Nadia Boulanger
Cantique / Lux aeterna
Text source: Cantique
- Composer
- Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
- Words by
- Maurice Maeterlinck
- Text source
- Cantique
- Category
- Anthem
- Forces
- Choir
- Scoring
- Voicing: S
- Accompaniment
- piano / later arrangement by Nadia Boulanger for violin, viola, cello, harp, organ
- Language
- French or Latin
- Duration
- 2:07
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Publisher
- Public Domain
Original text is Cantique accompanied by piano. Later sacred text of Lux aeterna arranged by Nadia Boulanger with accompaniment by violin, viola, cello, harp, organ. Instrumental parts: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/cantique-lux-aeterna-pour-voix-moyenne-violon-violoncelle-harpe-et-o-sheet-music/20750748
Suggested for
- All Souls' Day (Nov. 2) · Year C — reflects on the day’s overall theme
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