Reading the OT with Music

I am having fun composing, but I not posting any more aural performances at present. Sheet Music is in the form shown in the URL. I am up to Psalm 18 - sooo long a psalm. I re-used many leit-motif's in this setting.

While it is, by my thesis, only 1/2 way through act 1 scene 3, this psalm alludes to many of the prior psalms and anticipates many to follow. I have used thematic material to suggest these prior allusions such as the dialogue themes from Psalm 2, a confidence theme from Psalm 6 and 9. some musical allusions to St Nicholas (Britten), a reuse of the augmented 5th anger theme from Psalms 1 and 2, a new theophany theme - reused at the end as well as at the obvious part, a new innocence theme, lots of varied rhythms.

I have forgotten what little I knew about audacity so I can't even give you an MP3 at the moment. I am going to work on Psalm 19 - three things this time: a choral setting of part of it, and an Organ prelude and postlude based on some of it. Let's see what happens.  In the meanwhile, if you read music, try Psalm 18 or any of the earlier ones.  Our choir will, if my work is acceptable, sing Psalm 19 or the motet based on it mid-Lent.

Here's a brief summary so far

Psalm	Key Signatures	Time Signatures	Leitmotifs	Instruments	Bars
1	F+, Eb-	4/4	Happy triad, Warning/wrath – descending augmented 5th	Voice, Guitar	27
2	F-	4/4 12/8	Dialogue: descending major 7th also wrath, happy from 1 destruction - discontinuous	Voice, Guitar	41
3	D+	4/4	top three notes of major triad only, a tentative beginning	Voice	21
4	D+	4/4	criticism motif, descending semi-tones in subdominant confidence theme, rising major scale to the sixth uses wrath motif as taunting	Voice, Violin	38
5	B-	4/4/ 12/8	Preparation motif, ascending 4th jaunty, rhythmic	Voice, Flute	49
6	D-	4/4	Octaves, repentance motif confidence (minor key) destruction prayer (minor 3rd)	Voice, Violin	45
7	Bb+	6/8 3/4 4/4 12/8+	Dance and destruction in semitones, judgment	Voice	81
8	Ab+ Db+	4/4 6/8	Folk melody	Voice	34
9	D- G+, Dorian, F ending incomplete – seque 10	12/8 4/4	Confidence destruction	Voice	92
10	B-	4/4 12/8	Octaves (6) very jaunty at the end lots of destruction	Voice	81
11	D+	4/4 rhythm modelled on Hebrew first	hell motif mocked 16th note bird flight	Voice	32
12	Bb-	4/4 12/8	Octaves, allegro - andante battle in Bb	Voice	27
13	F#-	4/4	Persistent folk-tune	Voice	32
14	Eb+	5/4, 9/8	Allegro, ballad	Voice	32
15	F+ Db+	4/4	Recap Psalm 1 themes	Voice, Guitar	21
16	F#+	5/4 3/4	Pentatonic	Voice	70
17	Bb+	4/4	Free meditation on Compline apple of the eye theme	Voice	64
18	B+, B-	4/4 6/8	theophany themes dialogue theme from Psalm 2 reused confidence theme 2 - another quote from Nicholas (Britten) reuse anger theme - strong relationships to Psalm 2 reuse confidence motif 1 new - innocence theme - build on over confidence of psalm 5	Voice	264