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THE MUSIC OF MORTEN LAURIDSEN

Four Madrigals on Renaissance Texts

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Lauridsen’s earliest collection and displays characteristics that recur in all of  his music,
1) lyrical vocal lines,  
2) rhythmic vitality,  
3) sophisticated contrapuntal procedures
4) sensitive and effective musical settings that complement the text. Based on the poems of Thomas Carew and Ben Jonson the Four Madrigals are designated SATB Chorus with optional flute, bassoon, violin, cello, and tambourine.

​3-09
3-09A
Four Madrigals on Renaissance Texts
​​Four Madrigals on Renaissance Texts
​SATB/Piano
​Inst. Set
Lauridsen
Lauridsen
$7.50
​$7.00

Mid Winter Songs

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Heralded by The Los Angeles Times as an “elegant, engaging, an effective setting, pungently scored, rhythmically varied, and highly flattering to a good chorus . . . accessible in the best sense." This set of five songs,  1) Lament for Pasiphae,  2) Like Snow,  3) She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep,  
4) Mid-Winter Walking,  5) Intercession in Late October, is based on poems of Robert Graves.

3-10
Mid-Winter Songs
SATB/Piano
Lauridsen
$10.50

O Love Be Fed With Apples While You May

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O Love Be Fed With Apples While You May was originally the final poem setting in Mid-Winter Songs.
This spirited Vivace will be a vibrant addition to any choral program.

3-15
O Love Be Fed With Apples
SATB/Piano
Lauridsen
$2.75

Psalm 29

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Psalm 29  is an early composition of Dr. Lauridsen written for the USC Chorus. This energetic
psalm setting is a wonderful challenge for university and professional choruses.
Rhythmically and harmonically complex.

3-08
Psalm 29
SATB
Lauridsen
$2.95

Lament for Pasiphae

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Lament for Pasiphae is the opening choral selection from Morten Lauridsen’s Mid-Winter Songs. Released as a single for the Texas High School All-State, this stunning composition musically stimulates both performer and audience with its powerful beauty.  As the lyrics proclaim, “O dying sun, Shine warm a little longer . . . Shine warm.”

3-17
Lament for Pasiphae
SATB
Lauridsen
$2.75

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