AVE MARIA

Mixed Voice Double Chorus a cappella

Publisher: Music Sales America
Voicing: SATB
Composer: Pawel Lukaszewski

This piece for double choir (which has a companion Ave maris stella devised for separate performance) is grounded in traditional harmonic progression. An astonishing build-up of devotional intensity is achieved with near-exclusive reference to the notes of the G major diatonic scale. At the pinnacle of the piece an electrifying F natural is introduced, which, in combination with an A minor triad, replicates the climactic chord from the development section of the opening movement of Beethoven's 3rd (Eroica) Symphony. The Eroica chord has iconic status in Polish music, playing a major role in the final movement of Gorecki's famed Symphony No. 3 (the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs).

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Item #: 014019534
UPC: 884088659554
Size: 9.75"  x  6.75"
Pages: 8
Stock #: HL14019534