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Total Eclipse - SATB choir and piano #Choral SATB #INTERMEDIATE #Phil Beaman #Sop - middle C to C #Total Eclipse - SATB choir and #Phil Beaman #SheetMusicPlus
Choral Choir,Choral (SATB divisi) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1373417 Composed by Phil Beaman. Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Pop,Romantic Period. 10 pages. Phil Beaman #957783. Published by Phil Beaman (A0.1373417). I originally wrote Total Eclipse as an expressive Art Song for solo voice and piano.  I used several lines of poetry from Newburgh Hamilton (1741) and set them to unique music that is a fusion of Classical, Romantic, and Modern, with a touch of Pop.  The music expressively drifts from major to minor to modal every few measures, inspired by the themes of darkness and light.  When I adapted it for SATB I filled out the already rich harmony and added ethereal 'oo's under some of the melody.  In a few brief measures, at different places, SAB each will have a divisi line where it splits to 2 parts.  (The texture is never thicker than 5 parts at once.)  This approachable piece of music is a good introduction for singers to the interpretation of an Art Song and is a dramatic performance piece for concert.  And perfect for the upcoming April 8 total eclipse!(Haydn also used variations of this text to create several Recitatives and an Aria for his oratorio Samson.)  10 pages, 2:00 minutesVocal Ranges:  all 1 octave; Sop - middle C to C; Alto - low G to G; Tenor - D to C; Bass - G to Gattached recording is of the original solo voice version which SATB is closely based on.  Be the first choir to record this and send me a link which I will post.  plbeaman@gmail.comalso available on this site as a vocal solo in several keys, and as a Unison Choral hymn