Beata Es, Virgo Maria was composed in 2008 by Paul Mealor for SATB divided chorus unaccompanied. / Choeur (SATB)
SKU: CA.964420
ISBN 9790007143497. Text language: Latin.
The aged Simeon takes the new-born Jesus in his arms, recognises his significance and celebrates this moment in a paean of praise as the fulfilment of his life. In Matsushita's motet this song of praise, the nunc dimittis, stands at the centre of the composition. Here, the triad of C-F sharp-G, used for the word hodie - today at the beginning, symbolically combines with a Gregorian-like motif, revolving around the central note of B flat in whole-tone movement, and which is used to represent the Virgin Mary. The work ends with a mystical wash of sound, a whole-tone cluster which emerges from the aleatorically repeated basic motifs of the work, and fades away to nothing.
SKU: CA.2728919
ISBN 9790007201074. Key: C major. Language: Latin.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, Salzburg, where Leopold Mozart was Assistant Court Music Director, was a center for polyphonic Offertory settings and multimovement offertory concerti, which developed into a main genre of Catholic liturgical music in the south German region.The Salzburg Cathedral seems an obvious choice, which the solemn orchestration with trumpets and timpani would support. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.2728900.
SKU: HL.14024865
SKU: HL.14016339
ISBN 9788759863183.
Unkn own Italian Cathedral Music of the early 16th Century.
SKU: CA.311510
ISBN 9790007151690. Key: C major. Language: Latin.
SKU: AP.LG52706
UPC: 783556017639. English.