Brahms Requiem - Complete
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Listen to the video to practice the pronunciation of German words in Brahms Requiem
and review the spreadsheet too
and the following
one more guide
Brahms Requiem
I, II, IV, VII
Sound of Music
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Important Tidbits - (fixing words in songs, accent marks, etc)
Brahms
mvmt 2 page 20 Tenors join basses at the entrance at the top of the page
Climb Every Mountain
- page 5 add a decrescendo measures 37 and 38
- page 6 hold measure 41-42 full value/strong
- page 6 add a crescendo measures 45 and 46
Brahms Requiem VI (page 73 to 83) and VII
Pirates of Penzance
Titanic
You Raise Me Up
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Important Tidbits - (fixing words in songs, accent marks, etc)
Brahms
Number 7 page 84 into 85 Tenors sing along at the Bass entrance til your own part comes in
Add a swell anytime the long "Selig" starts Sopranos measure 2, Bass/Tenor measure 10, Tenors measure 103
Watch for written dynamics throughout
Pirates of Penance
Top line of page 7, add a crescendo throughout
Page 10-12 anytime there are triplets add some separation to make more clear
Page 24-26 will be pick up speed
Brahms Requiem III and VI
Titanic
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Important Tidbits - (fixing words in songs, accent marks, etc)
Brahms
Number 6, pg 61-62 quarter notes are light staccato
Titanic
pg 28 gradual crescendo from m288 to 293; decrescendo m294-295; No breath between "sea" and "a" top of page
pg 38, measure 388 no breath between "on" and "Great"
Brahms Requiem III
Titanic
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Important Tidbits - (fixing words in songs, accent marks, etc)
Titanic
Pgs 3-4 and bottom of 8-9 will he solo
Pg 7-8 intense throughout, gradual crescendo
Pg 10 measure 123 to 127 all like a lullaby
Pg 26 solo 1 is Altos
Pg 27 solo 2 is sopranos
Pg 28 no breath between measure 291
Pg 29 solo 3 is tenors
Pg 30 solo 4 is basses
Pg 34 solo 1 is SA, solo 3 is TB
Brahms Requiem V and VII
Pirates of Penzance
You Raise Me Up
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Important Tidbits - (fixing words in songs, accent marks, etc)
No notes this week
Brahms Requiem I II and IV
Sound of Music - Preludium and Edelweiss
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Important Tidbits - (fixing words in songs, accent marks, etc)
Brahms
pg 47 and 48, accents/almost sforzando on the first beat of measures 66-69, and TAB measures 74-77
Sound of Music
Measure 7 and 15 "k" and breath to end music
Measure 8 to 9 no breath
Measure 25 Fermata on "flies"
Measure 115 to 118 accented, 119 smoother
Top of page 11 crescendo
Page 11 middle watch short "feel" and good "d" on "bad"
Page 13 third verse should read "Soon her mama"
Page 14 third Measure should read the same as the second
Sound of music Soprano 1 notes
Last page of the Preludium, last line at "Adagio", only Barbara will sing the A/higher part when there is a split
Last line of Climb Every Mountain, Emily and Christine sing the top/descant notes, the rest of the sop 1s sing the middle notes (bottom note on "find")
Brahms Requiem III
Pirates of Penzance
Sound of Music - Preludium
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Important Tidbits - (fixing words in songs, accent marks, etc)
No notes this week
Brahms Requiem V and VI
Pirates of Penzance
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Important Tidbits - (fixing words in songs, accent marks, etc)
No notes this week
Brahms Requiem II
Pirates of Penzance (1-16)
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Important Tidbits - (fixing words in songs, accent marks, etc)
Pirates of Penzance
- flip Rs on "Tarantara"
Brahms
- movement 2, each time we have the line that starts with "Denn alles Fleisch", pages 12, 13, 17. And 18. Choral breathing through the entire line, no breath between words for a continuous sound
Brahms Requiem VI (page 73 to 83)
Titanic (page 16 to end)
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Important Tidbits - (fixing words in songs, accent marks, etc)
Brahms
- Pg. 75 no breath between measure 235 and 236
- All of movement 6 - all quarter notes accented and almost staccato
- Movement 6 65-72 Pay attention to staccato markings, even shorter than regular quarter notes mentioned above
- Movement 6 pg. 61-72 keep short notes short at ends of phrases
Titanic
- Watch for end of Latest Rag pg 26, add a big "guh" when cut off
- M198-199 smoother, M200-201 changes back to accented
- M292 observe the rest
Brahms Requiem VI (page 73 to 83)
Titanic (page 15 to end)
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Important Tidbits - (fixing words in songs, accent marks, etc)
Sound of Music
Pg. 13 measure 155, change the 3rd verse to say "soon her mama"
Pg. 14 first line 3rd measure change to "lay dee odlee o", same words as second measure
Titanic
Pg. 17 last line, accent on first syllable of "latest"
Reminder to not hum or sing along when your voice part is not rehearsing.
Brahms Requiem I and II (page 1 to 27)
Sound of Music
Titanic (page 16 to 26)
Brahms Requiem I (page 3 to page 11)
Titanic (page 1 to page 14)
Brahms Requiem - Handout
Sound of Music
You Raise Me Up
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