Spanish Ordinary
  • Kathy
    Posts: 5,500
    I'm looking for a nice Spanish ordinary from Flor y Canto. Any suggestions?
  • Charles in CenCA
    Posts: 2,416
    Portions of Misa Melodica can be quite lovely if performed in a non-ranchero/mariachi style. The Amen is, however, very weak, Kathy. But, again, if one avoids the oom-pah approach or muy rapido tempi, the Santo et al can be rendered quite well. YMMV.
  • Joseph Mansfield
    Posts: 113
    Cathy, here are the selections I used for the ordinary when I was d/m at a mostly hispanic parish. These are from Flor & canto, first edition (1993). I presume you have the acompañamiento para teclado.

    586, page 20: Señor ten piedad, by Alejandro Meija
    595, page 46: Gloria, by Cesáreo Galbaráin
    600, page 58: Gloria, "Misa popular"
    635, page 108: Santo, by Alejandro Meija
    669, page 172: Cristo ha muerto, by Alejandro Meija
    676, page 179: Amén, by Alejandro Meija
    703, page 220: Cordero, by Alejandro Meija

    When I originally selected these I went for what sounded to me the most dignified and reverent. I never realized until just now that everything but the Gloria came from one man, Meija. There is not enough information to see if he intended these pieces to be a set. He does not have a Gloria in this edition of F&c. Nor does the edition have any straight-through, literal Glorias. Both of those above are of the three-verse and response sort.

    I adjusted the next to last measure of Cristo ha muerto to read G/half A/quarter F#/quarter. In the Amén, next to last measure, I changed the B in the melody to A. In the Cordero, measure 19, I raised the two D#s to F#.
  • daniel
    Posts: 75
    For what it's worth, here's what I use from Flor y Canto (2nd Ed.):
    Kyrie: 101, 05, 99, 89, 504
    Gloria: 109, 106, 103, 108
    Gospel: 110, 47 (the rest from the old book)
    Sanctus: 91, Misa Aragues (not in the book), 634 from the old book
    Agnus Dei: 20, 157, 154, 151, 95, 149
  • Kathy
    Posts: 5,500
    Excellent, this is a huge help. Thanks!
  • organista20
    Posts: 12
    I recommend "Misa San Pablo", i think is very special.
  • Kathy
    Posts: 5,500
    Great, thanks!
  • RagueneauRagueneau
    Posts: 2,592
    some may find this Spanish Mass booklet useful

    95% of them have been set to organ accompaniments and are posted on musicfortheliturgy.org


    feel free to contact me about this
  • RagueneauRagueneau
    Posts: 2,592
    SPANISH KYRIE IN HONOR OF MAXIMILIAN KOLBE

    Mp3 live recording • PDF score (organist/vocalist)

    taken from HERE
  • RagueneauRagueneau
    Posts: 2,592
    And here four SPANISH SEASONAL PSALMS.
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