Please enlighten on this 'score'; was the piece raised in pitch to accommodate the boy altos? To go higher than A= 440 is the opposite of what I understood was more 'period' as to pitch, with the A of the period (while not standardized) was more like 415-425 or so. Raising it makes it brighter maybe, but singing along with you, while fun, may be dangerous in muscle memory if working for a performance next month. Very pretty sound, though, all those proper kids' pronunciations, very precious.
@Murgy56 In my score, the Gloria is actually attributed to a 'Mr Rosengrave, junior', so it looks doubtful Mr Purcell composed that tag to the Mag/Nunc.....I do not deny it is sublime, however, and the whole Service a Beautiful work....I feel God and Mr Purcell smiling every time we get the blessed opportunity to add this to our Evensongs.
@irishmaestro Yes, sorry. You are right. 466 Hz actually (466.164 Hz). I will fix that. Same for the 'Magnificat' from the same service. Thanks for letting me know about it.
@Triduana1 It *is* good - but only about 3 of the 20 or so sources that exist for the Purcell G minor service actually include it. The rest just repeat the first Gloria, I think. Interestingly, only one of the sources ascribe the "Roseingrave" Gloria to anyone, as far as I know...
Thank you for posting this. A technical question; What techniques/software do you use to create the score and music moving together? I'm a choir teacher and think it would be a great way for my kids to learn their music.
@jrankney I capture, rotate, clean from stains, resize and often edit the scores with several image editing softwares (final format: 640x480 .bmp or lossless .jpg files), I edit the audio file with Nero Wave Editor (saved as a .wav file because of next step, done with a software which does not work well with .mp3 files), then I synchronize them with Windows Movie Maker (640x480 .wmv video at 2 mbps, which preserves decent sound quality).
Thank you SO MUCH for posting this! Our choir will be singing this for Evensong in Epiphany. Having the score in front of you while listening to such an excellent choir makes it a lot easier for the choir to study.
Please enlighten on this 'score'; was the piece raised in pitch to accommodate the boy altos? To go higher than A= 440 is the opposite of what I understood was more 'period' as to pitch, with the A of the period (while not standardized) was more like 415-425 or so. Raising it makes it brighter maybe, but singing along with you, while fun, may be dangerous in muscle memory if working for a performance next month. Very pretty sound, though, all those proper kids' pronunciations, very precious.
peddletoneG 1 month ago
What a wonderful Gloria. Purcell at his sublime best ....Amen!
Murgy56 2 months ago
@Murgy56 In my score, the Gloria is actually attributed to a 'Mr Rosengrave, junior', so it looks doubtful Mr Purcell composed that tag to the Mag/Nunc.....I do not deny it is sublime, however, and the whole Service a Beautiful work....I feel God and Mr Purcell smiling every time we get the blessed opportunity to add this to our Evensongs.
peddletoneG 3 days ago
Oh yeah - isn't it being sung at A=465 Hz?
irishmaestro 9 months ago
@irishmaestro Yes, sorry. You are right. 466 Hz actually (466.164 Hz). I will fix that. Same for the 'Magnificat' from the same service. Thanks for letting me know about it.
MehdiCapsI 9 months ago
How can you recommend that choirs be deprived of the pleasure of the Rosengrave Gloria? Purist killjoy!
:)
Triduana1 10 months ago
@Triduana1 It *is* good - but only about 3 of the 20 or so sources that exist for the Purcell G minor service actually include it. The rest just repeat the first Gloria, I think. Interestingly, only one of the sources ascribe the "Roseingrave" Gloria to anyone, as far as I know...
irishmaestro 9 months ago
A boys choir at its finest in this recording, beautiful.
bethhhhhh123456789 10 months ago
Thank you for posting this. A technical question; What techniques/software do you use to create the score and music moving together? I'm a choir teacher and think it would be a great way for my kids to learn their music.
jrankney 11 months ago
@jrankney I capture, rotate, clean from stains, resize and often edit the scores with several image editing softwares (final format: 640x480 .bmp or lossless .jpg files), I edit the audio file with Nero Wave Editor (saved as a .wav file because of next step, done with a software which does not work well with .mp3 files), then I synchronize them with Windows Movie Maker (640x480 .wmv video at 2 mbps, which preserves decent sound quality).
MehdiCapsI 11 months ago
Thank you SO MUCH for posting this! Our choir will be singing this for Evensong in Epiphany. Having the score in front of you while listening to such an excellent choir makes it a lot easier for the choir to study.
KentBJones 1 year ago
Such a fantastic peice of writing
emoswithspoons98 1 year ago