Settings of the Mass by Richard Rice

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I. Mass In E

SATB with Organ.

Freely composed setting of the Latin text. Includes Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus and Benedictus, and Agnus Dei.

A version for Unison or Solo Voice is also available.

 
 

II. Missa O Filii et Filiae

SATB with Organ
(a cappella, ad lib.)

Parody of the familiar chant tune. Includes Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus and Benedictus, and Agnus Dei.

 
 

III. Missa In Tempus Adventus

SATB a cappella.

Parody of familiar Advent chant tunes. Includes Kyrie (Veni Emmanuel), Sanctus and Benedictus (Rorate Caeli Desuper), and Agnus Dei (Creator Alme Siderum).

 
 

IV. Hail Mary, Full of Grace

English Motet and Latin Parody Mass on composed melody for SSAT a cappella (an SSAA version is available upon request). Includes Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Benedictus, and Agnus Dei.

Settings of the Propers for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception based on the same melody are also available for SSAT with organ (ad lib.; the Offertory can be performed a cappella with the addition of a bass voice). Includes Introit, Offertory, and Communion.

The Motet is an arrangement of a simpler setting for SATB, originally written in 1992.

 

This Mass has been performed four times liturgically and once in concert (Countertop Quartet, 2008). It is mostly accessibly for moderately competent church choirs (with adequate SAT forces), though the Propers explore more interesting harmonies, and the Credo may be a vocal endurance test.


V. Mass In G

My most recent effort, written at the request of David Sullivan, is vaguely reminiscent of that other, more famous Mass in G, but with only half the voices, and much fewer notes.

Includes Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus and Benedictus, and Agnus Dei (with Credo yet to come).

 

VI. New English Mass

Unison setting of the forthcoming new English translations of the Mass Ordinary. Contact Jeffrey Tucker, Managing Editor, Sacred Music (CMAA) to request a copy.