a fantastic Anima Christi for SAB choir
  • CGM
    Posts: 828
    [this is a spin-off post from an earlier discussion]

    Several years ago composer and conductor Paul M. Weber crafted a fine SAB setting of the Anima Christi prayer, alternating simple chant and polyphony. He recently gave me permission to release this piece publicly, saying in an email,
    I’m happy to give this one away. Feel free to share it however you think it might be of use to people. I’m glad you’ve found some value in it.

    Attached please find the score and a recording by the HS schola of a small local Catholic school. (Note that while the score has a handwritten indication that the chant should alternate women and men, the recording features a solo girl's voice on every chant verset — so there's flexibility on how it may be performed.)

    The text has been traditionally used as a post-Communion prayer — see here for a translation.

    I love this little piece, and I think you will, too!
    Thanked by 3CHGiffen Quaerens Chant_Supremacist
  • Quaerens
    Posts: 48
    Hello,
    for some reason I can't see any attachments?

    Edit: I listened to the recording in the other thread and now I would really, really love to get the SAB edition...
    Thanked by 5ServiamScores Caleferink CHGiffen Roborgelmeister dtanguyen
  • CGM
    Posts: 828
    Not sure how it got stripped from the original post, but here it is again!
    Anima Christi, Paul Weber.pdf
    98K
    AnimaChristi_Weber.mp3
    4M
    Thanked by 7CHGiffen Roborgelmeister Quaerens Joseph Michael Caleferink iMalton probe
  • Quaerens
    Posts: 48
    Thank you, CGM!
  • francis
    Posts: 11,415
    Does this come in an SATB version?
  • CharlesWoods
    Posts: 1
    Thanks for Mr. Weber for his generosity! We're going to try this one soon. It's great.
  • CaleferinkCaleferink
    Posts: 467
    I just downloaded this and put in on my iPad, might do it next Holy Week and/or Corpus Christi. Thank you!
  • ServiamScores
    Posts: 3,373
    I rather like the concept of this piece: short snippets of chant with mini motets every two measures. It's a nice format that could be applied to many things.
    Thanked by 1francis
  • Cmanfro
    Posts: 29
    I am not good with the technology side of things, but I was successful in printing out the SAB score. However, when I listen while watching my score, it is CLOSE, but not a match. Are there 2 versions or did I miss something. The recorded piece is gorgeous - the one I printed seemed ‘simpler’. Thank you!
  • Aristotle EsguerraAristotle Esguerra
    Posts: 1,196
    I don't hear disagreement between the mp3 and the PDF...
  • CGM
    Posts: 828
    @Cmanfro:

    My post of July 31st contains a PDF and an MP3. The MP3 is a recording of the piece for which the PDF is the score, and they are an exact match.

    Perhaps you're reacting to choral writing so effective that you think you hear more than just the three voices that you see. That's part of the strength of the piece. Paul M. Weber is a wonderful composer!
    Thanked by 1CHGiffen
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