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1369071

Offertoryby Stephanie K. Andrews SATB Choir - Digital Sheet Music

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Artist Stephanie K. Andrews
Score Type
PDF, Included with PASS
Composer Stephanie K. Andrews
Format Digital Sheet Music
Pages 20
Arrangement SATB Choir
Publisher Stephanie K Andrews
Product ID 1369071
Instruments Choir

Product Description

Written in December of 2020 for Be near me when my light is low, a collaborative Requiem by the composers of Inversion Ensemble (a conductor-composer collaborative based in Austin, Texas), the Offertory movement text is a modern English rendition of the Offertory (Domine Jesu Christe and Hostias et preces tibi, Domine) from the traditional Latin Requiem Mass.

The Offertory is introduced by a light, flowing sixteenth note pattern in the righthand of the piano that is rhythmically repetitive and meditative. The voices then appear in unison at first, gradually beginning to divide into harmony as the piece progresses until at the word "death" they fall back into a stark, unaccompanied unison. The Archangel Michael appears in the section that follows, leading the souls of the faithful to eternal light as the music crescendos and moves through an accelerando, ending on a triumphant C major chord on the final repetition of "eternal light." A motive of assurance that this light is promised to the faithful for all eternity is presented in E-flat major, a motive that will reappear in the finale of the piece. The flowing sixteenth notes and harmonic shifts of the first section return at "Sacrifices and praises we offer you, O Lord." The movement concludes with a fugue in the victorious key of C major, once again offering comfort to Christ's faithful ones through the assurance of heavenly light for all eternity.

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