Three Motets
by Howard Skempton
4-Part - Sheet Music

SATB choir, a cappella (SATB) - easy

SKU: OU.9780193360105

Composed by Howard Skempton. Sacred choral - mixed voices. New Horizons. Sacred. Vocal score. 12 pages. Duration 2', 3', 2.5'. Oxford University Press #9780193360105. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193360105).

ISBN 9780193360105. 10 x 7 inches.

For SATB unaccompanied These beautiful motets provide inspiring new repertoire for choirs. Locus iste is rhythmic and uplifting; Ave Virgo sanctissima is a gentle setting of a Spanish antiphon, full of sumptuous harmonies; and Beati quorum via contrasts calm, reflective passages with a stirring, eight-part quasi-refrain.

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