Salmo 150

Psalm setting by Ernani Aguiar

Salmo 150

by Ernani Aguiar
Text| Psalm 150
Language|

* Latin

Composed| 1975 (1975)
Published| 1993 (1993)
Scoring|

* SATB choir

Salmo 150 (Psalm 150) is a psalm setting by Ernani Aguiar. He wrote the composition, setting Psalm 150 in Latin for unaccompanied choir, in 1975. The short work was published by Earthsongs in the U.S. in 1993, and achieved international popularity.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Music
* 3 Performance and recording
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History[edit]

Psalm 150, the final psalm of the Book of Psalms, calls to praise God in music, listing nine types of instruments.[1] It is also called "the musicians' psalm".[2] It has inspired composers such as Anton Bruckner, Cesar Franck and Igor Stravinsky, and Benjamin Britten.[3]

The Brazilian composer Ernani Aguiar, who has been active also as conductor, professor, and musicologist, composed Salmo 150 in 1975 for choir a cappella, as a setting in Latin of Psalm 150,[4] beginning "Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius".[5] It was published by the U.S. publisher Earthsongs in 1993, edited by Maria Guinand,[5] in two versions, for mixed choir (SATB) and for high voices (SSA).[6] The work, which takes about 1 1/2 minutes to perform,[5] became one of Aguiar's most popular compositions, described as likely the most frequently performed choral work from Brazil in the U.S..[4]

## Music[edit]

The composition in one movement is in 12/8 time and marked Allegro con brio.[7] The music has been described as rhythmic and energetic.[4][5]

## Performance and recording[edit]

Thomanerchor at Lutherkirche, Wiesbaden, 2022

Salmo 150 was part of a 2008 album of Christmas Music, Lux Beatissima, sung by the Constant chamber choir conducted by Harald Jers [de].[8] Andreas Reize, Bach's 18th successor as Thomaskantor conducting the Thomanerchor,[9][10] chose Salmo 150 as the opening piece for the choir's concert as part of the choral festival Deutsches Chorfest 2022 at the Thomaskirche and broadcast by Deutschlandfunk.[11] It opened also his first summer program with the choir, called Salmo!.[12][13][14] It was presented at the Thomaskirche,[10] and on a tour to the Merseburg Cathedral[9] and at the Lutherkirche in Wiesbaden as part of the Rheingau Musik Festival, among others.[15]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Abramowitz, Rabbi Jack (2019). "The Final Psalm". Orthodox Union. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
2. ^ Voto, Mark De (4 January 2015). "The Hemlines of César Franck's Critics". classical-scene.com. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
3. ^ Human, Dirk J. (January 2011). "'Praise beyond Words': Psalm 150 as grand finale of the crescendo in the Psalter". HTS Theological Studies. 67 (1). doi:10.4102/hts.v67i1.917.
4. ^ a b c Farah, Mariana. "insight into salmo 150". Earthsongs. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
5. ^ a b c d "Salmo 150 / Psalm 150 (Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius)". musicanet.org. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
6. ^ "salmo 150 (satb)". Earthsongs. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
7. ^ Abreu Molinari, Jean Philippe (June 2021). "Análises de Salmo 150 e Aleluia de Ernani Aguiar: fundamentando opções interpretativas". Interlúdio – Revista do Departamento de Educação Musical do Colégio Pedro Ii (in Spanish). 5 (8): 10. doi:10.33025/irdemcp2.v5i8.1813. S2CID 216895181. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
8. ^ "Lux Beatissima". Spektral Records. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
9. ^ a b "Thomaner!" (in German). MDR. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
10. ^ a b Korfmacher, Peter (7 July 2022). "Musik aus fünf Jahrhunderten: Konzert des Thomanerchors unter Andreas Reize in der Thomaskirche". Leipziger Volkszeitung (in German). Retrieved 3 August 2022.
11. ^ "Deutsches Chorfest 2022" (in German). Deutschlandfunk. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
12. ^ "Motette in der Thomaskirche" (PDF). mvmc.de (in German). 15 July 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
13. ^ "Drei Konzerthights des Thomanerchores im Juli und November". kulturshop-leipzig.de (in German). 2 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
14. ^ "Thomanerchor Leipzig". schoolandcollegelistings.com (in German). Retrieved 3 August 2022.
15. ^ Wenda, Manuel (11 July 2022). "RMF: Thomanerchor zeigt Akkuratesse und Spiritualität". Main-Spitze (in German). Retrieved 20 July 2022.

## External links[edit]

* Salmo 150 Earthsongs 1993
* Salmo 150 csupueblo.edu
* Ernani Aguiar : Salmo 150 / Westminster Choir (2013) on YouTube

*[SATB]: soprano, alto, tenor and bass