a cappella choral music of Sy Brandon
Greeting Card Madrigals - A tribute to parents comprises the text to these three madrigals. The first is a humorous tribute to parents and uses counterpoint and a brief aleatoric section on fa-la. The second and third are serious settings to Mom and Dad and are primarily homophonic. All three are tonal and triadic. Advanced
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In God I Will Praise His Word - This setting of Psalm 56 Lines 10-13 uses sections of rich harmony and imitative counterpoint. Advanced Intermediate
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Psalm 23 - This composition won the 2000 El Dorado Sacred Music Composition Contest. Advanced Intermediate
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Red River Valley - This setting of the famous cowboy song makes a great show piece for your choir. It has driving rhythms sung with "bum" and "do" and meter changes to always keep your audience on their toes. A slow middle section, using chromatic harmony contrasts the fast outer sections. Advanced
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World Brotherhood - This work was commissioned by the Clarkston, MI High School Madrigals and is a setting of an anonymous text promoting world peace. The harmonic language is tonal with a few tonality shifts and sections of counterpoint. Advanced Intermediate
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