Category: ETHNIC MUSIC
Composer: Kristina Vasiliauskaite
Arranger: NA
Publisher: Santa Barbara Music Publishing
Edition: SBMP 263
Voicing: SSAA
Setting: Accompanied
Reviewer:
Kathy Romey
University of Minnesota 2003
R&R Chair Ethnic Music
These mass movements are excerpted from the Lithuanian composer’s Missa Brevis for children’s voices. Set in D major, the opening Kyrie is marked Andantino and begins with a lyric, chant-like melody passed from one voice part to the next. The festive Gloria is more homophonic in nature and includes two shorter soprano solos.