Daniel Pinkham
In Praise Of Music
for Mixed Choir (SATB) and Organ
Daniel Pinkham
In Praise Of Music
for Mixed Choir (SATB) and Organ
- Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SATB) and Organ
- Composer Daniel Pinkham
- Edition Organ Score
- Publisher Thorpe Music Publishing Company
- Order no. PRES392-03054
Description:
This charming 7-minute cantata for SATB chorus and keyboard (organ or piano) is comprised of four movements that can be performed together or independently. The secular texts are drawn from English poets of the 17th and 18th centuries: 1. To Saint Cecilia (Anonymous), 2. Music, the greatest good that mortals know (Joseph Addison), 3. To Music. A Song (Robert Herrick), 4. In Commendation of Music (William Strode). The melodious choral parts are well within the reach of high school singers and the keyboard part is not difficult. Suitable for school choirs, community choirs, and some church choirs.