herron.samuel
Ieropsaltis
The text I am working on composing now is:
We celebrate the memorial of the godly King and Prophet David, and of James the Apostle and First Bishop; for having been freed from error by their teachings, we glorify Christ Who dawned forth from the Virgin, and was incarnate to save our souls.
In Mousiki Kypseli it does an ending on the words: "Δαυῒδ καὶ Ἰακώβου"
This got me to wondering if I should try to hold off on an ending until "First Bishop" in the English. The problems with this are that this leads to a VERY long intro without every doing an ending on Pa, which is not common in sticheraric Pl. 2nd. In fact, in Mousiki Kypsele it does an ending 5 words and 13 syllables in, whereas if I wait until "First Bishop", then it is 18 words, and a great many more syllables, into the piece.
The other option I thought of was to do the Pa ending on "David", and then immediately do another ending on "First Bishop". The phrase "and of James the Apostle and First Bishop;" is 11 syllables long, so it might not seem so abrupt.
Any advice and thoughts on how to handle this beginning and where to place the first ending formula?
We celebrate the memorial of the godly King and Prophet David, and of James the Apostle and First Bishop; for having been freed from error by their teachings, we glorify Christ Who dawned forth from the Virgin, and was incarnate to save our souls.
In Mousiki Kypseli it does an ending on the words: "Δαυῒδ καὶ Ἰακώβου"
This got me to wondering if I should try to hold off on an ending until "First Bishop" in the English. The problems with this are that this leads to a VERY long intro without every doing an ending on Pa, which is not common in sticheraric Pl. 2nd. In fact, in Mousiki Kypsele it does an ending 5 words and 13 syllables in, whereas if I wait until "First Bishop", then it is 18 words, and a great many more syllables, into the piece.
The other option I thought of was to do the Pa ending on "David", and then immediately do another ending on "First Bishop". The phrase "and of James the Apostle and First Bishop;" is 11 syllables long, so it might not seem so abrupt.
Any advice and thoughts on how to handle this beginning and where to place the first ending formula?