Mixed Choir a cappella SKU: BT.ALHE33150
Composed by Villette. Sacred. Vocal Score. 4 pages. Heugel & Cie #ALHE33150. Published by Heugel & Cie (BT.ALHE33150). French.
This edition of Salve Regina by Pierre Villette is a version of this Marian hymn for SATB a cappella. It's written with lyrics in Latin and should be sung at a slow tempo (52). The lyrical piece features a long introductionfollowed by the Soprano solo and a finale. At the end of the solo, the voices alternate between the initial tempo and some slower parts to arrive to the close and finish in harmony. Pierre Villette (1926-1998) was a Frenchcomposer of choral and instrumental music. Strongly influenced by Catholicism, his musical heritage ran from Fauré to Messiaen.
