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Original

Mandatus. R. Douglas Helvering. Mezzo-Soprano Voice sheet music. Piano sheet music. Soprano Voice sheet music. Voice Solo sheet music.

Translation

Mandatus. R. Douglas Helvering. Mezzo-Soprano Voice sheet music. Piano sheet music. Soprano Voice sheet music. Voice Solo sheet music.

Original

Mandatus composed by R. Douglas Helvering. For oboe, mezzo-soprano voice, piano. Level 5. Score only. Duration 6 minutes. Published by Imagine Music - Digital. IZ.CMW111. Poetry by Pam Winn. The inspiration for the musical content of this work comes directly from the poetry of the composer's friend and poet Pam Winn. The poetry gives a highly romantic view of the passing of the seasons. More specifically, Pam gives us a nature-bound account of the coming of spring out of the doldrums of winter. With the wonderful poetry in mind, the composer has crafted Mandatus, a da capo aria for oboe, mezzosoprano, and piano. The music is written in a style that owes its content to an extended romanticism. The form of the piece, as a da capo aria, remains intact. However, the composer has added a prelude and postlude to the work. These unique sections seek to depict the two seasons alluded to in the poetry both sonically and visually. The prelude's piano part visually spells the word dead while the oboe's part represents trees with bare limbs. In a similar manner, the postlude's piano part visually spells the word alive while the oboe's part depicts two birds of spring bound together through love, thus depicting the rejuvenation of life that occurs when spring has conquered winter. Oboist Dr. Margaret Marco, Mezzo-Soprano Catherine Ratliff, and pianist Ellen Bottorff performed the premiere of Mandatus at the Midwest Double Reed Society's 2008 conference in Lawrence, KS. This piece will be performed this May at the 2011 International Double Reed Society Conference in Tempe, Arizona. Digital Print is printable sheet music available anytime, anywhere. Just purchase, print and play. View your online sheet music at home, school, work or anywhere you have a computer connected to the Internet. Use our iPad app to view your digital sheet music on the go. With Digital Print, you can print your digital sheet music immediately after purchase, or wait until its convenient. And our software installation is easy - we'll guide you through the simple steps to make sure you have Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR and the Sheet Music Plus AIR application.

Translation

Mandatus composed by R. Douglas Helvering. For oboe, mezzo-soprano voice, piano. Level 5. Score only. Duration 6 minutes. Published by Imagine Music - Digital. IZ.CMW111. Poetry by Pam Winn. The inspiration for the musical content of this work comes directly from the poetry of the composer's friend and poet Pam Winn. The poetry gives a highly romantic view of the passing of the seasons. More specifically, Pam gives us a nature-bound account of the coming of spring out of the doldrums of winter. With the wonderful poetry in mind, the composer has crafted Mandatus, a da capo aria for oboe, mezzosoprano, and piano. The music is written in a style that owes its content to an extended romanticism. The form of the piece, as a da capo aria, remains intact. However, the composer has added a prelude and postlude to the work. These unique sections seek to depict the two seasons alluded to in the poetry both sonically and visually. The prelude's piano part visually spells the word dead while the oboe's part represents trees with bare limbs. In a similar manner, the postlude's piano part visually spells the word alive while the oboe's part depicts two birds of spring bound together through love, thus depicting the rejuvenation of life that occurs when spring has conquered winter. Oboist Dr. Margaret Marco, Mezzo-Soprano Catherine Ratliff, and pianist Ellen Bottorff performed the premiere of Mandatus at the Midwest Double Reed Society's 2008 conference in Lawrence, KS. This piece will be performed this May at the 2011 International Double Reed Society Conference in Tempe, Arizona. Digital Print is printable sheet music available anytime, anywhere. Just purchase, print and play. View your online sheet music at home, school, work or anywhere you have a computer connected to the Internet. Use our iPad app to view your digital sheet music on the go. With Digital Print, you can print your digital sheet music immediately after purchase, or wait until its convenient. And our software installation is easy - we'll guide you through the simple steps to make sure you have Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR and the Sheet Music Plus AIR application.