Aestimatus sum for SSAATTBB Choir.

I wrote this piece a while ago, I'm not quite sure why I haven't posted it yet, as I believe it is my best choral work so far.

This is a dark piece in the latin liturgy, and I wanted to use it to imitate some late-renaissance styles, without really adhering the the rules strictly. I aimed towards a Gesualdo like harmonic progression, and in doing so I broke ALOT of renaissance writing rules. But the texture is interesting nonetheless. Let me know what you think!

Also I added two files, one is a Cantai Recreation, which has some annoying imperfections, but actually attempts to simulate voices. I can't fix just about any of the issues, but I only got a month trial so I'm not gonna complain too much.

Aestimatus sum cum

Descendentibus in lacum.

Factus sum sicut homo sine adjutorio,

Inter mortuos liber.

Posuerunt me in lacu inferiori,

In tenebrosis et in umbra mortis.

Factus sum sicut homo sine adjutorio,

Inter mortuos liber.

Translation:

I am counted among those

Who descend to the depths.

I became like a man without help,

Released among the dead.

They have laid me in the lowest pit,

In darkness and in the shadow of death.

I became like a man without help,

Released among the dead.

Aestimatus.pdf

Edited August 21Aug 21 by Some Guy That writes Music

Hi

What a fantastic piece.

First of all, I’d like to say that the instrumental version works really well on its own.

Although the version with Cantai is brilliant. I’m familiar with this virtual instrument and it’s still a bit of a headache, but the idea is brilliant.

The sense of horizontality is absolute, and believe me, not many people write like this these days. There are moments that remind me of what I know of Gesualdo, such as the one in bar 39, ‘umbra mortis’ – oh, what biting, coinciding harmonies.

Best regards.