Ave Maria (On the Enigmatic Scale): Concert Band Conductor Score & Parts
$45.00
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The "Four Sacred Pieces" for chorus are Giuseppe Verdi's (1813-1901) last compositions and were first performed in April, 1898. Ave Maria , the first of the "Four Sacred Pieces" was composed for four-part unaccompanied chorus. It is based on a scale that Verdi called "Scala enigmatica." Unlike any of the scales we recognize, it is composed of an unusual series of steps and half steps: C, D-flat, E, F-sharp, G-sharp, A-sharp, B, C. The F is natural when the scale descends. This forms the basis of the composition. In the choral version, it is a setting of the Hail Mary prayer, and that text states best the mood of this beautiful and unusual composition. This arrangement for developing band has been completed by Barbara Buehlman.
Ave Maria (On the Enigmatic Scale): Concert Band Conductor Score & Parts
$45.00
Sold by Alfred
The "Four Sacred Pieces" for chorus are Giuseppe Verdi's (1813-1901) last compositions and were first performed in April, 1898. Ave Maria , the first of the "Four Sacred Pieces" was composed for four-part unaccompanied chorus. It is based on a scale that Verdi called "Scala enigmatica." Unlike any of the scales we recognize, it is composed of an unusual series of steps and half steps: C, D-flat, E, F-sharp, G-sharp, A-sharp, B, C. The F is natural when the scale descends. This forms the basis of the composition. In the choral version, it is a setting of the Hail Mary prayer, and that text states best the mood of this beautiful and unusual composition. This arrangement for developing band has been completed by Barbara Buehlman.