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The works in the sacred vocal music section are all written for the Christian religion, some designed to be sung as part of a church service, others have been inspired by religion
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Describe and analyse the pieces in the sacred vocal music section, showing how they reflect different ways or writing for church music. The works in the sacred vocal music section are all written for the Christian religion, some designed to be sung as part of a church service, others have been inspired by religion but are intended to be sung in a concert hall. The works are taken from a wide range of musical styles from Renaissance to Modern. The works I will be analysing are: "O Wilhelme, pastor bone" (Tavener), "In ecclesiis" (Gabrieli), Cantata No.48, movements 1-4 (Bach), "Quoniam tu solus" (Haydn), "Locus iste" (Bruckner), Symphony of psalms, movement 3 (Stravinsky) and "The lamb" (Tavener). Tavener's "O Wilhelme, pastor bone" is written for an all male choir, the top two parts sung by boy trebles. Tavener uses a syllabic setting of the text until the last phrase in which he...
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