| 词条 | Lux Aurumque |
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| name = Lux Aurumque | image = Ewcolor.jpg | alt = | caption = The composer conducting, in 2007 | composer = Eric Whitacre | key = C{{music|sharp}} minor | genre = choral composition | text = Translation of the poem "Light and Gold", by Edward Esch | language = Latin | composed = {{Start date|2000}} | performed = | published = | scoring = {{nowrap|8-part mixed choir a cappella}} }} Lux Aurumque ("Light and Gold", sometimes "Light of Gold") is a choral composition in one movement by Eric Whitacre. It is a Christmas piece based on a Latin poem of the same name, which translates as "Light, warm and heavy as pure gold, and the angels sing softly to the new born babe".[1] In 2000, Whitacre set a short Latin text for mixed choir a cappella. In 2005, he wrote an arrangement for wind ensemble. The choral version became known through Whitacre's project Virtual Choir in 2009. The piece is also available for men's choir. A performance takes about four minutes. HistoryThe inspiration for the work was a short poem in English, "Light and Gold", by Edward Esch (born 1970), which begins with the word "Light" and ends "angels sing softly to the new-born babe". Charles Anthony Silvestri translated this text into Latin for Whitacre, and attempted to render "the original poem into Latin as singably and as sonically beautifully as I could".[3] The piece was composed in 2000 on a commission from the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay and dedicated to Jo-Michael Scheibe. It was published by Walton Music in 2001.[4] In 2005, Whitacre adapted it for wind band, a version first performed at the annual conference of the Texas Music Educators Association and dedicated to Gary Green.[5]{{dead link|date=May 2013}} He also arranged it for men's choir.[6] The version for mixed choir is part of Whitacre's project Virtual Choir.[6] The video as a mix of individual recordings by 185 singers from 12 countries caused "a colossal on-line rush in interest" when it was uploaded in 2011.[8] It had been viewed on YouTube more than five million times as of February 2016.[9] MusicThe work in 48 measures is written in C{{music|sharp}} minor and marked Adagio, Molto legato. It is set for SATB; all parts are divided in two for most of the time, a solo soprano is employed in measures 5 to 7, and the soprano is divided in three parts beginning in measure 34. The composer writes in the printed score: "... if the tight harmonies are carefully tuned and balanced they will shimmer and glow". Differently from other works of the composer, the piece is suitable for church services, especially for Christmas.[3] Whitacre's music has been described as "softly spoken, deeply harmonic and tuneful, but making use of unusual rhythms and sound balancing to create highly textured music".[11] References1. ^{{cite book|last=Shrock|first=Dennis|title=Choral Repertoire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AfVb6twMJPAC&pg=PA761|accessdate=24 November 2012|date=2009-03-04|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199886876|page=761}} [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]2. ^1 2 {{cite web |url = http://web.mac.com/anthonysilvestri/Poetry/Lux_Aurumque.html |title = Lux Aurumque |author = Charles Anthony Silvestri |work = web.mac.com |accessdate = 21 May 2012 |year = 2001 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110512215553/http://web.mac.com/anthonysilvestri/Poetry/Lux_Aurumque.html |archivedate = 12 May 2011 |df = }} 3. ^1 {{cite web| url = http://www.waltonmusic.com/Sound2/LuxAurumque/luxaurumque.pdf| title = Lux Aurumque| work = Walton Music| format=PDF| accessdate = 21 May 2012| year = 2000}} 4. ^1 {{cite web |url = http://www.bandamusicabelmonte.es/Lux%20aurumque%20-%20Eric%20Whitacre.pdf |title = Lux Aurumque |work = bandamusicabelmonte.es |format = PDF |accessdate = 21 May 2012 |year = 2005}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 5. ^1 2 {{cite web |url = http://www.spectrum-music.com/CRSummer2010.html |title = Choral Newsletter ~ Summer 2010 / The Choral Music of Eric Whitacre |work = spectrum-music.com |accessdate = 22 May 2012 |year = 2010 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042343/http://www.spectrum-music.com/CRSummer2010.html |archivedate = 4 March 2016 |df = }} 6. ^1 {{cite web| url = http://www.chesternovello.com/default.aspx?TabId=2434&State_2912=2&newsId_2912=1951| title = Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir performance of Lux Aurumque| work = ChesterNovello| accessdate = 22 May 2012| year = 2010}} 7. ^1 {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7o7BrlbaDs| title = Lux Aurumque| publisher = YouTube| accessdate = 7 February 2016}} 8. ^1 {{cite web| url = http://www.scotsman.com/news/album-review-eric-whitacre-light-amp-gold-1-479776| title = Album review: Eric Whitacre, Light & Gold| work = Scotsman| accessdate = 22 May 2012| date = 12 December 2010}} }} External links
|url = http://www.musicprods.co.uk/images/products/EW%20PK%20March%202012%20-%20low%20res(1).pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714203224/http://www.musicprods.co.uk/images/products/EW%20PK%20March%202012%20-%20low%20res(1).pdf |dead-url = yes |archive-date = 2014-07-14 |title = Eric Whitacre / Composer, Conductor, Lecturer |work = musicprods.co.uk |format = PDF |year = 2010 }}
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