Missa Luba

This Album Is Incorrectly Filed. The Missa Luba Is A Version Of The Latin Mass Arranged For And Performed By An African Choir. It Was Originally Composed By Father Guido Haazen A Missionary Who Arrived In The Congo In 1953 From Belgium. In 1954 He Founded "Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudoin" As A Choir Of 45 Boys Aged 9 To 14 And 15 Teachers From Central School In Kamina. In 1958 The Ensemble Toured Europe To Acclaim At One Point Singing With The Vienna Boys Choir. There Was A High Degree Of Improvisation In The Performances Based Around Traditional Song Forms. The Sanctus Is Based On A Kiluba Farewell Song. The Version Most Commonly Found Here Is Sung By The Muungano National Choir Kenya And Was Made Famous In The UK By Being Used On The Soundtrack Of The Cult Film "if..." By Lindsay Anderson And Starring Malcolm Macdowell. Muungano National Choir Kenya
director Boniface Mganga
musical Advisor George Senoga-Zake
chorus Assistants Jacqueline Munya Ronald Ikutu Enrico Owegi
tenor Soloistas Samuel Mwagona Joseph Gathiomi Kennedy Indiazi
percussion Peter Kaman Thomas Ogutu Nancy Kamau Paul Kanyanju Peter Kiurie
re-Recorded Nairobi 1990 read less