Anthem – Deus Creator Omnium

Click on the links underlined in blue for the appropriate item:

PDF file of the vocal score [updated June 18, 2006][260 kb]

MP3 file of the whole anthem. [6.9 Mb]

Windows Media Audio (WMA) of whole anthem [5.5 Mb]

MP3 audio help files for lower parts.

The MP3 files below play the indicated parts with queues. [about 1.8 Mb each.]

Altos

Tenors

Tenor 2 [takes lower part when tenors divide]

Basses

Bass 2 [takes lower part when basses divide]

Pronunciation Guide

We are using the common ecclesiastical Latin (Italianate) pronunciation since this is the pronunciation most widely used when singing Latin. It differs significantly from how St. Ambrose and St. Augustine would have pronounced the text. Here is an MP3 file of the text being read:

Deus Creator pronunciation [330 kb]

Please e-mail me about mistakes in the score.

What we sound like so far…

Here are some excerpts from the first rehearsal with the organ. If you don’t have good speakers on your computer, listen with headphones. My cheap microphones have a bad resonance around bass G or A^b that makes the bass sound very boomy in places. They also don’t pick up the glorious 32-ft pedal stop entry in excerpt 4.

Excerpt #	Bars	Text	Duration	WMA (best)	MP3
1	38 – 43	et noctis exortu preces	39^s	WMA [397 kb]	MP3 [595 kb]
2	47 – 53	ut adiuves hymnum	31^s	WMA [378 kb]	MP3 [461 kb]
3	71 – 96	cum profunda clauserit	1^m 43^s	WMA [1.0 Mb]	MP3 [1.6 Mb]
4	117 – 136	et nox fide reluceat	1^m 18^s	WMA [994 kb]	MP3 [1.2 Mb]
5	147 – 171	Amen.	1^m 43^s	WMA [1.0 Mb]	MP3 [1.6 Mb]

Recording engineers

Break time!

Reassembling

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