O Magnum Mysterium

for a cappella SATB choir
by  Sanford Dole

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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: , Instrumentation:
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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