Zelus Domus Tuae
  • Drake
    Posts: 240
    I'd like to share my latest composition, a polyphonic setting of the antiphon Zelus Domus Tuae. I actually composed this about a month ago; but aside from sharing it with my own choir director and family, I have been sitting on it because it is something of a channeling of my own anger during the present difficulty. I might compose to misery or sadness, but I don't usually compose to anger.

    Free download and digital rendering are available here: http://www.catholicliving.net/zelus-domus-tuae/

    The start of the piece should be strong and dramatic (hence the accents), but the electronic instruments don't exactly interpret that well.

    Does anyone know if polyphonic antiphons are allowed for Tenebrae? (Victoria, for example, composed polyphonic responsories). If so, this could be used at the very start of Tenebrae of Holy Thursday.
    Thanked by 3Chris Garton-Zavesky CHGiffen Xopheros
  • Michael_Osborne
    Posts: 30
    This is awesome! Do you have a live recording of it?
    Thanked by 1Drake
  • Drake
    Posts: 240
    Hi @Michael_Osborne. I'm so glad you like this piece! Thank you for your feedback. Unfortunately, I do not have a live recording of it.
  • Xopheros
    Posts: 143
    A much more restraint setting than the famous motet by Kodaly ("Jézus és a kufárok", 1934) yet still quite effective, and -unlike the Kodaly- it is doable by the average parish choir.

    Concerning your question about the utilization of this motet beyond concerts and reenactments of historic Tenebrae services, it might be "aliud aptum" every third year on the third Sunday in Lent (lectionary year B) when this verse is part of the gospel of the day.

    In the comments under this piece on your website, someone promised to send you a recording of a service where this was going to be sung. Although it is unlikely in light of your offending reply: Was the service actually recorded and you happen to know the link to this recording?
    Thanked by 1Drake
  • Drake
    Posts: 240
    @Xopheros, no, unfortunately, I did not receive a recording or a link to one. Tenebrae is still observed during Holy Week in some of the TLM communities. That was the context I had in mind originally when I asked my question, but I appreciate your suggestion for the third Sunday of Lent in year B. That could be a workable option. Thank you.
  • probe
    Posts: 188
    That brought back memories - Kodaly's "Jesus and the Traders" attempted by a small community choir many decades ago, we found it impossible. I can still remember the fugato "And making a whip..." .
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