Nystedt founded and conducted The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir from to Nystedt was born in Kristiania now OsloNorwayand grew up in a Christian home where hymns and classical music were an important part of everyday life. Music submissions or discussion questions only.
I didn’t actually realise that this was microtonal, from listening to it admittedly, without concentrating on it heavily. The choir Ensemble 96 published “Immortal Nystedt” in There is a limit of one post every three days. There’s one microtonal saxophonist who learnt to play a note scale with the smallest intervals at about 3 cents, because he practiced it relentlessly for years. The choral conductor and composer Knut Nystedt passed away in December 2014, at the age of 99, and the disc may to some extent be regarded as an epitaph for him. Having a robust and easily comprehensible system behind the notes makes it a lot easier to know what they’re meant to mean.Įverything else will be removed. This disc is the moving homage of the Norwegian Soloists’ Choir to the man who founded it in 1950 and remained its leader for 40 years. This was the first Norwegian CD nominated in two categories. Knut Nystedt: The Burnt Sacrifice O Crux De Profundis Etc. You might also like Immortal Bach by Nystedt. Anyway, singing microtonal or rather, xenharmonic music is quite achievable for either: I think I could probably reliably distinguish and sing notes in a melody down to about 50 or 40 cents, a quarter-tone or a little less, but I would make sure to test thoroughly whether I’d be able to sustain it and meaningfully differentiate notes before starting any big projects in it.īecome a Redditor and subscribe to one of thousands of communities. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Old church music, especially Palestrina and Gregorian chantshave had a major influence on his compositions. By Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina, a motet for the Lent CREDO. Want knug add to the discussion? All reposts will be removed. A norwegian Folk Song by Knut Nystedt O CRUX AVE. Steps equivalent to a quarter-tone or less would be an achievement as far as nysetdt ‘race to the bottom’ of having small steps, but not at the expense of strong melodic delivery or having actual nice harmonies of course, using synthesisers allows infinitely small steps as far cruz the composer wants to trouble with working with so many different intervals and notes. Singing microtones themselves specifically intervals smaller than a semitone varies depending on what you’re referring to. Welcome to Reddit, the front page of the internet. Olav in recognition of his contributions to Norwegian music, and in the King of Norway made him Commander of St. Be the first to add the lyrics and earn points. The 2009 Florida All-State Concert Choir singing Jennings O Crux at the 2009 FMEA. 2009 Florida All-State Concert Choir - O Crux 3:37.