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Digital Audio Album
Thought Is Surrounded by a Halo / AVE- Australian Vocal Ensemble
Score
Beyond all words : for vocal quartet / music by Anne Cawrse ; words by Gewn Harwood.
Library shelf no. 783.145542/CAW 2 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
This stunning text by Australian poet Gwen Harwood is taken from a longer poem of four verses, Tetragrammaton.
Tetragrammaton, simply translated to 'having four letters', refers to the Hebrew name for God: the four letters yod, he, yau, he. The letters YHWH (or occasionally JHVH) are vocalised as Yahweh or Jehovah. In Hebrew culture the letters become a substitute for the name of God, which was considered too sacred to be spoken aloud.
Harwood wrote this set of poems in 1987 as a 70th birthday present to Jan Sedivka, the former head of the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music.
Work Details
Year: 2022
Instrumentation: Soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass.
Duration: 6 min.
Difficulty: Medium
Commission note: Commissioned by Australian Vocal Ensemble with funds provided by Australia Council.
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