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Hymntunes III / Robert Douglas Fruehwald [notated music]

Title

Hymntunes III [notated music]

Composer

Fruehwald, Robert Douglas, 1957-

Place of Publication/Creation

Cape Girardeau, MO

Published/Created

1994

Type of Material

notated music

Genre

notated music

Publisher

Calliope Music Pres

Language

Unknown

Media

unmediated

Physical Description

20 pages of music

Carrier

volume

Contents Note

1. Hymn to St. Magnus, 2. Annunciation, 3. Vedic Hymn, 4. Anglo-American Hymn, 5. Delphic Hymn.

Summary

HYMNTUNES III is the third in a series of compositions based on hymntunes. In this composition, religious melodies from many different eras and cultures are used. The texts that accompany these melodies are not discarded. In the first movement, the Latin text of the hymn to St. Magnus is used as a response to the original melody which appears in the fixed media part. The second movement includes a vocal part from a Petrus de Cruce motet in a "musique concrete" style. This vocal part was performed and processed in a way that causes it to sound like it was recorded long ago, in the field, using portable equipment. This "field" recording is then used to create a montage. The third movement uses separate syllables from a Hindu word as a percussive accompaniment for a Vedic melody. Movement four is a choral setting with flute descants. The choral style is based on the "sacred harp" singing once common in the southern United States. In this style of singing, the singers are more concerned with individual expression than with ensemble. They never sing exactly together, they often add ornaments individually, and typically improvise canonic passages. The final movement makes use of the text of the ancient Greek Delphic hymn. --

Notes

Duet Score.

2 flutes and fixed media.

ISMN with hyphens: 979-0-800152-05-4

Description based on ISMN data provided by the publisher.

International Standard Music Number (ISMN)

9790800152054

Last Updated: 03-26-2022