Background
Lauridsen, Morten Johannes was born on February 27, 1943 in Colfax, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
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Each of the five connected movements in this choral cycle contains references to 'Light,' assembled from various sacred Latin texts. I composed Lux Aeterna in response to my mother's final illness and found great personal comfort and solace in setting to music these timeless and wondrous words about Light, a universal symbol of illumination at all levels - spiritual, artistic and intellectual. The work opens and closes with the beginning and ending of the Requiem Mass, with the central three movements drawn respectively from the Te Deum, O Nata Lux and Veni, Sancte Spiritus. The opening Introitus introduces several themes that recur later in the work and includes an extended canon on "et lux perpetua." In Te, Domine, Speravi contains, among other musical elements, the cantus firmus "Herzliebster Jesu" (from the Nuremburg Songbook, 1677) and a lengthy inverted canon on "fiat misericordia." O Nata Lux and Veni, Sancte Spiritus are paired songs, the former an a cappella motet at the center of the work and the latter a spirited, jubilant canticle. A quiet setting of the Agnus Dei precedes the final Lux Aeterna, which reprises the opening section of the Introitus and concludes with a joyful celebratory Alleluia.
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SongBook - In addition to his vast output of German poetry, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) composed nearly 400 poems in French. His poems on roses struck me as especially charming, filled with gorgeous lyricism, deftly crafted and elegant in their imagery. These exquisite poems are primarily light, joyous and playful, and the musical settings are designed to enhance these characteristics and capture the delicate beauty and sensuousness of the poetry. Distinct melodic and harmonic materials recur throughout the cycle, especially between Rilke's poignant Contre qui, rose (set as a wistful nocturne) and his moving La rose complète. The final piece, Dirait-on, is composed as a tuneful chanson populaire, or folksong, that weaves together two melodic ideas first heard in fragmentary form in preceding movements. --Morten Lauridsen - SATB ACAPPEL - Morten Lauridsen - PEERCL - Softcover - Peermusic Classical - 2010 - SATB a cappella - 680160430512 - 8 Pages. - Lenght 10.50 - Width 7.00
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O Magnum Mysterium Series: Peermusic Classical Publisher: Peermusic Classical Format: Softcover SATB Composer: Morten Lauridsen The original choral setting of O Magnum Mysterium, premiered by the Los Angeles Master Chorale conducted by Paul Salamunovich in December, 1994, has since been performed thousands of times throughout the world and was also designated as an American Choral Masterpiece by the National Endowment for the Arts. The genesis of this motet is discussed in my Wall Street Journal article. "Zurbaran's 'Still-life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose.'" --Morten Lauridsen Inventory #HL 00228817 UPC: 680160430642 Publisher Code: 61860-121 Width: 7.0" Length: 10.5" 10 pages
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Lauridsen, Morten Johannes was born on February 27, 1943 in Colfax, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Bachelor, Thornton School Music, University Southern California, 1966. Master of Arts, Thornton School Music, University Southern California, 1968. DMA, Thornton School Music, University Southern California, 1974.
Distinguished professor composition Thornton School Music, University Southern California, since 1972, chair composition department, 1990—2002. Composer-in-residence Los Angeles Master Chorale, 1994—2001.
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