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Sheet Music: ScoreWhen soft voices die : choir and cor anglais / Mary Finsterer.by Mary Finsterer and Percy Bysshe Shelley (2014)
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This work began as one movement of a larger work- a Mass. My
intention was to compose the first sung prayer in the Order, that
being a Kyrie, but the sudden death of a dear friend, a young,
single mother of two children, turned my attention to the
fragility and transience of life. The passing of someone so vital
in themselves and to the lives of others is one of those
agonising tragedies that music and faith seem inadequate to
console or honour. However, the magnitude of this situation
called for a response.
"When soft voices die" is an elegy that has its roots in music
for a spiritual occasion. Having in recent years spent much time
investigating early music, the language is reminiscent of
Renaissance tonality. Without ornamentation, the style aims for
restraint and reflection. The text has been adapted from three
poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley- Music when Soft Voices Die, A
Fragment: To Music and A Lament.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (13p. -- A4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 7 min.
Commissioned by Sydney Chamber Choir, Paul Stanhope.
First performance by Sydney Chamber Choir, Richard Gill at Fauré's Requiem + Finsterer (City Recital Hall) on 12 Apr 2014
Typeset edition.
ISMN: 979-0-720169-37-8
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