SKU: HL.14002588
8.25x11.75x0.004 inches.
Setting of the text by Richard Verstegan for SATB Choir a cappella.
SKU: PR.312418710
ISBN 9781598066265. UPC: 680160618743. Octavo inches. The Devil's Verse.
To celebrate 25 years of excellence and promotion of new concert works, the New York Virtuoso Singers commissioned 25 contemporary composers for 25 new choral works, all of which now appear on their recording, 25 X 25: Twenty-Five Premieres for Twenty-Five Years. Among the 25 is Richard Wernick's The Devil's Game. Here, Wernick uses The Devil's Verse, a Latin palindrome that still puzzles us today as to its meaning, and appropriately embraces repetitive use of the verse in a musical palindrome of his own.The text is a palindrome (in girum imus nocte et consumimur igni), a rather mysterious one called The Devil’s Verse. Its origin is vague (probably Roman, but possibly Medieval) and it does not surrender its meaning easily; many scholars have fussed over it. It is a riddle as well as a palindrome, in other words a puzzle within a puzzle. My preferred translation, without going into the niceties of Latin grammar, is “We enter the circle at night and are consumed by fire.â€This music is also a palindrome, the outer parts of which are homophonic, while the turning around point in the center (where the basses enter for the first time) is a brief double canon.
SKU: JK.01124
Moroni 10:4-5.
Scriptural setting arranged for mixed chorus (SSATB) and piano, of Moroni 10:4-5.Composer: Richard W. Smith Lyricist: Moroni 10:4-5 Difficulty: Medium-easy Performance time: 4:30Reference: Moroni 10:4-5.
SKU: GI.G-003080
UPC: 641151030807. Text by William C. Dix.
If you know Richard's gorgeous setting of Silent Night, you will no doubt want to have in your library this exquisite setting conceived for the same musical forces. The time-honored classic flourishes with Richard's lush string writing and newly arranged choral parts. This remarkably gentle and sweet setting is simply ideal for bringing out the very best sound from your choir and instrumentalists.
SKU: HL.14001659
ISBN 9781846091919. UPC: 884088447694. 6.75x9.75x0.002 inches.
Richard Allain's setting of a 16th century carol with text by Wedderburn, for SATB chorus. A Piano accompaniment is provided for rehearsal purposes.
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