Vumani KuYehova (Anthem)

(Sing to Jehova)

R49.00

ISMN
979-0-804007-59-6
Catalogue No
MMM 030
Scoring
choir SATB
Edition
Michael Mosoeu Moerane Scholarly Edition
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Category

Moerane subtitles Vukani KuYehova ‘Anthem’, which suggests that he wrote it for a church service, and in it he loosely adapts some lines from Psalm 105. Moerane’s setting is celebratory, with inflections of Handel in the short, declamatory phrases, sequences, fanfare-like motifs, and use of Sarabande metre, not to mention the hint of a quote from the aria ‘Lascia ch’io pianga’ from Handel’s opera Almira. The text is in isiXhosa, the language of the Eastern Cape region of South Africa where Moerane was born. A copy of the score in the Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) in Johannesburg gives the alternative title in Sesotho: ‘Merabe, Rorisang’. In order to help choirs learn this song, a free mp3 of the lyrics spoken by Nosipho Rapiya is downloadable when the song is purchased along with a rehearsal mp3 of the song at a slow tempo.
Duration 1’35”

The audio file below was generated from the Sibelius file of the score and the sample on the right shows the first page of the score.

Audio

Type:
Electronically Generated
Source:
Sibelius file
Publisher:
ACE
Date:
2020