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| |  This sheet music is written in E mode, which is for distress. It evokes softness. Jesus Christ is described in the first part (be careful to the way you pronounce the “O”) and then there are the imitation sentences with “misericordia.” The last section has a convention stereotype; the descending hexachord represents suffering on “Miserere mei” and the ascending “Deus meus” represents hope. This sheet music is balanced and with no particular difficulty. The composer was attentive to the understanding of the whole text. |
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| |  “O bone Jesu” is a famous song for standard mixed choirs. The composer was probably a Roman musician contemporary to Palestrina and who worked for the Sistine Chapel or for churches like the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran. Several lines were added but the two alternating choirs keep this atmosphere. The sheet music ends with “Amen” sung in unison. |
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| |  There is a section in this motet that can be sung by a soloist accompanied on the organ or by a small group of soloists (sopranos and altos) or by the female voices of a choir. Dino Stella was born in 1934. He studied with Arrigo Pedrollo and Wolfango Dalla Vecchia and he was graduated from the Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia. Since he was a young man, he dedicated himself to sacred song compositions and liturgical choirs at the same time as teaching music. He is very involved into the choral community work and his musical activity. He won several prizes as a composer and an arranger. He has supervised the internal federation of Italian choirs since 1987. He has been a member of the European Choral Association Europa Cantat board of directors since 1991. |
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