From Edward Lein's MISSA PRO DEFUNCTIS ("Mass for the
Departed," 1991), the PIE JESU DOMINE is a setting of
the traditional Requiem text for soprano solo, chorus
(SATB) and organ, with oboe & harp.
From the composer...
"My mother, Marzell Martin Lein (1922-1980), remains
the kindest and most loving person I have ever known. I
had been toying with the idea of composing a Requiem,
and on March 15, 1990, the 10th anniversary of my
mother's death from cancer, I sat at my piano and wrote...(+)
From Edward Lein's MISSA PRO DEFUNCTIS ("Mass for the
Departed," 1991), the PIE JESU DOMINE is a setting of
the traditional Requiem text for soprano solo, chorus
(SATB) and organ, with oboe & harp.
From the composer...
"My mother, Marzell Martin Lein (1922-1980), remains
the kindest and most loving person I have ever known. I
had been toying with the idea of composing a Requiem,
and on March 15, 1990, the 10th anniversary of my
mother's death from cancer, I sat at my piano and wrote
this 'Pie Jesu'. It took me about a year to finish the
rest of the mass, 'dedicated to victims of terminal
illness, in memory of my mother,' and it was first
performed in 1991 by the Riverside Presbyterian Church
Chancel Choir, Jacksonville, Florida (Andrew Clarke,
organist and choirmaster), with members of the
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra."
The movement was later arranged as the 3rd movement in
ELEGIES IN D MINOR, for soprano solo and SATB chorus
with piano and obbligato flute, oboe or violin; and it
is also available as a solo for soprano with piano and
obbligato.
The full score and parts are freely available at
https://leinmachine.blogspot.com/p/music-recordings.htm
l#MISSA_PRO_DEFUNCTIS
Please notify edward_lein@hotmail.com if performing any
of the movements.
Traditional
SHEET MUSIC