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Polyphonic "Alleluia" for 3 voices • Morales (†1553)
Jeff Ostrowski · April 24, 2015 ·
HILE STUDYING musicology in graduate school, I made a series of recordings for a choral methods class. I was attempting to demonstrate—by means of choir recordings—that ladies with low voices and men with high voices mixed together create a beautiful "choral blend." I have always believed it's a mistake to have all women in the alto section and all men in the tenor section.
If you attempt this lovely "ALLELUIA" based on a score by Cristóbal de Morales (†1553), you might consider placing high-voiced males with low-voiced females together on the middle line:
* * PDF Download • Polyphonic Alleluia (Morales)
REHEARSAL FILES :
EQUAL VOICE : YouTube • Mp3 File
HIGHEST VOICE : YouTube • Mp3 File
MIDDLE VOICE : YouTube • Mp3 File
LOWEST VOICE : YouTube • Mp3 File
About Jeff Ostrowski
A theorist, organist, and conductor, Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004), and did graduate work in Musicology. He serves as choirmaster for the new FSSP parish in Los Angeles, where he resides with his wife and children.
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Circle is complete
This is interesting! We have made it all the way around the liturgical year for Vespers organ accompaniments—which means all we have to do now is fill in the "holes," such as Candlemas.
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