GabrielCremeens
Music Director at St. George, Albuquerque, NM
Evlogeite, Papa Ephraim,
This is my first attempt at serious composition; it was prompted by our new class requirement for Byzantine Music III that we compose a piece using traditional theseis.
Any suggestions and comments would be highly appreciated, to improve this piece. I'm not sure how valid some of the things I have written are - I guess I'll find out pretty soon, God willing.
We were required to compose with little outside help. However, I have the instructor's permission, now that I taken the piece as far as I can and submitted "my own independent work", to ask for comments and suggestions from yourself, Basil, et al.
I am also obligated to mention that our Professor, Dr. Menios Karanos, gave me the idea for some of the theseis, particularly the transposed thesi on high Ni "they cried: O Lord,". Also, prior to posting it here, Mr. John Boyer took a look at it and helped me compose the ending (that is, "grant victory" and onwards, until the end) as well as pointing out some trouble spots in the music.
Edit: There should be a gorgon on the long thesi "grant victory", on the second high Vou. My apologies for not adding it.
Edit #2: There should be meaningless "n"s in the following places:
2nd page, line 9, on the first note after the four beat ison on the word "Lord"
3rd page, 2nd-to-last line, on the last note (ison-kentemata- "table" combination)
Kissing your right hand,
Gabriel
This is my first attempt at serious composition; it was prompted by our new class requirement for Byzantine Music III that we compose a piece using traditional theseis.
Any suggestions and comments would be highly appreciated, to improve this piece. I'm not sure how valid some of the things I have written are - I guess I'll find out pretty soon, God willing.
We were required to compose with little outside help. However, I have the instructor's permission, now that I taken the piece as far as I can and submitted "my own independent work", to ask for comments and suggestions from yourself, Basil, et al.
I am also obligated to mention that our Professor, Dr. Menios Karanos, gave me the idea for some of the theseis, particularly the transposed thesi on high Ni "they cried: O Lord,". Also, prior to posting it here, Mr. John Boyer took a look at it and helped me compose the ending (that is, "grant victory" and onwards, until the end) as well as pointing out some trouble spots in the music.
Edit: There should be a gorgon on the long thesi "grant victory", on the second high Vou. My apologies for not adding it.
Edit #2: There should be meaningless "n"s in the following places:
2nd page, line 9, on the first note after the four beat ison on the word "Lord"
3rd page, 2nd-to-last line, on the last note (ison-kentemata- "table" combination)
Kissing your right hand,
Gabriel
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