Elizabeth Austin
Cantata Beatitudines
Year: 1982
Duration (in minutes): 18'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Instruments: organ
Publisher: American Composers Alliance
Description: The inspiration of ancient Greek music, verse, and movement provided the background setting, and the idea of 'blessedness' as wholeness is pursued. In this work, the positive but realistic theology of the Beatitudes concludes with an "outburst of joy," an homage to Messiaen.