Ryan Main (b. 1984) is an award-winning composer, director, and clinician whose music for choirs is performed at all levels worldwide. His...
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Item no. 1001042P (SATB print)
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About This Piece
This heart-pounding setting of the Dies Irae is becoming a favorite at festivals and honor choirs. Driving rhythms overlap with flowing lines, creating a piece that is easy to learn and impressive in performance. A uniquely accessible and rewarding work!
Details
- Voicing
- SATB
- Composer
- Ryan Main
- Duration
- 2:25
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Full Text
Dies Irae! Dies Illa! Solvet Saeclum in favilla: Teste David cum Sibylla! Quantus tremor est futurus, Quando judex est venturus, Cuncta stricte discussurus! Day of wrath! O Day of mourning! See fulfilled the prophets’ warning, Heaven and Earth in ashes burning. Oh, what fear man’s bosom rendeth, When from heaven the Judge descendeth, On whose sentence all dependeth.