Gloria (Rutter)
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| Sacred vocal music by John Rutter | |
The composer in 2012
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| Text | Gloria |
| Language | Latin |
| Dedication | Mel Oson |
| Performed | 5 May 1974: Omaha, Nebraska |
| Published | 1976 |
| Movements | 3 |
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John Rutter's Gloria is a musical setting of parts of the Latin Gloria. He composed it in 1974 on a commission from Mel Olson, and conducted the premiere in Omaha, Nebraska. He structured the text in three movements and scored it for choir, brass, percussion and organ, with an alternative version for choir and orchestra. It was published in 1976 by Oxford University Press.
Gloria resulted from a commission of Mel Olson, who conducted choirs in Omaha, Nebraska, for his choir The Voices of Mel Olson. It is a setting of parts of the Latin Gloria, part of the mass. Rutter composed it in 1974. He structured the text in three movements and scored it for choir, brass, percussion and organ, with an alternative version for choir and orchestra. Rutter conducted the premiere in Omaha on 5 May 1974, as his first premiere in the United States. It was published in 1976 by Oxford University Press.
The three movements follow the fast-slow-fast scheme typical of concertos:
The instrumentation for the brass version is four trumpets, 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani and percussion, and organ. The duration is given as 17 minutes.
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