Ecce ancilla Domini - M. Taylor
  • m_r_taylor
    Posts: 316
    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.
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  • m_r_taylor
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    If you can get past my annoying breathing on this record, here's a piano playthrough.
    ecce ancilla Domini - piano playthrough 2020-03-25.mp3
    3M
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  • m_r_taylor
    Posts: 316
    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
    Posts: 1,063
    Given the Phrygian motion, I would use the second version.
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  • m_r_taylor
    Posts: 316
    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).
    Ecce ancilla Domini 2020-05-14.pdf
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    2020-05-14 ecce ancilla Domini.mp3
    4M
    Thanked by 1CHGiffen
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