Conference Morsel: Not-So-Major Works

(An excerpt from the interest session “Not-So-‘Major’ Works: Alternative, International Offerings from Outside the Canon,” presented by Trey Davis during the 2014 ACDA North Central Division Conference)

 

Requiem – Jean Richafort (c. 1480-c. 1550)
“Introitus” (1st Section)
– Composed in c. 1521 (the death of Josquin des Prez), 40 Minutes
– SATTBB, unaccompanied 
– Das Chorwerk, Vol. 124, ed. Albert Seay; Edition by T. Davis (forthcoming)
– A canon serves as a structural unification, borrowed from Josquin
– Cantus Firmus, Paraphrase of Josquin, Paraphrase of Sarum plainchant, Cyclic – tail motives
– 3 pairs of voices, low tessitura, cross-relations
– Accessible for Advanced High School, with a predominance of low voices (excerpts) and Beyond

Misa Criolla – Ariel Ramírez (1921-2010)
“Santo”
– Composed in 1964, 20 Minutes
– Mixed Chorus (occasional divisi) and Tenor, guitar, string bass,
native percussion, and piano
– Alfred – 00-LG51362 – Parts for Rental
– Accessible for Advanced High School and Beyond
– Argentinian Folk Rhythms, Spanish Text
– “carnaval cochabambino”

the little match girl passion – David Lang (b. 1957)
#14 “In the dawn of morning”
– Composed in 2007, Pulitzer Prize in 2008, 35 Minutes
– SATB Chorus and SATB Soloists, each playing percussion
– Version for small chorus – rental from G. Schirmer
– See davidlangmusic.com for full perusal scores
– Accessible for Advanced High School (excerpts) and Beyond
– Text adapted by Lang from Hans Christian Andersen, Picander, and Saint Matthew
– Consider lecturing before the concert, presenting the Bach movements that inspired the work
– See Trey Davis (dissertation) – “No one imagined…”: ennobled suffering in David Lang’s the little match girl passion