Classical Composer: | Rutter, John |
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Lyricist: | Anonymous |
Work: | Te Deum |
Year Composed: | 1988 |
Instrumentation: | SATB ch, 0.3.3.1 - timp.perc - org |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Duration: | 00:07:00 |
Period: | Contemporary |
Work Category: | Choral - Sacred |
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The Te Deum sprang from rather more Anglican soil. In 1988 the Guild of Church Musicians (a British-based church music organization doing much good work) celebrated its centenary, marked by a service of thanksgiving in Canterbury Cathedral, and I was invited to compose a succinct Te Deum for performance on this occasion. The text has been associated with rejoicing and ceremony for centuries-Henry V in Shakespeare's play orders it to be sung to celebrate the victory at Agincourt-but it is not easy to set effectively to music because it is not the work of a single author but a compilation of three separate texts, and (to be frank) it rather tails off at the end. The solution I found was to make the final section hymn-like, binding the rest of it together with the varied use of one or two melodic outlines. As with the Gloria, the accompaniment is for brass, timpani, percussion and organ.
John Rutter
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