Sacred Music Final

Front 1

Exultate Justis

Back 1

Composer: Viadana
Language: Latin
Texture: Homophonic
Period: Baroque
Strong metric pulse should tell you Baroque.
Piece contains a strong metric pulse indicative of the doctrine of affections.

Front 2

Gott ist mein Hirt
(God is my shepherd)

Back 2

Composer: Schubert
Language: German
Texture: Homophonic
Scored for two solo voices and piano.
In the Lied style, characterized by intimacy and gentle chromaticism.
Very small scale.

Front 3

Befiel du Deine Wege

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Composer: J.S. Bach
Original Tune by Hussler.
Language: German
Period: Baroque
Texture: Homophonic (most chorale tunes are)
From the St. Matthew Passion
Based on a chorale melody (Passion Chorale).
Scored for an orchestra and mixed chorus.

Front 4

Heut Triumphieret Gottes Sohn (God's sun triumphed)

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Composer: Bach
Period: Baroque
Texture: Polyphonic
Chorale Prelude (based on chorale melody). (Other organ type is a chorale fantasy- fantasy is more freely composed. Could just be a prelude. No chorale tune present. Or fugue or prelude and fugue.)

Front 5

Veni Creator Spiritus

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Composer: Buono Chiodi
Language: Latin
Texture: Monophonic and polyphonic (monophonic episode using cantus firmus chant melody).
Based on Latin hymn/chant melody.

Front 6

Kyrie Eleison

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Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Composed in the Sturm und Drang style (driving, passionate, "storm and stress")
Language: Greek
Period: Classical
Texture: Homophonic
Form: Modified Sonata (Sonata uses A theme and B theme)
Scored for orchestra, chorus, and SATB soloists
Kyrie's in Greek and other parts are in Latin.
From the larger work: Lord Nelson Mass or Missa "in angustiis" (angst- conditions during war)

Front 7

Rejoice, O Virgin

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Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov
Language: Russian
Texture: Homophonic
Period: Romantic or Modern (1915)
From the larger work All Night Vigil.
Composed in the Eastern or Orthodox chant style (Russian Chant, Greek Chant, Ukranian Chant).
Considered his crowning achievement, as well as that of the Russian Orthodox church. Last big Orthodox composition composed.

Front 8

Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen
(How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place...or literally "How Lovely are your dwellings")

Back 8

Composer: Brahms
Language: German
Texture: Homophonic (background-foreground relationship)
Period: Romantic
Based his work on older traditional forms.
Scored for chorus and Orchestra.
Form: Second Rondo (ABACA). Traditional.
From "Ein Deutsches Requiem" (the German Requiem- settings from biblical passages- not a requiem mass)

Front 9

Tota Pulchra Es, Maria (You are most beautiful Maria)

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Composer: Bruckner
Language: Latin
Texture: Homophonic and Monophonic (back and forth- monophonic episodes- sounds like Gregorian chant although newly composed)
Period: Romantic
In the Wagner camp.
Representative of the Cecilian movement (takes inspiration from Gregorian chant. St. Cecilia- patron saint of music)

Front 10

Old 100th Psalm

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Composer: Vaughan Williams
Language: English
Texture: Homophonic
Period: Modern
Form: Strophic Variation (music is a little bit different with each verse)
Scored for: Choir, Orchestra, "All available trumpets"
Composed for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Front 11

Hymn to the Virgin

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Composer: Benjamin Britten (imp. English composer)
Languages: Latin and English
Texts: Macaronic (two or more different languages in one piece)

Front 12

Agnus Dei

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Composer: Durufle
Language: Latin
Period: Modern
From: Requiem
Each movement is based on the corresponding Gregorian chant, similar to a Misse Choralus (presented in Cannonite 5th, countermelody, orchestral accompaniment)

Front 13

Sweet Prospect

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Composer: William Billings
Language: English
Texture: Homophonic
Period: Classical
Form: Strophic

Front 14

I'll Fly Away

Back 14

Language: English
Texture: Homophonic
Period: Modern
Old hymn, but modern performance. Originally a shape note hymn. Traditional gospel melody adopted many modern characteristics.

Front 15

Cantate Domino

Back 15

Composer: Part
Language: Latin
Texture: Homophonic
Period: Modern
Composed in the tintinnabuli style
Composer is one of the (sacred/holy/mystic/spiritual minimalists).

Front 16

The Lamb

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Composer: John Tavenor
Language: English
Period: Modern
Scoring: Mixed, unaccompanied choir, SATB a capella choir.
Three compositional techniques used: (inversion, retrograde, retrograde inversion). This techniques are commonly applied in serialism. (Second Viennese School). Minimalist

Front 17

Totus Tuus

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Composer: Gorecki
Language: Latin
Texture: Homophonic
Period: Modern
Sacred minimalists.
Composed for John Paul, Victory Square