{"id":2025,"date":"2021-01-17T15:43:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T15:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=2025"},"modified":"2025-06-14T20:57:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T20:57:25","slug":"an-african-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/an-african-mass\/","title":{"rendered":"An African Mass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Within my record collection there are a few that might qualify as &#8220;surprises&#8221; &#8211; this is one of those.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Missa Luba is a Congolese version of the Mass. It was composed by Father Guido Haazen, a Fransiscan Friar from Belgium, who was the director of a school in the Congo.<\/p>\n<p>This recording dates from the mid-60s and I have to admit I hadn&#8217;t listened to it for many years. Unusually, I have linked from here to a playlist rather than an individual video as the mass consists of six parts &#8211; each quite short.<\/p>\n<p>There are more up-to-date versions of these songs online, however, for me the authenticity and enthusiasm of this original recording makes it impossible to choose any other version.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:44%; display: inline-block; margin-right:5%;\">\n<h5 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ToNb-02n3KY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Missa Luba 1965: Kyrie<\/a><\/h5>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ToNb-02n3KY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width:44%; display: inline-block; margin-right:5%;\">\n<h5 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/G4jeTWheAxA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Missa Luba 1965: Gloria<\/a><\/h5>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G4jeTWheAxA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width:44%; display: inline-block; margin-right:5%;\">\n<h5 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/h_rC9O6BYeI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Missa Luba 1965: Credo<\/a><\/h5>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h_rC9O6BYeI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width:44%; display: inline-block; margin-right:5%;\">\n<h5 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jIxEPYkXkU8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Missa Luba 1965: Sanctus<\/a><\/h5>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jIxEPYkXkU8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width:44%; display: inline-block; margin-right:5%;\">\n<h5 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LHiAC915HwM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Missa Luba 1965: Benedictus<\/a><\/h5>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LHiAC915HwM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width:44%; display: inline-block; margin-right:5%;\">\n<h5 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AZKT2ZOA5NY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Missa Luba 1965: Agnus Dei<\/a><\/h5>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AZKT2ZOA5NY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within my record collection there are a few that might qualify as &#8220;surprises&#8221; &#8211; this is one of those.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[77,105],"class_list":["post-2025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-choral","tag-religious"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2025"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2780,"href":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025\/revisions\/2780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}