John David Earnest
Vergine bella
Tenor Solo and SATB Chorus unaccompanied
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John David Earnest
Vergine bella
Tenor Solo and SATB Chorus unaccompanied
- Instrumentation High Voice and Mixed Choir (SATB)
- Composer John David Earnest
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Choral Score
- Publisher ECS Publishing
- Order no. ECS8478
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Description:
The conductor of Choral Arts Northwest, Robert Bode, asked the composer to write a work based on a text about The Blessed Virgin Mary. The final poem in Petrarch's most famous work, Il Canzoniere, was chosen, because it is a prayer to the Blessed Virgin. The composer first quotes a melody by Guillaume Dufay (1397-1474,) and then continues with his own interpretation of the poem, simultaneously using both the original Italian and its English translation, and a few other references to Dufay's music. Duration: ca. 5:20 A review of CANW's performance of this piece comments: 'Perhaps the heart of the programcame with the premiere of John David Earnest's 'Vergine Bella. ' This gorgeous work caught up the listener from the start, the choir softly singing the first phrases on one note, while the solo tenor came in soaring above them in a beautiful melody. '