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Work


Deus, Deus meus

for SSAATTBB a cappella choir

Year:  1980   ·  Duration:  6m

Year:  1980
Duration:  6m

David Hamilton
Composer

Composer:   David Hamilton

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Sample Score

Sample: pp 1-4

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This work for unaccompanied mixed-voice choir alternates bold tonal chords with simple plainsong-like passages. The chordal writing often pits half the choir against the other half, in a type of canon effect. The plainsong-like passages are underpinned by simple repetitive drones. The text, set here in Latin, is part of the Tract for the Mass for Palm Sunday, and includes the well-known entreaty 'My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?'.


Text note

Text from the Tract for the Mass for Palm Sunday