Jeremy Bell
Quantum Materiae Chorus (SATB) a cappella
Published by Jeremy Bell www.jeremybellmusic.com
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Posing one of life's great questions, this beautiful text by Robert Howard Davis translated into Latin provides the words for this choral setting of one of the most profound, unanswered questions throughout history.
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari
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Quantum Materiae
Music by JEREMY BELL
Text by ROBERT HOWARD DAVIS
Larghetto con rubato q = 69
p SOPRANO
p
Optional soloist
Quan tum ma- ter - i - ae
ALTO
Quan tum ma- ter - i - ae p
TENOR
Quan tum ma-ter - i - ae
p BASS Quan tum ma- ter - i - ae
Quan tum
mp
quan - tum
ma- ter - i - ae
mp
quan tum ma- ter - i - ae
quan - tum
mp
quan tum ma- ter - i - ae
4
mp
quan - tum
ma- ter - i - ae
quan tum
quan - tum ma
-
ter - i - ae
ma - ter - i - ae quan - tum
ma
- ter - i - ae
ma- ter - i - ae
quan tum
quan -
ma- ter - i - ae
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ma- ter - i - ae
quan - tum
quan - tum
tum
mf
quan - tum
ter
mf ter
-
-
i
mf
ma - ter
i
ma -
-
ae
-
quan - tum
ae
-
ae
mp
-
ae
ma -
mp
-
ma -
quan - tum
mf mp quan - tum ma - ter - i - ae
quan -tum
mp
-
quan -tum
ma - ter - i
i
ma - ter - i - ae
-
ma - ter - i - ae
ma - ter - i - ae
quan - tum
12
ma - ter - i
- et
-
ur
ma -
ma - ter - i
-
ma - ter - i
et
-
-
et
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ur
ma -
-
ur
ma -
5
16
ter - i - et
mf
-
ter - i - et
ter - i - et
-
-
-
21
ur mar - mo - ta
mo
mf
p
ur mar - mo - ta
-
nax
nax
cresc. poco a poco
-
nax
mar - mo - ta
ur mar - mo - ta
mar - mo - ta
mo
nax
mf
p
ur mar - mo - ta
mo
-
mo
-
nax
mar - mo - ta
-
nax
rit.
mo
-
mar - mo - ta
mo
-
mar - mo - ta
mo
p cresc. poco a poco
cresc. poco a poco
mf
ter - i - et
p
mo
nax
-
nax
mar - mo - ta
mo
mar - mo - ta
mar - mo - ta mo cresc. poco a poco
-
mar - mo - ta
-
mo
nax
nax
mo
-
-
nax
nax
mar - mo - ta
mar - mo - ta
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mf
25
mo
mf mo mf
mo mf
mo
a tempo
-
-
-
nax
si
-
mp
mp
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
30
mar - mo- ta mon - ax
mar - mo- ta mon - ax
mar-mo-ta mon
-
mar - mo - ta mo
si
nax mp
si
si
-
f
nax mp
nax
f
mar - mo - ta mo f
-
mar - mo - ta mo f
-
mar - mo - ta mo
-
nax
si
nax
si
nax
si
nax
si
rit.
si
si
mar - mo- ta mon - nax
si
mar - mo- ta mon - nax
mar - mo- ta mo - nax
si
mar - mo- ta mo - nax
- ax
mar - mo- ta mon - ax
si
mar - mo- ta mon - nax
si
si
mar - mo- ta mo - nax
mar - mo- ta mon - nax
si
mar - mo- ta mo - nax
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mo -
mo -
mo -
mo -
*If a soloist was used at the beginning, use the same soloist here until the tutti marking when everyone else enters.
poco più mosso
mp 36
pos - sit ma - ter
mf
nax
ma - ter - i - am
nax ma - ter - i - am mp
mp
rit.
Optional soloist*
41
p
ma - ter
p
ma - ter
-
i - am
pos
-
i - am
pos
p ma - ter - i - am pos
p
ma - ter
-
i - am
pos
sit
-
sit
-
-
pos - sit ma - ter
sit
-
sit
ma - ter
mp tutti
ma mp tutti
ter
-
i
ma - ter - i
-
i - ar - i
-
mp tutti
i - ar - i
-
pp
ma - ter - i mp tutti
-
i - ar - i
mf
ma - ter - i - am
-
i - ar - i
mf
nax
ma - ter
-
7
mf
nax
mp
rit.
ar
-
-
ma - ter - i
ar
ar
-
ar
i pp
i pp
i
pp
-
-
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