4-part Trombone Ensemble
- moderately advanced
SKU: CY.CC2978
Composed by Camille
Saint-Saens. Arranged by
Jeff Reynolds. French
Ligurgical. Score &
parts. 20 pages. Cherry
Classics #2978. Published
by Cherry Classics
(CY.CC2978).
ISBN
9790530057971.
Jeff
Reyolds has arranged a
beautiful setting of the
Saint-Saens Veni Creator
Spiritus (Come Creator
Spirit, a 9th Century
Pentecost plainsong hymn)
for 4-part Trombone
Ensemble. The original
work for TTBB men's
chorus and optional Organ
was written in 1858.
Saint-Saens was a Roman
Catholic Church organist
in his early years and
produced a volume of
music that was easy to
sing.
Mr. Reynolds
calls this music Church
Polyphonic style that
came out of the late
Renaissance and endured
for a couple centuries
into the Romantic
period.
This work
begins with a beautiful
unison chant and moves
into four polyphony
sections concluding with
a soft Amen.
The
music is of moderate
difficulty with the first
part in tenor clef.