Choir (SATB choir) SKU: AP.48830
Composed by Jay Althouse. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Peace/Brotherhood; Sacred. Choral Octavo. 8 pages. Alfred Music #00-48830. Published by Alfred Music (AP.48830). UPC: 038081561547. Lat.
The title provides an important timestamp for an unprecedented year. Veteran choral composer Jay Althouse constructed this very special work in remembrance of lives lost during the pandemic. His setting of the traditional Latin text is built upon a melody inspired by nature: Near the end of my walk that day, I heard a bird singing three notes over and over again. I came home and began writing. The bird's song is the first three notes of the opening melody. Solemn, prayerful, and poignant.
About Alfred Choral Designs
The Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.
