Mass over a period of time .- Qui tollis (1997)
... Commissioned by John and Pauline Kiltinen for Floyd Slotterback and the Marquette Choral Society, Marquette, Michigan ...
Berkey, Jackson (born in 1942) [ USA ]
Edition
Published by
SDG Press
[USA]
, 1997
Ref. :
SDG 97-107
(12 p.)
Description
Text in:
Latin
Epoque:
20th century
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred
Type of Choir:
SSATB (5 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
modal
Duration:
6.0 min.
Liturgical Use:
Mass
Comment(s):
Like the Gloria in excelsis, Qui tollis (both from Berkey?s Mass Over a Period of Time) opens with a hearkening to plainsong. The presence of isons (pedal points with changing text) are again heard. The tonal center shifts from E minor to C major, but the
