Ascension - Simple Choral selections (Latin)

CharlesSA

Hello everyone,

As the title suggests, I'm looking for some simple polyphonic/choral pieces for the Ascension. This is a Latin Mass, a Missa Cantata, and I am looking in particular for something to sing during the Mass, so it would need to be in Latin. I will very likely only have one rehearsal, and so it needs to be something pretty simple.

Secondarily, I am looking for up to two English hymns for the Ascension that could be sung before and after Mass.

I would be very grateful for everyone's suggestions for both of these, especially for the Latin piece. Thank you!

CarsonHaupt

This might be a place to start: https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Ascendit_Deus,_op._15_(Franz_Xaver_Witt)
At the seminary, we're singing a version of the first piece that has been edited to reassign the soprano and alto lines to tenor and bass respectively, and the organ is covering the rest.

Chris Garton-Zavesky

Charles,

Since the hymns should be in English, as per your stipulation, might you try "Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise" , to Lllanfair as one of your hymns?

tomjaw

Try here,
https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Ascension

We sing this, and we are an amateur choir...
https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Ascendens_Christus_(Jacob_Handl)

This also may be of use, you can alternate it with psalm verses and the Gregorian chant setting,
https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Psallite_Domino_(Heinrich_Isaac)

CHGiffen

I wish that people here would take care to post links to pages at CPDL (and elsewhere) that have parentheses in the title using the full link format, because the forum software here breaks a link at a parenthesis. Here are the correct links to the works by Witt, Handl, and Isaac given above:

Ascendit_Deus,_op._15_(Franz_Xaver_Witt)
Ascendens_Christus_(Jacob_Handl)
Psallite_Domino_(Heinrich_Isaac)

And here is the format for posting the first link correctly:

<a href="https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Ascendit_Deus,_op._15_(Franz_Xaver_Witt)">Ascendit_Deus,_op._15_(Franz_Xaver_Witt)</a>

PhilipPowell

A few of the hymns that I'd use:

Hail The Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Sing We Triumphant Hymns of Praise (LASST UNS ERFREUEN)
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol; really only has 1 verse about the Ascension)
A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing (Agincourt; is sometimes used with LASST UNS ERFREUEN)

Philip

CHGiffen

Rather than searching and linking to an older thread, here is a hymn with an excellent Ascension text.

Jesus, Lord of Life Eternal

John Mason Neale, transl. from Greek
Canon for Ascension Day, Ode IV
by Joseph of the Studium

BEAUDRY (87. 87. 87)
Tune and music by
Charles H. Giffen (b. 1940)

Score for "Jesus, Lord of Life Eternal"

Sound file for BEAUDRY (87. 87. 87)

M. Jackson Osborn

A hymn of particular gravitas for such an occasion as Ascension is 'The Lord Ascendeth up on High', paired with Praetorius' magnificent tune, Ach Herr du allerhochste Gott. It is found at no. 219 in The Hymnal 1982., and probably elsewhere.
It may be heard on youtube by the choir of St John's College, Cambridge.

liampmcdonough

https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/9/98/Ascendit_deus_dalitz_cpdl.pdf

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