Choral (SATB)
SKU:
HL.48180116
Choral
Mixed Accompanied.
Composed by Marcel
Dupré. Leduc.
Classical. Softcover.
Alphonse Leduc #AL15976.
Published by Alphonse
Leduc (HL.48180116).
Composed by
Marcel Dupre, Laudate is
the last of the Four
Motets. Written for a
mixed SATB and two
organs, the lyrics are in
Latin and the volume
includes all the scores:
female soprano and alto,
male tenor and bass and
the two organ scores. The
piece is introduced by
the two organs and the
male voices are the first
to start singing (tenor,
followed quickly by the
bass). The full SATB then
sings together, sometimes
alternated by the organs
and the organ parts
include an outstanding
toccata. Laudate is an
amazing way to finish
this series with a
triumphant and glorious
celebration of God. The
organ scores require some
upper intermediate
skills, with the
knowledge of pedals and
the vocal parts, quite
demanding, evolve in
polyphony and polyrhythm.
Marcel Dupre is a French
composer and virtuoso
organist who won the Prix
de Rome in 1914. He
became famous when he
played the works of Bach
in its totality from
memory in 1920. He later
became the professor of
many renowned students at
the Paris Conservatoire
such as Olivier Messiaen,
Jean Langlais and Pierre
Cochereau amongst
others.
