John David Earnest (b. 1940)

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Tenor Solo and SATB Chorus unaccompanied

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Tenor Solo and SATB Chorus unaccompanied
Product Type
Choir score
Author / Composer
John David Earnest
Product number
896880
Difficulty Level
3
Languages
english, italian
Description
The conductor of Choral Arts Northwest, Robert Bode, asked the composer to write a work based on a text about The Blessed Virgin Mary. The final poem in Petrarch's most famous work, Il Canzoniere, was chosen, because it is a prayer to the Blessed Virgin.

 
The composer first quotes a melody by Guillaume Dufay (1397-1474,) and then continues with his own interpretation of the poem, simultaneously using both the original Italian and its English translation...