Dana Gioia, Robert Schuneman
The Angel with the Broken Wing
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Dana Gioia, Robert Schuneman
The Angel with the Broken Wing
- Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SATB)
- Composer Dana Gioia Robert Schuneman
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Choral Score
- Publisher ECS Publishing
- Order no. ECS8440
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Description:
This poem by Dana Gioia is spoken by a santo, a devotional wooden statue carved by a Mexican folk artist. This anthropomorphized statue speaks of its history and its fate as a museum piece. The setting, a hymn by Robert Schuneman, is intended to challenge singers' perception of rhythm, harmony, and structure. It contains a cantus firmus that undergoes various transformations paired with shifting time signatures nearly the entire way through the piece. Mostly homophonic music is contrasted by passages of polyphony, thinner choral textures, and one featuring a pedal point.