Peace Comes From Silence - Langer, Kenneth

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"This work was written on the 4th anniversary of the Iraq War (March 2007). In it, I wanted to express the sorrow of all countries involved in the war who have lost children and relatives. The piece includes some unusual performance ideas. In the first two measures, the choir is asked to sing the shown three notes (E, F, and G with an emphasis on E) not together as it appears in the music. Instead, the choir should hum the E and move briefly to the other two notes on an individual basis. The rhythm should be done freely. It might be even more effective if the choir actually started doing this as they move to their singing positions. The effect should be that the sound starts quietly and mysteriously rather than as a directed opening. The first two measures and the effect of the mysterious voices should continue until the director cues measure 3 after which the piece is conducted as normal. The ending should have the same mysterious effect as voices slowly are asked to do the same effect done in the first 2 measures. At the end, voices should be allowed to slowly drop out. If this could be done without the director actually conducting the ending, it would be more effective. The beginning should build slowly and carefully to measure 28 which should then be done forcefully. The remainder of the piece should feel like a gradual release of that force all the way to the end."

⌛ Epoche → Zeitgenössisch ◈ Genre → Anthems

♯ Tonart D minor

⁄ Taktart 4/4

♬ Besetzung → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Anfänger

↕ Tonumfang D – f''

¶ Sprache → Englisch

Takte 78

Textur Homophon

Stimmen 4

Instrumente A cappella

Seiten 4

CPDL Nr. 85121

Bearbeiter Kenneth Langer

Veröffentlicht 2025-05-27

Lizenz CPDL-Lizenz

♫Tonumfänge

Soprano

d' – f''

Alto

a – d''

Tenor

d – d'

Bass

D – B-3

Schlagwörter

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Drums have broken the silence. Bugles call to war. The voices of the children are stiﬂed yet once more. Deep with in our hearts is the love of someone dear And if we stop to listen we may hear: Peace comes from silence that comes from within the soul. We share the stillness when we let hatred go. Peace comes from silence that comes from within the soul and we share that stillness if we can let hatred go.