SKU: GI.G-018070
Composed by Michael
O'Connor and Richard
Proulx. Sacred. Full
score. 16 pages. GIA
Publications #018070.
Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-018070).
UPC:
641151125848.
Missa
Simplex, one of
WLP’s
simplest musical
settings of the new
translation of The
Roman Missal, has fast
become one of our most
popular. Shortly before
his death, Richard Proulx
wrote the Gloria
Simplex,(WLPÂ 005304),
a straightforward
and easily
learned chant setting
of the newly revised
Gloria. The simple
melodic pattern of the
chant is repeated
throughout the setting as
the Gloria unfolds, with
a few musical surprises
that result in a setting
that is anything but
boring! After
Proulx’s untimely
death, Michael
O’Connor, O.P.,
utilizing the melodic
structure of
Proulx’s work, set
the rest of the
components of the Mass.
The Gloria is widely used
during Ordinary Time from
the smallest parish with
keyboard and cantor to
this country’s
largest cathedral
communities, accompanied
by pipe organ and
supported by a large
choir. Because of its
simplicity, this setting
has
become the setting
in many parishes for the
seasons of Advent and
Lent—minus the
Gloria, of course! Chant
has a universal Catholic
sense, and this Mass
setting captures that
sense and brings the
assembly into an intimacy
with the newly translated
texts of the Mass in a
simple and at times
haunting way. Highlights:
One of
the simplest settin
gs GIA/WLP has to offer.
The Gloria Simplex,
written by Richard Proulx
shortly before his death,
is a chant setting
with a simple melodic
pattern—with some
musical surprises!
Michael O’Connor
continued Proulx’s
work by utilizing the
melodic structure for the
remaining components
of the Mass. Used in
parishes with only
keyboard and
cantor, but also
widely used in large
cathedrals with pipe
organ and a large choir.
An ideal Mass setting for
Advent and Lent.
Missa Simplex
