I’ve been spouting off that this mass will be too hard to learn in its new form since hearing it at the Archdiocese education session and so have been putting off trying to learn the new version.
…and I was wrong. Paul Mason has done a great job with this popular old mass and, while it is still not very guitar friendly, it is no less playable than the old one. The Gloria will take a degree of relearning however.
So half the Bishop’s six masses are suitable for the suburbs and thank the Lord for Paul Taylor and Paul Mason.
I’ve done some basic backings on BIAB for the main parts of the mass, so I suggest you download the assembly version here and sing them until you’ve forgotten the original versions. It should only take a thousand repetitions or so.
Gloria
Gospel Acclamation
Holy Holy
We Proclaim
When We Eat
Amen
Lamb of God
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Is the Glory to God from the Shalom Mass available for digital download?
I am seeking the musician’s copy to download.
Thanking you,
Gerald
G’Day Gerald
It appears only the free assembly version is available for download and the full music has to be bought from Paul Mason’s website:
http://www.liturgicalsong.com/OrderForm.html#Shalom
… or As One Voice:
http://www.asonevoice.com.au/as-one-voice-liturgical-series-mass-settings/mass-shalom
I suggest you direct your question to Paul Mason himself and see if he has plans to distribute the mass by digital download.
His details are:
Paul Mason
146 Campbell Drive
WAHROONGA
NSW 2076 Australia
Phone: +61 4 1443 6017
Mobile: 0414 436 017
info@liturgicalsong.com
I hope you are successful in getting what you need.
cheers
Geoff
We have been using Mass Shalom for many months now, after switching over from A Chant Mass for the Assembly. The Glory to God chant was a bit touch and go the first couple of times…
I am thinking of trying out some mass settings
– Paul Taylor’s Mass of St Francis (played it through once: also my parents’ parish St Bernadette’s Castle Hill NSW uses it)
I have just bought the following but have not played through them
– Joshua Cowie’s Mass of Mary McKillop (need more than one voice parts to make it work)
– Richard Connolly’s Notre Dame Mass
– Richard Connolly’s Mass of Our Lady Help of Christians
– Maggie Russell’s Mass of Freedom
We have also used the earlier version of Marty Haugen’s Mass of Creation for quite some time.
My own favourite is the (old version of) Bernadette Farrell’s Setting Four in GA (GA 126-132). I looked up Mass of Hope http://www.ocp.org/massofhope and the revised version is much simplified. I miss having this mass sung with a full choir, plus an organ and a keyboard.
I would like to hear from anyone how has used any of the above, or any other mass settings. I just play what has been given to me, but if my wife D’Arne and I can learn some new ones, at least we have the option to try to “sell” them …
We use Mass of Mary McKillop by josh Cowie at st Cecilia’s in floreat, WA. It is gorgeous, though some of the older parishioners don’t share my enthusiasm ( I’m 61 , but a young 61 haha). We sing just the melody every week, and it is fine, as the right hand of the piano music covers all the rich harmonies. However, when we do it for Easter, with all the choir members there, we do all the parts, and man, it is sumptuous! Like a warm bath. Children’s choir learned it very quickly as there are a number of recurring motifs.