ABOUT
Song7 - Materiae
When I was in college, I studied Gregorian Chant and through that a bit of Liturgical Latin. I actually wrote a piece, which was in Latin, for a
Men's Chorus (TTBB) with a full piano part that was a derivative of a Gregorian Chant called "Libera Me".
The Week 2 FAWM challenge was to do something with a component in a foreign language. I decided I wanted to do latin.
In the early '90s there was fad for a while of Gregorian chant set with lush strings and electronic drums. I decided to do that sort of thing, but
with a twist. (=
The song didn't come out all that chant-like, because the melody ended up being more Romantic and Operatic, than chant. But it still
works anyway.
Listen to the whole thing before you read the translation.
LYRICS
Materiae
MP3
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax
si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
Translation - Click Here.
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