PRAYER OF THE MIDDLE AGES

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Composer HANSON, HOWARD
Voicing/Instrument SSAATTBB SAC A CAPPELLA
Publisher EARTHSONGS PUBLICATIONS
Publisher ItemS-219

Howard Hanson (1896-1981) headed the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music for several decades, where he composed prolifically, won a Pulitzer Prize (1944), and finished his career showered in honorary degrees. Despite all the acclaim, Hanson attracted scholarly scorn for being devoted to tonal music and therefore being astoundingly out-of-fashion. His motet A Prayer of the Middle Ages dates from the U.S. bicentennial and starts in the most American way: with a fanfare, this one for voices. Instead of driving to a big "tah-dah" ending, though, the brilliance softens as the singers repeat the phrase "the greatest marvel." A section of denser, searching music follows until the words, "Thou who madest Heaven and Earth" where Hanson revels in the glory of the tried-and-true G major scale. His critics ground their teeth at such music, but Hanson -- Wahoo, Nebraska's favorite son -- could do nothing but stay true to roots.

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