Actually, for whatever it's worth, my parish jumped right into Fr. Spencer's Gloria. It's not that hard of a leap and this is from a group that is barely learning to read music. Suffice to say, we've managed to do rather well with his setting. It's not that hard.

Have you tried the Fr. Xavier González setting?

I just received the new OCP Flor y Canto. It's a disaster, from the standpoint of sacred music. The Gloria settings are all responsorial, save one. The rest of the settings are just as bad.

A bonfire.

Is anybody currently working on Spanish chant ordinaries that are suitable to the Roman Rite?


I ask not for my own composing interest, but I may know some guys who can do this quite well!

Ryand, I don't knof if you've seen Fr. Spencer's, but, they are very good and most helpful.

Oh don't worry about making some calls. I was just hoping it was on the internet.
God Bless you!

Ryand, our parish has tried them and, even though the choir does not know how to read music, let alone chant, they've been able to do just fine! You'll be quite impressed!

Where is the audio??

Si, gracias. Acabo de responderlo. :)

My Spanish Gloria project has been challenging, but I am continuing to learn.

To summarize...

Since none of the few options I found would fit the need here, I composed a Gloria that has the complete text, uses a simple refrain (just the word "Gloria"), utilizes some Mexican style (as I understand it) and (I hope) is still reverent. [If anyone is interested, I am happy to share a copy. Just message me.]

Since none of the other Spanish music groups here read music, I made an initial simple recording of myself singing, with some simple piano underneath.

Last week, we had a music meeting and I presented it to them using the recording. It didn't seem very palatable to them, despite my attempt to incorporate some "native" melodic and rhythmic style.

After the meeting and their obvious complaints, I realized that perhaps my very non-Mexican piano accompaniment colored their perception of the composition, so I got together with a Mexican friend who is a both a fabulous musician by ear AND has years of formal training. In about an hour we made a simple (but much nicer-sounding) recording of me singing with him on guitar. He accented it with a bit of percussion (shaker).

It seems they are responding much more favorably to this version. Even though it's the same composition, hearing it presented in with instrumental and accompaniment they can relate to appears to make a lot of difference.

One thing I learned: for future projects, collaborate with my Mexican friend *before* the initial presentation so that the first impression can be more favorable. ;) Unfortunately, I am not a guitarist (yet) and although I easily can direct and/or sing Spanish music (however, I'm not sure they can relate to my classically-trained voice), I am not very skilled at accompanying it in a way they can relate to.

Learning about the actual tradition and history of sacred music in Latin America is something that fascinates me more and more - previously I just assumed that if I went far enough back, the music would line up with the Western/European traditions, but I'm starting to realize that the tradition of the Church in Latin America has distinct characteristics (including folk and indigenous influences) that I do not understand. This can make me seem like more of an outsider to those I'm attempting to serve.

However, from what I can tell most Hispanics immigrants around here also have a limited understanding because their experience has been so shaped by pop-influenced/OCP music for Mass. It's all they know, so to them, this is the tradition.

So much restoration needed, and what a delicate and in-depth process!

Greetings! I would like to share a Gloria from Misa al Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, unabridged text.

The midi audio can be heard at https://soundcloud.com/musicaecclesia/gloria-misa-al-sagrado-corazon-de-jesus

Hope you like it!

Very nice musicaecclesia! To pick one nit, it would be customary to put a cautionary flat in the bass at "glorifica-mos," as well as in the congregation's part "te damos".

Yes, it is simple but I like it. To pick another couple of nits, "nuestras suplica" should be "nuestra suplica"; various things, like "todo poderoso," "noso tros" and "Jesu cristo" should be single words; capitalization of "tú" should be standardized.

Richard Mix and MarkThompson, I have corrected the issues. Finale is difficult to use. Now I need to go to McDonald's

Here's the link for the Installation Mass of Archbishop Cupich, but it is a responsorial setting which won't answer to the original request. At a bilingual Mass I imagine even Rush might manage the three words "Gloria a dios".

I have successfully used the Gloria from Flor y Canto, 1st edition, #601. It has a refrain with psalm tone style verses. This is how I do it. We do the refrain at a moderate, unhurried tempo. We sing the refrain at the beginning, only once, then after the second verse, then after the fourth verse. After each verse would be a disaster. For the Amen our female voices add a harmony above the melody. The entire congregation sings loud enough to match the choir who are on mics. Hope this helps someone.