Variety and consistency in composing works for mixed choir: Our Father, Psalm I and Psalm 65 by Father Gheorghe Șoima
Variety and consistency in composing works for mixed choir: Our Father, Psalm I and Psalm 65 by Father Gheorghe Șoima

Summary/Abstract: In the 20th century, in the city of Sibiu, the religious-musical education was dominated by professor, composer and conductor Gheorghe Șoima. There is hardly anywriting regarding the approaches and methods used by him in composing. This studyunderlines those processes and composition approaches in the pieces mentioned inthe title. The contrast of ambitus, the dialogues between ensemble and soloist, theusage of unison passages, the insistent repetition of key words, exploring a universof many altered sounds, the detailed care towards no repeating chords with the samedistribution, the projective thinking of the piece’s segments on more tonal poles,multiple associations between the ensemble’s voices, the rhythmic variety servingthe accents of the words’ syllables, the combination between the fugal writing withelements in the Romanian church music and others, represent only a part from thevariety and consistency ion compositions by Fr. Gheorghe Șoima. Those can becomea good reference and base for the the students who will deal in perspective with theharmonization of future repertoire and also, for deeper understanding of works bythis important representative of church music from the Romanian Orthodox Church

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