Crescent Moon. Leanne Daharja Veitch. For Choir, Soloists, and hand drum.

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1 Crescent Leanne Daharja Veitch For Choir, oloists, and hand drum. 006

2 Dedication Crescent is dedicated to my amily, especially my husband Michael who helped so much with the typesetting. I owe you much chocolate! Program Notes bout Crescent Crescent is by no means a traditional choral piece. My goals as a composer are to return to the roots o vocal music, and to create music that is or the people music that can be easily understood and identiied with, and that speaks to the heart and spirit rather than to the mind. his is the irst in what will eventually be a trio o songs dedicated to the. he text is original. Pronunciation Note elene (EHlehneh) Perormance Notes ccompaniment: he piece should be ideally accompanied by a bodhran, or Irish round rame drum. I one is not available, a small hand drum or similar will suice. he accompaniment should be rhythmic and steady, and airly strong, with consistency being key. he rhythm is easy, and a perormer should be ound rom the choir with no problems. iming: lthough Crescent is not diicult, attention must be paid to both the rhythm o the bodhran and the conductor s beat, as timing is o absolute importance. Pay strict attention to dotted notes. Female solo (bars 11): he piece begins with a solo emale voice. Ideally, this should be a dierent singer to that o the second emale solo late in the piece. Howev i the same singer is used, no dramas! he solo should be sung warmly and reely, with strength and richness in the lower notes. When the choir enters at the end o the solo, the soloist should move to the C in the chord on the lto line, but strive to be heard above the choir the choir should support, but not dominate, her voice on this chord. Female solo (bars 919): his is a crucial emale solo, and the remainder o the choir must allow her voice to be heard. For this solo, I would preer a competent chorister rom the choir (rather than a singer selected externally). I the top C cannot be sustained, an alternative o a G and are advised. his is to the conductor s discretion. Male olo (bars 105 end): airly straightorward solo. elect a soloist with a rich voice and solid tone and pitch. I such a soloist is not available, the entire choir may sing this line. Harmonic overtone singing: he conductor should select between and 6 harmonic overtone singers rom the choir or this part o the piece. In particular, the type o harmonics that are required are the high belllike tones, with a minimum o the drone beneath. Exact numbers o harmonic singers are to the conductor s discretion, and more or less than this number may be chosen i the conductor eels a better interpretation would result.

3 he duration o the harmonic overtone singing section o the piece is also to the conductor s discretion. he harmonic overtone singing ts at rehearsal igure and concludes at igure. hroughout this section each bar should be held as long as the conductor chooses, and the conductor should simply indicate the change to the next bar, rather than conducting the beat. While the harmonic overtone singing is in progress, remaining choristers sing the indicated note in each o the voice parts. riplets should be strongly emphasized throughout the piece. Lyrics From the earth, end your hrough the hrough the darkness hrough the emptiness. Warm the earth with your crystal ire! ouch our with your! end Your. Your shats low cross the. Purest white, Your arms em cascading. Purest white, Your arms em cascading. elene! elene! elene!. Red is the lood. lack is the. Maid, Moth Crone; hree are One: lack, Red,. Maiden o bless the darkness! Maiden o bless the night! Maiden o! less the night! I you are perorming this piece, please let me know (daharja@gmail.com) and I would greatly appreciate a copy o the recording o the perormance i one is made.

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5 6 Pur est white, Your arms em end Your Pur est white, Your arms em Pur est white, Your arms em end Your tar 1 Your shats low cross the Pur est white, Your arms em Pur est white, Your arms em Your shats low cross the Pur est white, Your arms em tar 6 Cascad ing Cascad ing Pur est white, Your arms em Cascad ing Cascad ing tar tar 41 Cascad ing Cascad ing! Cascad ing Cascad ing tar e le ne! tar e le ne! Crescent 006 Leanne Daharja Veitch

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