SATB Choir a Cappella
SKU: HL.48187531
Composed by Darius
Milhaud. Heugel.
Classical. Softcover. 12
pages. Heugel & Cie
#HE31212. Published by
Heugel & Cie
(HL.48187531).
UPC:
888680843786. 0.116
inches.
Composed by
Darius Milhaud, Valaisian
Quatrains is a piece for
SCBT a capella, based on
poems by Rainer Maria
Rilke. This piece
features five different
parts, each one from a
poem, whose lyrics are
inspired by the Valais
area in Switzerland. The
composition includes
polytonality and
polyrhythms that make it
highly lyrical, cheerful
and nice to sing. The
five poems selected are:
1. Pays, arrete a
mi-chemin / Country that
stops half-way... 2. Rose
de lumiere / Rose of
Light 3. L'annee tourne /
The year revolves 4.
Chemins qui ne menent
nulle part / Paths that
take you nowhere 5. Beau
papillon / Lovely
butterfly Darius Milhaud
(1892-1974) was a
composer and a teacher
who was also known to be
part of Les Six. His
composition were known to
use politonality and to
include some
characteristics drawns
from the jazz genre..
