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Uploaded by on Oct 16, 2007

Liberty High School
Heritage Festival: San Diego (2007)

"Haec Dies"
-Composed by William Byrd
-Performed by Concert Choir

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  • Ok....amazing song but the director screwed it up by slowing it down...the kids couldn't make their faster counts match each other.

  • haha. midget, i second that. loves it.

  • The setting is extremely important: in very acoustically "live" places such as cathedrals with stone walls, you often have a long reverb time: everything you've sung in the past few seconds is still audibly bouncing off the walls. In this type of acoustic setting, which is typical of where these early polyphonic works would be sung, you have to take it slow accordingly! In most modern concert settings, however, faster is usually ok. Also, a modern audience is less tolerant of slow speeds.

  • we sang this piece much faster.

  • "Early" music seldom has exact tempo designations, so it is up to the performers or conductors to take things at the speed they think fits a) the intent of the composer b) the setting of the performance (acoustics and such), and occasionally c) the abilities of the performers. (which in this case are quite good, i must add!! They COULD have sung this faster, but their conductor decided otherwise - this is part of what is called the "interpretation" of the piece.

  • Is this slower than it was intended to be sung?

    Either that or my choir sings it too fast!

  • p.s. This sounds really nice! Good job!

  • wow, we're singing this at the moment, we sang it at a wedding and we're sing it in competition. It's difficult, but so rewarding!

  • Love this song. Sung it in competition myself in high school choir in 1982.

  • sometimes i say haec dies when someone says heck yes. i feel like the biggest loser at those moments.

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