Psalm 8 (Drehmer, Earl Richard)

Composition Year	1984 ca.
Genre Categories	Psalms; Religious works; For 4 voices; For unaccompanied voices; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; English language

Performances

Synthesized Performance
*#888196 - 98.83MB - 3:59 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 12×⇩ - MP4 - Pseudotonal

MP4 file (audio/video)
Pseudotonal (2023/12/13)

Publisher Info.	Earl Richard Drehmer, 2013.
Performers	Finale 2008
Copyright	Creative Commons Zero 1.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	score performed by Finale, recorded by Audacity, video created with Windows Movie Maker
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Synthesized Performance
*#888195 - 4.13MB - 3:36 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 15×⇩ - MP3 - Pseudotonal

MP3 file (audio)
Pseudotonal (2023/12/13)

Publisher Info.	Earl Richard Drehmer, 2013.
Performers	Finale 2008
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Misc. Notes	score performed by Finale and recorded by Audacity
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Complete Score
*#888194 - 1.02MB, 12 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 44×⇩ - Pseudotonal

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Pseudotonal (2023/12/13)

Publisher. Info.	Earl Richard Drehmer, 2013.
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Work Title	Psalm 8
Alternative. Title
Composer	Drehmer, Earl Richard
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IED 91
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1984 ca.
First Performance.	2013/06/18
First Publication.	2013
Librettist	Psalm VIII Revised Standard Version
Language	English
Dedication	Johann Sebastian Bach
Average DurationAvg. Duration	3.6 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Modern
Piece Style	Modern
Instrumentation	soprano, alto, tenor, bass
Extra Information	In this piece I was inspired by 3 notes from Bach's B minor Mass: a rising half step then a whole step by one voice part with no other sound. This motive appears often in Psalm Eight. Otherwise, the work can be characterized as tonal imitative counterpoint in a somewhat Baroque style.