My Dove

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First line:

I held him and would not let him go

composer

Antony Pitts (b1969)

17 November - 8 December 1997; for Steve & Kate - a little late

author of text

Bible

Song of Songs 3: 4; 6: 9

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Introduction
English

My Dove is written in the style of an antique lullaby. Based on a softly dissonant ground bass, the harmony rocks back and forth as accompaniment to the lyrical cantilena melody which is shared between soprano and tenor. But for all the simplicity and fluidity of its construction, this is a song that requires considerable vocal virtuosity given its overall range of three and a half octaves—the tenor soloist climaxing on a top D, no less.

Recordings

Pitts: Alpha and Omega

Tonus Peregrinus, Antony Pitts (conductor)

Studio Master: CDA67668Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

There are few better examples of a composer’s style developing concurrently with the emergence of a vocal group than in the a cappella vocal music of Antony Pitts. The Tonus Peregrinus octet exists to perform ancient and modern works interspersed wit ...» More