The Mayfield Mass was written by Kate Keefe and the sheet music is available here.
I have blogged the Gloria before here and I’ve finally got around to looking at the whole setting. Since then Kate has put up the real guitar chords for her music so you can ignore my guesswork on my previous blog post.
I’ve redone the Gloria with the proper chords. It has lots of good points: it is a straight through setting, there are gaps to catch your breath, the tune is memorable and it isn’t in 6/8 time. There is a fair range and while we groaners will baulk at the Ds and held Cs, much of the assembly will doubtless cope. What you have here is a lovely, professionally composed piece of music that we will all need to consider along with the avalanche of other settings out there.
Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father.
Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God,
Son of the Father, You take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us; You take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer;
You are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.
For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord,
You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
Music © Kate Keefe 2013
I’ll get the rest of the parts of the mass up soon.