'Dona Nobis Pacem' for SATB Choir by Keane Southard

Keane Southard

Dona Nobis Pacem for

a cappella SATB choir

(2014) (Duration: c. 2'30�)

Program notes: I frequently hear music in my dreams, but often it is too complex for me to remember upon waking. However, over the past several years, there have been a handful of times when I have been able to remember some of the music in a dream and transcribe it upon waking. The alto melody that opens my Dona Nobis Pacem is one such example, and in this case the melody and words came together from my dream. I’m not sure when exactly this dream happened, but my guess is that it was in the summer or fall of 2012. Shortly after, I worked out the soprano opening melody, but this then sat in my notebook until November 2014 when I approached it again and completed this setting. It wasn’t until having nearly completed this piece when I realized that the opening and closing sections are actually in the form of a canon just like the well-known traditional “Dona Nobis Pacem” setting that is often attributed to Palestrina or Mozart.

Keane Southard 2014

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Dona Nobis Pacem Keane Southard

  SOPRANO  

q = 80





pp

   

ALTO

    

Do - na

    BASS  

TENOR

No



   

 

bis

No

-

    

Do - na

No

-



bis















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

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

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

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A

       (m)

-

cem

   

No

Do - na



mp

bis

-

Do -

na



Pa



-

-

-

(ah)

    









mf

 

Do - na

    Do - na

  

(m)

cem





mf

- cem

-





cem

   

Pa

      

      

      

No - bis





Pa

bis

   





No



   

-

  



(2+3+2)

    

mp

  





    

mp

Do - na

- cem



na







-

 





(ah)



- cem

 

-



(ah)

          



-

-

(m)

    



          Pa

Pa

Do p

   

     

bis

p





    

(2+3+2)

Pa





   

     7

-

(2+3+2)



q = 80

Piano Reduction (For rehearsal only)





mf

Do -

  na

 

mf





Do - na



                     







A

   



                       

 



©2014

   

 

    

  

     

 

B 2

q = 69 f

rit.

(2+3+2)

    No

-

bis

      No

-

    No

    

Pa

-

cem

         

bis

Pa

-

(ah)

     -

bis

     

(3+2)

   

14

- cem

-

Do - na

No - bis

Pa

-

    

mf               



Do - na f





(3+2)

(2+3) p

(2+3) mp

                       22

Do - na

mp

     Pa

cem -

cem

Do - na

No - bis

        

         



   

          

      p

No -

                        

Pa - cem mf

       

  



        

  

Pa - cem

      

Pa - cem

pp

         Pa - cem



p

       

        Pa - cem

   

 

C

               

p

Pa - cem

(2+3) pp

pp

mp

mp

B q = 69                                   

    

No - bis

Do - na

     

   

            

-



Do - na

              Pa

p

No bis

               Do - na No bis

No - bis

           

  

No bis

f     

cem

           

     

mf

Do - na

     rit.                        

Pa -



cem

-

No bis

      cem

                

      

        

       mf

 f    

    

Pa

              

Do - na



        p

Do - na

p

        Do - na

p pp                                       bis Pa - cem Do - na

     

                           

       

C                            

 

 

 



       

     30

        

No - bis

-

Pa



 

  

-

na

No - bis

-



na

 



-

 

na

 

 

No - bis

-

  

  

  

 

 

 

  

  

 

       cem

cem

-

Do

mf                                Pa - cem

              

Pa

-

cem

Do

 f                           mf

                 No - bis

Pa - cem

Pa

-

cem

Do

f mf Pa cem                                             

No - bis

                                                

    

-

Pa - cem

No - bis



-

(3+2+2) f

f

  

   

(3+2)

mf Pa



-

Pa

Pa - cem

                       

  

 

cem

Do

                  



3

No - bis

na

No - bis

D (3+2) rit.

 

    38

Pa -

 

     

    

 

cem

 

Pa - cem

    Pa

ff

Tempo I (q = 80)

   Pa

-

cem

    

Pa -

cem

na

bis

No

-

-

     No

-

na

No -

mf

Pa

-

-

cem

Pa

-

(ah)

   

bis

-

Pa

Do - na



mf

- cem

    

 

   

      

bis

     

      

Do - na

  mf 

cem

Do -

  na

f

   

 

   

  

 

      

cem

Do

ff

    

Pa -

   

Do - na

f

  

cem

-

(2+3+2)

      

     

     

Pa -

 

Do f

ff

ff

- cem

f

    

Pa - cem

     

Do - na

No - bis

        Pa

-

-



pp



cem

D



rit.



Tempo I

 

  

                                             

(q = 80)

   

    

     

  

4

      45

No



-

-

   



Pa

 -

 





(2+3+2)

  





Pa

-

-

cem

(ah)

-

-

 

  

na

No



-

 

No

pp

-



bis















  

E

 



    





pp

p



    

Do - na

No

-

 







 pp

         

bis

Pa

-

(ah)

-

cem

  





















  























  







rit.

 

   

    

 

q = 44 (e= 88)

           



q = 44 (e= 88)





 

 

(2+3+2)

    

                 



bis

    

mp



  



cem

-



   

rit.

cem

   



Do - na



 

   

-



cem

         

-

mp

Do

cem

-



  

E

    

Pa

-

-

     

(ah)

 

           Pa

-

-



        

50

 

bis



   



Pa

bis

No



         



  

 

bis

      No

(2+3+2)





