Ascendit Deus. Jacobus Gallus Robert Sieving, Arranger. For String Orchestra. Kjos String Orchestra Grade 2 Full Conductor Score SO324F $6.

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1 acobus Gallus Robert Sieving Arranger Kos String Orchestra Grade ull Conductor Score SO3 $6.00 Ascendit Deus or String Orchestra SO3 - Ascendit Deus Neil A. Kos Music Company ublisher

2 The Arrangement The Arranger Robert Sieving (b. 9) is a Minneapolis-based composer arranger and retired high school choral music educator. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Vocal Music Education rom St. Cloud State University. In addition to his pieces or string orchestra Mr. Sieving is active as a composer and arranger o choral orks. His compositions and arrangements are in the active catalogs o a number o maor publishers including I Lit Up My Eyes Calloay County A Sedish Melody The Angel Gabriel The Water is Wide and A Baroque anare all o hich are published by the Neil A. Kos Music Company. He has served as president o the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) o Minnesota and is a past recipient o the ACDA o Minnesota Conductor o the Year Aard and the lymouth Music Series (no VocalEssence) Aard or Creative rogramming. acobus Gallus (550-59) also knon as acob Handl as a proliic late Renaissance composer o either Slovenian or German ancestry. Born in Carniola hich at the time as one o the Habsburg lands in the Holy Roman Empire he lived and orked in Moravia and Bohemia (no both the estern and eastern regions o the Czech Republic respectively) during the last decade o his lie. Gallus represented the Counter-Reormation s musical direction in Central Europe uniting the polyphonic style o the High Renaissance ranco-lemish School ith the style o the Venetian School. In the motet Ascendit Deus abundant use o ord-painting is illustrated ith the rising theme in the opening measures ( God is ascended ) and the anare motive introduced in m. 8 ( voice o a trumpet ). Originally scored or men s voices the piece is typical o Gallus s polychoral style hich omitted the use o a cantus irmus in avor o the more current compositional style. String technique common to Baroque perormance practice should be employed in this piece ith particular attention to rhythmic vitality and precision. The editorial accents are inserted as a response to the natural inlections ound in the Latin text o the original motet thereby increasing players aareness o the relevance o each part to the hole. The repetition and interplay o parts ill contribute to students enoyment and sense o accomplishment. Instrumentation List (Set C) 6 st Violin / nd Violin 6 3rd Violin / Viola 6 th Violin / 5 th Violin 0 / String Bass ull Conductor Score Additional scores and parts are available. To hear a recording o this piece or any other Kos publication please visit.kos.com. SO3

3 ull Conductor Score Approx. time :0 Ascendit Deus or String Orchestra acobus Gallus Transcribed and arranged by Robert Sieving 3 Violins Allegro (q = 0). cresc.. cresc. 3 5 Viola String Bass B?? cresc. cresc.. cresc B?.? 0 Neil A. Kos Music Company 38 utland Drive San Diego Caliornia 97. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. rinted in U.S.A. WARNING! The contents o this publication are protected by copyright la. To copy or reproduce them by any method is an inringement o the copyright la. Anyone ho reproduces copyrighted matter is subect to substantial penalties and assessments or each inringement. SO3

4 0 3. B.?? B? ? 8 B?? SO3

5 5 3 5 B?? 6 B?? 7 8 ( ) 9 30 B?? ( ) SO3

6 B?? B.?.? B??. Rall. 3 cresc.. cresc. cresc. cresc.. cresc. 5. 6U U U U U SO3

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