Name: missa brevis pro mortuis by Ryan Alexander Noakes SATB Choir Digital Sheet Music
Brand: Ryan Alexander Noakes
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missa brevis pro mortuis
by Ryan Alexander Noakes SATB Choir - Digital Sheet Music

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Title missa brevis pro mortuis

Artist Ryan Alexander Noakes

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Ryan Alexander Noakes

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 48

Arrangement SATB Choir

Publisher Ryan Alexander Noakes

Level 4

Product ID 1790563

Genre Sacred Religious 21st Century

Instruments Choir

Product Description

I was inspired to write missa brevis pro mortuis, or "a brief mass for the dead" after attending multiple performances of famous Requiems and thinking that writing a short Requiem would be a good idea for my choir's annual Remembrance Day concert. I selected the following six movements:
I. Intriot
II. Kyrie eleison
III. Offertory
IV. Agnus Dei
V. Lux Aeterna
VI. In Paradisum
This work explores the emotional and spiritual journey from grief to peace, blending choral textures with a subtle piano accompaniment. Beginning with the heavy, forward-moving Introit, the work transitions into the mysterious and pleading Kyrie eleison, where the search for mercy rises briefly in urgency before returning to quiet wonder. The Offertory evokes chant-like mourning that gives way to a gentle hope, while the Agnus Dei offers serenity and harmonic depth beneath its simple exterior. In Lux Aeterna, a shimmering effect from the upper voices floats above a timeless, grounding foundation. The requiem concludes with In paradisum, a light and delicate farewell that contrasts the openings weight with a sense of release and peace.

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