March 10, 200917 yr The current revision of my Missa Brevis. The structure is as follows: I. Kyrie - First 2/3 finished. Same as before with the added "Christe" section. Effectively uses the Swell strings. II. Gloria - COMPLETE My favorite movment so far. The opening Gloria is in D major with running 16ths in the organ. A fugual section follows ("Laudamus te" etc.) radically changing keys very quickly. Bar 40 begins a second fugual section being much more chromatic and with unresolved dissonences abound :D. 10 points for those who figure out the quote in here. After a unison rhythmic transition, the false recap comes in emphasizing "misere nobis". The real recap joins admist a fanfare of trumpets. The D major coda concludes the movement with more trumpets. III. Sanctus and Benetictus - Nothing yet. IV. Agnus Dei - COMPLETE Slower movement in 6/8 with grand and sublime coexisting. The organ in the MIDI approximates the registrations: Gt. = Organ, Ch. = Flutes, Sw. = Strings, Ped. = Reeds, Tpt. = Fanfare Trumpet (on Chorus) Comments welcome! :) Missa Brevis.pdf Missa Brevis.mid
March 11, 200917 yr Tokke! Where is your diet Pepsi avatar!? :P Seriously though this is a great piece! :) My favorite is the Kyrie.
March 11, 200917 yr Wow, nice piece! I like the Kyrie very much also. Remember that the pedal part for organ does not have to be limited to one note. It's not uncommon to see octaves in the feet, and they're fun to play!
March 21, 200917 yr Me like! Only listened to the Kyrie so far, and very impressed, especially with the organ part. One question -forgive my ignorance-: is the "ei" of "eleison" supposed to be one syllable? I thought it was e-le-i-son, in which case, having the "ei" fall on a single quaver (e.g. mm 42, 46, 47) would be a problem.
March 21, 200917 yr Me like! Only listened to the Kyrie so far, and very impressed, especially with the organ part.One question -forgive my ignorance-: is the "ei" of "eleison" supposed to be one syllable? I thought it was e-le-i-son, in which case, having the "ei" fall on a single quaver (e.g. mm 42, 46, 47) would be a problem. No. The composer may treat consecutive vowels as one syllable and assign it to one note, in which case they are treated as "dipthongs," with the first vowel sound receiving the greatest duration and the second vowel introduced as a "vanishing vowel" just prior to the following syllable.
