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A Little Jazz Mass

for mixed vo ices

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Contents
1. Kyvie 5
2. Gloria 13
3. Sanctus 24
4. Benedictus 27
5. Agiius Dei 31

Composer's note
A Little Jazz Mass was originally written for upper voices and was first performed at the
2004 Crescent City C h o r a l Festival, N e w Orleans, i n June o f that year.
1 have always loved jazz. A t the beginning of m y w r i t i n g career I w o r k e d from time to
time as an arranger for the n o w defunct BBC Radio Orchestra and, w h i l e a m e m b e r of the
King's Singers, 1 was luclcy enough to perform w i t h such artists as George Shearing,
Richard Rodney Bennett, John D a n k w o r t h , A r t Farmer, and the W D R Big Band. These
experiences and influences have a l l had an impact on the music that 1 compose.
In this mass setting I have w r i t t e n a piano part w h i c h may be played exactly as written.
However, I w o u l d encourage the pianist to improvise fi-eely o n the chord structure, and
w o u l d also encourage the addition o f bass and drums and any other instruments that may
be appropriate for the performance.
1 a m grateful to Cheryl Dupont, the conductor o f the N e w Orleans Children's Chorus, for
enabling this w o r k to come to life i n such a great jazz city, and to a l l the c h i l d r e n i n the
Crescent City C h o r a l Festival C h o i r 2004, w h o gave it such a great start. I a m also grateful
to N e i l Richardson, a wonderftil musicia n w h o , more than twenty years ago, gave me m y
r s t opportunity as a professional arranger at the BBC.

A notated bass part, w i t h chord symbols, is available to purchase from the publisher
(ISBN 978-0-19-335655-9).

The original v e r s i n of this piece for upper voices (SSA) is also available to purchase
(ISBN 978-0-19-343328-1).

Duration: c.l2 minutes

 A Little Jazz Mass
BOB C H I L C O T T

1. Kyrie
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* T h e p i a n o p a n c a n be p l a j ' e d as w r i t t e n o r u s e d as a g u i d e . B a s s a n d d r u m k i t c a n j o i n a d l i b .

Oxford University Press 2004 and 2006 Printed i n G r e a t B r i t a i n

O X F O R D U N l V E R S m ' PRESS, M U S I C D E P A R T M E N T , GlEAT C L A R E N D O N STREET, O X F O R D O X 2 6 D P

Photocopying this copyright material is I L L E G A L .
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2. Gloria

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3. Sanctus
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5. Agnus Dei
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