A Good Understanding (Percussion Part)
for Treble Semichorus, SATB Chorus, Percussion and Organ
by Nico Muhly
4-Part - Sheet Music

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Instruments
Choir
Organ
Ensembles
4-Part
SATB
Composers
Nico Muhly
Publishers
St. Rose Music
Formats
Collection / Songbook
Item Types
Physical
Usages
School and Community
(SATB AND ORGAN)

SKU: HL.1122017

For Treble Semichorus, SATB Chorus, Percussion and Organ. Composed by Nico Muhly. Choral. Softcover. St. Rose Music #SRO100013-01. Published by St. Rose Music (HL.1122017).

ISBN 9781705181744. UPC: 196288108986.

A Good Understanding (2005) was written for Tim Brown and the choir of Clare College, Cambridge with the generous cooperation of John Scott and the Boys of Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue. A Good Understanding, with texts culled from two psalms, is designed to share a program with Rutter's expansive and expressive Mass of the Children. The piece unfolds episodically short choral phrases alternating with longer instrumental interludes. The first half of the text is typical psaltry praise-making: outlining agreements, explaining the rules; the music is, accordingly, severe but practical. The second half of the text begins, The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom/a good understanding have all they that do his commandments.’I find the idea of a good understanding’to be an especially exciting reward for following the rules; the boys sing pulsed syllables and long descants to celebrate the covenant while the choir sings a lilting, repetitive refrain. (Psalm 111, 10). - Nico Muhly.

  • A GOOD UNDERSTANDING