Psalm 134
1962
|
|
Published:
DAPrint
Duration
4' DOWNLOAD
We have adjusted the margins so
that there is a little extra margin on what will be the left
side of each page if the music is printed or taped back to
back to allow space for taping the pages together or binding
the music within a larger folio or notebook. With the latest
Acrobat Reader you can set to print just the odd numbered
pages and then print the even numbered pages on the back of
those.
Program
Notes
Text and
Acknowledgements
(Short
Biography of the
Composer).
|
This work is available
of charge.
Two Choral
Anthems: Program Notes
Psalm 134 & Psalm 67
These two a cappella works (the keyboard
parts are optional) were written during my days as a student at the
University of Michigan in Ann arbor in 1962 and 1963 respectively.
They each received the John H. Reid Choral Prize in those first two
years, for works written for, and singable by, a church choir. Psalm
134 is the easiest to perform with much stepwise movement to the
dissonances from a pedal tone. The second, Psalm 67 is considerably
more difficult.
In the best Renaissance tradition, I should
think that the choral parts might be well doubled by any instruments
one might have around the house: strings, recorders, viols,
synthesizers, whatever. The keyboard part is provided to facilitate
rehearsal, but may be necessary for performances. In which case it
would be best not to play the repetitions of notes and chords, but
just to sound the pitches once for each chord to help the singers
find the pitches. These days one might best use an synthesizer, or an
organ set to blend in with the voices though using a piano is still
an option.
(If you do not have Adobe Acrobat
Reader click text to the right of the icon for free download
addresses of the free download of version to properly receive a PDF
file.)
Click here
for addresses
Score
Sample
Back
to Top
Text and
Acknowledgements
- Back
to Top