Sylvia Townsend Warner in King's College (Cambridge) - 28 July, 1930
from The diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner, page 63:
We travelled together, and arrived at Kings in time for tea. [...] Even though there was no excuse of dusk they were lighting the candles in chapel. The choir sang a capella a sixpart anthem of Teague's - Let the peace of God, the Farrant Mag and N.D. and Tallis Salvator mundi. They did this exquisitely, very poised above a very regular beat. Where a later composer less in the vocal tradition would have augmented the effect of a high note by going one higher in the next sentence, Tallis repeats the same note, knowing the augmentation will be put in by the increase… more >>
Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Claire Harman (ed.), The diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner (:London, 1995), p. 63. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1442593925000 accessed: 29 November, 2024
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hide composersSacred Choral Music |
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Date/Time | 28 July, 1930 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |