Mary's Hymn (Bird, Peter)

		Movements/Sections 1 Composition Year 2007 Genre Categories Sacred hymns; Hymns; Religious works; Magnificats; Vespers; For mixed chorus; Scores featuring mixed chorus; For unaccompanied chorus; For mixed chorus, organ; Scores featuring the organ; For chorus with keyboard; English language; Latin language

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Los Angeles: George Peter Bird, 2007.

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Scores

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 A-cappella edition
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composer (22 July 2007)

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Los Angeles: George Peter Bird, 2007.

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composer (22 July 2007)

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General Information

Work Title	Mary's Hymn
Alternative Title	Magnificat

Composer	Bird, Peter
Opus/Catalogue Number	PB 10
Movements/Sections	1
Year/Date of Composition	2007
First Publication	2007
Librettist	Luke 1:46-55
Language	English and Latin
Dedication	To Morten Lauridsen
Piece Style	Modern
Instrumentation	SATB chorus, occasionally divisi; either a cappella or with organ

Misc. Comments

The initial theme introduced by the sopranos is echoed one bar later by the altos (canon at the 5th) and also by the tenors and basses at 1/2 speed and 1/3 speed, respectively (prolation canon). The middle section uses free imitative polyphony and familiar style, often in a rhythmic pattern of 3-3-2-3-3-4. The ending doxology repeats the initial canon above Gregorian tone VIIIG (one of the set used to chant the Magnificat in Latin).