Oswaldo González
Mass
Duration: 18'
Choir: mixed choir
Mass
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Mass was composed when the author was studying at the Royal College of Music in London in 1979. We can hear in this work a very simple and effective movement of voices and harmonic structure: In this work a very formal aspect of construction is already anticipated. This fundamental construction aspect will be developed in later works such as: Sextet No. 3 for woodwinds and strings, Trilce for orchestra, Two Pieces for Max for soprano and trio of wind instruments and Amor América for low-baritone voice and wind metals. This formal element is (seen at a basic level) in the use of very close interval distances between voices or instruments (minimum 2 voices), ie, the voices (or instruments) are related by intervals of second (minor and major).
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