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Personent Hodie
by kristyjo

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Submitted on: Dec 13, 2005 - 09:30:34 AM
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Keywords Christmas (157), Holiday (78), Latin (58), harp (59), cello (45), bells (44)

Description This is a Latin Hymn from the 13th century. It has a fairly interesting history, if you're into the history of hymns and sacred music, but suffice it to say that the modal sound of this tune, (with lots of open fifths and octaves in the harmonic structure), are really exploited in this arrangement. I've chosen a fairly unusual instrumentation of cello, glockenspiel, harp and hand drum.
Interestingly, there is a 1916 arrangement of this tune by Gustave Holst, which I don't like very much, because it's so ponderous, but it's been wildly popular as a processional in 'high' churches. I've not included the words here, mostly because there are so many English translations, and even the Latin words show some striking variations.

Hardware PB 15"

Software: GarageBand (sketched out with green bars while I was supposed to be filling out report cards.)

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	Ejh said 1085 days ago
	This is very well and simply done... ...letting the beauty of the underlying melody carry the whole thing... I'm glad you've opted against 'ponderous'. This is a welcome addition to my iTunes library. Thank you for posting it. Ed

	Cori Ander said 1084 days ago
	Yes Yes, a very pretty tune in a nice arrangement!

	dreadmon said 1080 days ago
	Very lovely This is just beautiful - you did this all by editing software instruments? That's impressive - and this is a delight to listen to!

	Doadars Uncle said 1077 days ago
	Beautiful Nice arrangement. Very light. Great instrument choices! GarageBand instead of work? You've taken your first step into a larger world.

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