30%
view 
Members
---
Origin
---
Genre
---
Style
---
Mood
---
Born
---
Origin
---Genre
---
Style
---
Mood
---
Born
1954
Active
1954 to Present...
Cutout
Most Loved Tracks4 users
Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin - Sanctus4 users
Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin - Kyrie4 users
Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin - Benedictus4 users
Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin - Gloria4 users
Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin - Agnus Dei
Music Video LinksArtist Biography
Available in:
The Missa Luba is a version of the Latin Mass based on traditional Congolese songs. It was arranged by Father Guido Haazen, a Franciscan Friar from Belgium, and originally performed and recorded in 1958 by "Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin", a choir of Congolese children from Kamina The "Kyrie" and the "Credo" are wholly elaborated like the "kasalas" which are still performed according to the Ngandanjika (Kasai); the "Sanctus" and the "Benedictus" were inspired by a magnificent "Parting-song in Kiluba." The "Gloria" is improvised in the typical Kiluba-style of the Katanga. The "Hosannah" is a genuine rhythmic dance of the Kasai, and the "Agnus Dei" is a typical Bena Lulua (Luluabourg) song. Originally the music was not written. The composition was the result of general cooperation and of a spontaneous inspiration. Later, sheet music of Haazen's arrangement was published. In the "Credo" the text (the crucifixion and the death of the Redeemer) is preceded by the usual announcement of death, first on the Kyondo and then on the Kikumvi (Tom-Tom). Then follows a genuine "kilio" (elegy - dead-song) without percussion accompaniment, sung by the solo voice. The doleful tone is stressed by the repeated and sustained o-sounds ("... etiam prono ... bis, sub Pontio Pilato... ). The Missa Luba was created by Baluba of the Kasai and Katanga, with Father Haazen.
Wide Thumb
Clearart
Fanart
Banner
User Comments
No comments yet..Status
UnlockedLast Edit by tho
26th Dec 2015
Socials
Streaming
External Links
