctus, and Agnus in A/Ab. Thanks!
  • Protasius
    Posts: 468
    The Kyriale accompaniments by Franz Xaver Mathias have A as final note of Gloria, Sanctus and Agnus Dei, if this is what you are looking for.
  • JonathanKKJonathanKK
    Posts: 542
    Just a comment, likely not helpful, but:

    Lately, I have been leaning towards accompaniments that have a much slower rate of
    chord change; aiming for something similar to what you can hear with recordings from the monks of Fontgombault. [Edit: In particular, the bass note may often remain constant for long phrases, although the upper voices may add subtle motion over top of it.] As far as I know, there are not really books that have written out accompaniments in this style; I have just worked them out in my head ahead of time, and then semi-improvised them at Mass.

    For example, when I do the Sanctus from Mass I with Do=Ab, the big changes might be something like (caveat: thinking away from an organ here!):
    Sanctus-Sabaoth: Eb-Cmin-Eb (moving where it seems logical)
    Pleni: Fmin
    Terra: Eb
    Gloria: Cmin
    Hosanna: Eb
    Benedictus: Fmin
    Venit: Eb
    In nomine: Cminor
    Hosanna: Eb to the end (or, a progression to end on a G open 5th, the final)

    Anyhow, the relevant remark is that if you improvise the accompaniments more or less by ear, you don't have to worry about always having a score in the correct key. Although, if I have one, I will tend to play with it in front of me, and occasionally add things from it for interest.
  • SalieriSalieri
    Posts: 3,177
    When I accompany Propers I usually improvise the accompaniment. When I accompany the Ordinary I use a pre-composed one (if available) so that the congregation aren't thrown off by a chord-change where they aren't use to there being one. I tend to use the accomps. by Achille Bragers, Julius Bas, and Annie Bank; of these I prefer Bank's, then Bragers'.

    I really like the Novus Organi Harmonia accompaniments, but I find constantly fiddling with print-outs annoying.
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  • Felicity
    Posts: 77
    Salieri,

    My solution to the "handouts" problem is to simply print the entire book (double sided of course), print out the covers on cardstock, take it all to the local copy center and have the people at the copy center laminate the covers and spiral bind the whole thing.

    cantorconvert,

    At
    http://jeandelalande.org/HOME/OrgAcc_KYRIALE.htm
    you will find many different accompaniments for the Kyriale. Hopefully, at least one of these many choices will be in the key you desire.

    Deo gratias!
    Felicity
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