Verily I say unto you
Tallis, Thomas (1505?-1585) [ England ]
Arr.: Thoburn, Crawford R. (born in 1933) [ USA ]
Edition
Published by
Carl Fischer Inc.
[USA]
, 1999
Ref. :
8564
(4 p.)
, "A Cappella Classics for SAB"
Type of material:
Choral score
Other titles on the same score:
Call to remembrance
Description
Text in:
English
Epoque:
16th century
(1550-1599)
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Motet ; Hymn (sacred)
Mood of the piece:
prayerful ; intense
Type of Choir:
SAB (3 men + women OR mixed voices )
Liturgical Use:
General ; Lent ; Maundy Thursday ; Communion
Biblical references:
John :
6, 53-56
Data about the life of the work:
Carefully edited to retain the sense of the original composition, while making it available to smaller choirs. Original version for SATB.
Comment(s):
Skillful, stylistically authentic reduction of the moving 4-part motet to a SAB scoring for smaller choirs with only one men's section.
