Solo and SS choir divisi
(a cappella) - Early
Intermediate
SKU:
MN.56-0031
Composed
by Howard Goodall. 21st
Century. Instrument
parts. Duration 4
minutes, 39 seconds.
MorningStar Music
Publishers #56-0031.
Published by MorningStar
Music Publishers
(MN.56-0031).
UPC:
688670220364. Latin.
Genesis 20:13; Numbers
11:17.
Written for
the Enchanted Voices CD,
this is one of many
settings of texts either
from the Beatitudes (or
springing from them)
available from this
composer. For Solo and SS
divisi, a cappella, the
music has a light,
ethereal feeling.
ââ¬ÅBeatiââ
¬Â can be taken as
a sort of
ââ¬ÅBlessed are
theyââ¬Â prefix
for the movements which
are not direct quotes
from the Beatitudes. This
movement is a unison,
chant-like setting of the
Latin texts for Genesis
20:13 (ââ¬ÅThou
shalt do me this
kindnessââ¬Â¦Ã
â¬Â) and Numbers
11:17 (ââ¬ÅAnd
I will take of thy
spiritââ¬Â).
The soloist begins and
sometimes takes over from
the choral voices. Mostly
unison except for about
ten measures (out of the
69) in two-part texture
and four measures in
three parts. Duration
4:39