Hymn to the Creator of Light: Vocal score

ISBN 10: 019350474X ISBN 13: 9780193504745

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 1993

Synopsis

for double SATB choir unaccompanied John Rutter wrote this anthem for the dedication of the Herbert Howells memorial window in Gloucester Cathedral in 1992. The first section is full of mystical intensity, and, with its iridescent chromatic harmonies is reminiscent of Howells's own music. After a more lively central section, the finale is ingeniously written and incorporates both the chorale melody and the opening motif.

About this title

Review:

Warm, rich and eminently singable . . . This is visionary music indeed. (Church Music Quarterly)

About the Author:

John Rutter was born in London in 1945 and studied music at Clare College, Cambridge. His compositions embrace choral, orchestral, and instrumental music, and he has edited or co-edited various choral anthologies, including four Carols for Choirs volumes with Sir David Willcocks and the Oxford Choral Classics series. From 1975 to 1979 he was Director of Music at Clare College, and in 1981 he formed his own choir, the Cambridge Singers. He now divides his time between composition and conducting and is sought after as a guest conductor for the world's leading choirs and orchestras.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 019350474X
• ISBN 13: 9780193504745
• Binding: Sheet music
• Number of pages: 16