Suite Remembrance

Dunphy, Melissa

$4.85
SKU
8745
E. C. Schirmer Music Company
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SKU8745
Composer/ArrangerDunphy, Melissa
Text AuthorDickinson, Emily; Schlott, Nathaniel
Voicing & InstrumentsSSATB Chorus unaccompanied
DifficultyMedium
Text LanguageEnglish
Topics (Secular)Death/Loss/Remembrance/Afterlife
Popular Choral SearchesFemale Composer, Multi-Movement Work: up to 15 min
ScriptureIsaiah 40:7-8; Psalms 30
Duration8:30
PublisherE. C. Schirmer Music Company
Recording CreditsArchival live recording by the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, Philip Barnes, Director; first studio recording issued on Regent Records, 2020. Used by permission.
A set of four contrasting memorial dances for unaccompanied mixed chorus, Suite Remembrance was commissioned by the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus. Movements range from energetic to lyrical and moving, and each takes after a dance form: I. Todtentanz (Saltarello), II. All Flesh is Grass (Gavotte), III. If I can Stop One Heart from Breaking (Sarabande), and IV. Mourning into Dancing (Gigue); the fourth movement is for double chorus.
 
Contents:
I. Todtentanz (Saltarello)
II. All Flesh Is Grass (Gavotte)
III. If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking (Sarabande)
IV. Mourning into Dancing (Gigue)