O Sacrum Convivium
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Does anybody here have/know of a setting of "O Sacrum Convivium" or a good English translation thereof for soprano or tenor solo with organ besides the chant? The couple I found on CPDL only had an unrealized basso continuo. Yesterday my pastor emailed me saying that he's using it as part of his Corpus Christi homily and was hoping for a way it could be sung then, but my choir is one of those currently suspended due to pandemic-control regulations.
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Messiaen’s was actually conceived as a soprano solo and works well in that context.
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preview pdf
http://myopus.com/preview/oSacrumConvivium.pdf
preview mp3
http://myopus.com/preview/oSacrumConvivium.mp3
can be done as a solo or up to eight parts. if as a solo, i can adjust the part for the score if you are interested to use it. PM me if so.
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There's a setting inside the Saint-Saens mass for 4 voices, although the tessitura looks a little low for sop/tenor. Looks almost like a cantus firmus with an intricate organ part. On page 77:
http://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/b/ba/IMSLP12337-SaintSaensMassFor4Voices.pdf -
There are a couple of 19th c settings on imslp that stood out - both seem a little "of their time", but take a look:
Louis Niedermeyer:
https://imslp.simssa.ca/files/imglnks/usimg/7/76/IMSLP189530-PMLP327408-Niedermeyer,_Louis,_O_salutaris_in_Gminor,_LaMaitrise_1.2.5.57.pdf
Jean-Baptiste Faure (NOT to be confused with Gabriel)
https://imslp.simssa.ca/files/imglnks/usimg/3/32/IMSLP111245-PMLP227183-Faure_-_O_salutaris_HV.pdf
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This setting by Gounod is really lovely, but it's more of a mezzo/baritone range:
https://imslp.simssa.ca/files/imglnks/usimg/4/42/IMSLP106602-PMLP217246-gounod_o_salutaris098.pdf -
I have used the Samuel Webbe (Sr.) setting without the tiny bit of choral writing at the end: http://www0.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/O_sacrum_convivium_(verse_anthem)_(Samuel_Webbe)
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