SATB choir, SB soli (a
cappella) - Late
Intermediate
SKU:
MN.CH-1295
Composed
by Edmund Najera.
Romantic. Octavo.
Laurendale Associates
#CH-1295. Published by
Laurendale Associates
(MN.CH-1295).
Spanish.
Muero
Porque No Muero was
written for the Gregg
Smith Singers on the
occasion of their
fortieth anniversary. The
text is by St. Teresa
d'Avila. Her meditations
and poetry are rife with
ambiguous language at
once sacred and profane
creating a unique
sensuality. Consider the
sexual implications of
the phrase I die because
I do not die bearing in
mind the medieval double
meaning of the phrase to
die. The principal theme
of the music is presented
in fragments emerging
over stark harmonies. As
the texture grows thicker
with Spanish-influenced
flourishes and polytonal
accompaniment the full
melodic episode rises
only to subside once
again into the complaint:
Muero porque no
muero.
