It is beautiful. Do you know about the Catholic Choir book? Go to catholicchoirbook.com. There you can download free Catholic Music that is in a similar style to this Anima Christi.
Yes. We sing this and also This MISERICORDIAS by Botar with the congregation throughout the Easter Season. Really easy accesible "folk" music that maintains a high level of the sacred, so much like the forms used in Polish liturgies.
I used "Anima Christi" yesterday with my choir as our parish children received their first Holy Communion. It has a certain ethereal quality that I thought was perfect for such an occasion.
The graduating Firsties (seniors) at West Point have a tradition of singing one piece without the rest of the choir at the Baccalaureate Mass. This year, at their request, they'll be singing Frisina's "Anima Christi."
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