Divinum Mysterium
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Hi friends,
It's been a coon's age since I posted anything here for general consumption. "Of the Father's Love Begotten (Divinum Mysterium)" is a Christmas song that I've really liked since first hearing Kemper Crabb doing it as part of his Medieval Christmas concert. I like playing it on my whistle, so thought I'd come up with a sheet for it so I could play it as a prelude at church during Advent and be a little more confident about not screwing up. The attached sheet is for a D whistle (playing in key of G) with guitar accompaniment. Adding some hand drum (eg. a doumbek, bodhran, or such) also rounds it out nicely. The song is in an "open meter" or "chant" style. Composer doesn't innately support this format because of all the underlying MIDI performance parameters that it handles, but you can achieve the effect for the score by simply hiding the meters of the measures. To create the song file that I've attached for "Of the Father's Love Begotten"
Sherry |
Re: Divinum Mysterium
Hi Sherry - thank you for posting this interesting piece. We had a semester of Medieval music at Berklee where we were exposed to motets and Gregorian Chants, etc., but beyond that I've had little exposure.
So, thank you for giving us a chance to expand our horizons. Ralph Rayner |
Re: Divinum Mysterium
Thanks, Sherry.
The power of the simplicity of medieval music never fails to get to me. One melody line, thirty monks, and a five-second reverb in a stone cathedral still have majesty. Merry Christmas. David |
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