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1. How do composers use music to express/ convey an emotional meaning? 2. // Requiem, Program Note by the Composer // 3. Christopher Rouse, Copyright by Rouse 2007 4. http://www.christopherrouse.com/requiempress.html 5. Google, 6/2/2014 6. S- Breakdown of Christopher Rouse's Requiem and his intentions O- Recent preview of his Requiem A-Musicians, most likely, who are interested in knowing some of the background thoughts and resources that went into the making of this piece P- shares Rouse's thoughts and resources that went into the making of this piece so that people can better understand the stories and feelings they should get out of listening to it. S-Christopher Rouse Tone- personal, an explanation 7. Christopher Rouse states Hector Berlioz as his inspiration for his Requiem. He then briefly defines and describes a requiem in general and then goes into a bit more detail describing his requiem (the poems he chose and the emotions that are represented). he closes with his thought process on the dedication of this piece, switching from 9/11 to all the dead in general) 8. This work describes death in a story (consisting of many poems) and makes certain decisions to convey the dark emotion  9. Considering this is the guy who wrote the Requiem, he has a pretty good idea of the emotions he conveyed and how; and I've seen only positively emotional reviews. I'm solidly convinced he knows what he's talking about.  10.  "It is my hope that my **Requiem ** will, in the end, provide some sort of solace, and for this reason I have interspersed near the conclusion verses from the Anglican hymn //"Now the Laborer's Task is O'er" // (death) with lines from //"Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen" // (i.e., //"Lo! How a Rose e'er Blooming" // - birth)."
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"My goal was to use the chorus, restricted to the Latin liturgical text, to express the enormity of "death" in its deepest context "

"the role of the bass-baritone soloist would then be to make the experience of death more personal by adopting the classic figure of the "Everyman" whose life is marked by the deaths of loved ones around him"

"Finally, Michelangelo's //"On Immortality" // (set, like the earlier Michelangelo poem, in the original Italian), sung near the very end of the score, speaks of the "Everyman" figure's own death"

1.What musical strategies do composers use to get their message across in their pieces
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2. //Sweet Day (Vertue) - Ralph Vaughan Williams//

3. The Merbecke Choir is singing in this recording 2013, but Ralph Vaughn Williams wrote the music and George Herbert wrote the lyrics 4. @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bguv8YxSfJQ

5. Google, 6/15/2014 6. S- a virtuous soul in a dark world O- A- Anyone who likes music made by Williams and/ or the Merbecke Choir, anyone who likes Herbert's poems, P- To teach the audience that no matter how dark the world gets, a virtuous soul will always live on

S- Ralph Vaughn Williams, George Herbert, The Merbecke Choir, anyone singing this piece Tone- poetic, beautiful, smooth, minor then major, bright sound in the choir