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Tuesday 16 November 2021

Oratorio part 7, Psalms 117

 The shortest chapter. I did not use my earliest setting of Psalms 117. 

Psalms 117

Psalms 117 snipped from an old YouTube version

Syllables: 34. Words: 17. Roots: 14. Root Recurrence: 35%. Average per verse: 3.
amh amt at ci cl (2) gbr gvi hll (2) ih ihvh (2) ksd wbk yl ylm
הַֽלְל֣וּ אֶת־יְ֭הוָה כָּל־גּוֹיִ֑ם
שַׁ֝בְּח֗וּהוּ כָּל־הָאֻמִּֽים
1 Praise Yahweh, all nations.
Commend him, all the clans.
a hllu at-ihvh cl-goiim
wbkuhu cl-haumim
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7
hll\v at ihvh cl gvi\m
wbk\vhv cl h/am\im
כִּ֥י גָ֘בַ֤ר עָלֵ֨ינוּ ׀ חַסְדּ֗וֹ וֶֽאֱמֶת־יְהוָ֥ה לְעוֹלָ֗ם הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ 2 ♪f For his mercy has prevailed over us, and the truth of Yahweh is forever. Praise Yah.
b ci gbr ylinu ksdo vamt-ihvh lyolm hllu-ih 19
ci gbr yl\inv ksd\v v/amt ihvh l/yvlm hll\v ih
1clans, אמה (amh) unique in the Psalter, related to mother.
[Romans 15:11]

The oratorio uses these elementary demonstrations of the viability of Haïk-Vantoura's application of Ockham's Razor and push the multi-modal possibilities a bit further.
A snippet of the fun to be had for the basses in Psalms 117


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