Gentry, Gregory
1 Demars, James
1 Hill, Gary
1 Kim, Youn Ju
1 Reber, William
1 Richard, Nathan Daniel
1 Russell, Timothy
1 BuxWV 75
1 Choral Music
1 Dietrich Buxtehude
1 Membra Jesu Nostri
Dieterich Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri: An historical overview, analysis and conducting guide
Dieterich Buxtehude (ca. 1637-1707) is known for his many organ works. However, no significant portion of his choral music is in the standard performing repertoire. Buxtehude's large-scale choral work Membra Jesu Nostri should be considered a seminal "passion" composition in part because of its historic position in early German Lutheran church music. It also serves as an example of the heightened levels of affect in a seventeenth century devotional passion. To better understand Buxtehude and his music, an overview of his life, career and religious beliefs are discussed, including the incorporation of pietism and mysticism in his cantata, Membra Jesu …
Kim, Youn Ju, Gentry, Gregory, Hill, Gary, et al.
Gloria is a work written for SATB choir and brass quintet that uses the traditional Latin text of the Gloria found in the ordinary of the Mass. The piece is approximately fourteen minutes and explores a variety of textures, colors, and timbres of the brass quintet and choir. The composition uses quartal sonorities mixed with upper tertian structures while avoiding simple triads and stable root position voicings until the most important climactic moments. The Gloria opens with a fanfare presenting the initial rhythmic motive in a call and response between the brass and choir before the irregular meters of the …
Richard, Nathan Daniel, Rogers, Rodney, Demars, James, et al.