Name: Gaudete for SATB choir (arr. Mark Reeves) by Anonymous SATB Choir Digital Sheet Music
Brand: Mark Reeves
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Gaudete for SATB choir (arr. Mark Reeves)
by Anonymous SATB Choir - Digital Sheet Music

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Title Gaudete for SATB choir (arr. Mark Reeves)

Artist Anonymous

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Anonymous

Arranger Mark Reeves

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 9

Arrangement SATB Choir

Publisher Mark Reeves

Level 2

Product ID 845124

Genre Christmas Sacred Latin Classical A Cappella Praise & Worship

Instruments Choir

Product Description

Gaudete for SATB choir and piano

This Christmas Carol first appeared in print in a Finnish publication of 1582 entitled Piæ Cantiones Ecclesiasticæ et Scholasticæ Veterum Episcoporum. The æolian modal polyphony and Medieval Latin text suggest a much earlier date of composition originating from central Europe; the plainsong melody of the verses is derived from liturgical sources of the same period and was not included in the original document.

This new arrangement of Gaudete is based closely on the original music and text. However, the original key of G minor has been transposed to D minor to create more variety in the voicing, yet remaining faithful to the original vocal parts.

The piano accompaniment in the refrain is simply an amalgamation of the voices and therefore, in order to create a pure a cappella sound in performance, the piano part may be omitted and used solely for rehearsal purposes. As the verses were originally sung unaccompanied, the piano part in this arrangement has been devised to compliment the plainsong melody, but of course may be omitted in performance if preferred.

Originally, each verse would probably have been sung by a solo tenor voice. However, in this arrangement, each of the four verses has been allocated to a different soloist. This should create the effect of a gradual build-up in the intensity of sound, culminating in the final fortissimo refrain.
About the Arranger

Mark Reeves is a professional pianist, piano teacher and music arranger, with many years of experience. More of his arrangements for piano, choir and other instruments can be downloaded here: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/mark-reeves-sheet-music/3001850

Further information

Web: http://www.markreeves.co.uk/
Email: info@markreeves.co.uk
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpySKWz7dvreLSmqUXvoXhA
Twitter: @MarkReeves001

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