Non vos relinquam orphanos (Charles H. Giffen)
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- Original key
CPDL #23401: []
- Editor: Charles H. Giffen (submitted 2011-04-20). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 85 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Bilingual (Latin, English) edition. Copyright by the composer for CPDL, this work may be freely copied, distributed, performed, or recorded. Please inform the composer of any performances of this work.
- Transposed edition
CPDL #23436:
- Editor: Charles H. Giffen (submitted 2011-04-25). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 85 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Tranposed down a diminished fifth for ATBarB voices. Copyright by the composer for CPDL, this work may be freely copied, distributed, performed, or recorded. Please inform the composer of any performances of this work.
General Information
Title: Non vos relinquam Orphanos (I will not leave you Comfortless)
Composer: Charles H. Giffen
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Languages: Latin, English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 2011
Description: This work is composed in the octatonic scale mode in which B, D, F, and G-sharp are removed from the chromatic scale, and hence the scale consists of alternating whole and half steps. Although essentially tonal, the octatonic mode will seem somewhat unusual to many. Note that, musically, measures 1-8 appear in strict inversion as measures 9-16. Then measures 1-5, transposed down an octave, and measures 9-14, transposed up an octave, form a strict double canon by inversion delayed by two measures beginning at measure 17. The style of this motet is intended to evoke both chant and early polyphony, albeit in modern terms. – Charles H. Giffen
This work is appropriate for Ascension or Pentecost.
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Original text and translations
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Non vos relinquam Orphanos: Alleluia. |
I will not leave you Comfortless: Alleluia. |
Latin text
English text