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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SOPRANO
q = 80
pp
ALTO
Do - na
BASS
TENOR
No
bis
No
-
Do - na
No
-
bis
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)