Ecce ancilla Domini - M. Taylor

m_r_taylor

Here's a new piece of mine, just in time for the feast of the Annunciation. The text is "Ecce ancilla Domini; fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum". The typesetting is very much in draft mode, but otherwise the music itself is mostly done. I can upload a record using piano at some point as well. Any feedback welcome, on any topic - voice-leading, text placement, harmony, etc.

EDIT: updated score and a choral recording a few posts down.

m_r_taylor · ecce ancilla Domini - piano playthrough 2020-03-25.mp3

If you can get past my annoying breathing on this record, here's a piano playthrough.

m_r_taylor

I am trying to decide if the tenor part on the third- and second-last measure should read

G# - F double # - E#

instead of how it is currently written, which is:

G# - G natural - F natural.

I feel the second version may be easier to read for tenors but less consistent with the suggested key-harmony at that moment.

Schönbergian

Given the Phrygian motion, I would use the second version.

m_r_taylor · Ecce ancilla Domini 2020-05-14.pdf

New version with extended ending - a score and a choral recording, reading through it with the assistance of piano (though of course it's really a cappella).

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