O Magnum Mysterium

for a cappella SATB choir

by Sanford Dole

Using jazz-influenced harmonies Dole seeks to capture the mystery implied in the text. Adding the text Noe, and omitting the concluding O beata Virgo verse, the piece builds to a peppier Noel! section before returning to the opening O magnum music and leaving the audience with the quiet chords of the mystery of the scene at the birth of Jesus.

SKU: SDE-003 Categories: Choral Music, Mixed Voices Instrumentation: Choral

Season or Event:	Advent, Christmas
Descriptive Tags:	Adoration, Christian, Liturgical text, Prayer, Scriptural text, Worship
Difficulty:	Intermediate, Advanced Student, Advanced
Voicing:	SATB
Instrumentation:	A Cappella
Language:	Latin
Sacred or Secular:	Sacred

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