
Gabriel's Message
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Ancient and mysterious, Gabriels Message first came into the
English-speaking world via Sabine Baring-Gould, who had spent a winter in the
Basque region of France as a boy. He
paraphrased the enchanting Birjina gazette bat zegoen which he encountered
there, into the version we know as Gabriels Message. But even this folk carol was a paraphrase
of yet another versiona Latin tune known as Angelus Ad Verginem (The Angel
to the Virgin).
Like so many others, I instantly admired this tune when I first heard
it. I hope that this arrangement
brings a musically sophisticated and satisfying experience to younger string and
harp players. All violins, violas,
cellos and basses get to share the melody, and the violas take on a
particularly attractive obbligato.
Meanwhile, the harp gets to join in on the drama with majestic chords
and glissandi. The part may be played
on either a pedal or lever harp.
Seth Bedford
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