CM9425 III. Full Fathom Five
White / SA Voices with Piano
III. Full
Fathom Five
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No. 3 from Mark the Music!
D AV I D A S H L E Y W H I T E
SA Voices with Piano
Duration: 1:01
RANGES:
2
Notes
The works of William Shakespeare, whether from his plays or poetry, have attracted many
composers for centuries. When I received a commission from the Bay Area Chorus of Greater
Houston to compose a work to celebrate its 50th anniversary in the 2014–2015 season, I decided
almost immediately to set texts found in several of Shakespeare’s plays: The Merchant of Venice,
As You Like It, The Tempest and Twelfth Night. My resulting choral cycle, Mark the Music!—its
title taken from “Lorenzo’s Admonition” in The Merchant of Venice, and also the first text in the
piece—demonstrates a varied approach to texture, mood, and voicing.
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To this end, three movements are scored for mixed chorus (CM9469 Mark the Music!), and the
other, for tenor and bass (CM9439 O Mistress Mine), all with piano accompaniment.
About the Composer
David Ashley White, Moores School of Music Professor of Composition, with degrees from the
University of Houston (B.M. and M.M.) and the University of Texas at Austin (D.M.A.), served
as Director of the Moores School from 1999-2014, during which time he held the Margaret M.
Alkek and Margaret Alkek Williams Endowed Chair. His secular and sacred compositions are
widely performed and published, and he has received numerous commissions from various
organizations, schools, churches and individuals. His vocal and instrumental music is recorded
on several commercial labels, including Zephyr—Echoes from the American Cathedral, a
selection of White’s sacred music, sung by the St. Paul’s Choir, Houston, and The Blue Estuaries,
performed by the Houston Chamber Choir. On the Gothic label is Praise the Spirit, sung by the
Palmer Church Choir, Houston, containing a number of White’s anthems, motets, service music,
and hymns. As you set out for Ithaka, published on the Albany label, contains a selection of his
secular music, performed by students and faculty from the Moores School.
White’s hymns are found in a number of denominational books, including the Episcopal
Church’s The Hymnal 1982 and its supplement, Wonder, Love, and Praise; The United Methodist
Hymnal and its supplement, The Faith We Sing; the United Church of Christ in Japan; Great
Britain’s Worship Songs Ancient and Modern, and the recently published Glory to God: The
Presbyterian Hymnal (2013). Four volumes of his hymns are published by Selah Publishing Co.,
most recently I’ll Sing and Joyful Be (2014).
A seventh-generation Texan, White is an active member of the Houston arts community, serving
on boards that include a mayoral appointment to the Houston Arts Alliance. He has recently
been appointed composer-in-residence at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church in Houston, his
home parish. In addition, he has been designated the Distinguished Composer by the American
Guild of Organists for its upcoming national convention to be held in Houston in 2016, where his
anthem, With a Shining Like the Sun for mixed chorus, brass, timpani, organ and congregation,
will be premiered. In July 2015, he was awarded the Raabe Prize for Excellence in Sacred
Composition for his work, Spirit Moving over Chaos, and in April 2015, he received the Esther
Farfel Award from the University of Houston, the university’s highest honor in recognition of
overall career excellence.
April 2015
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III. Full Fathom Five
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Movement III from Mark the Music!*
for SA Voices with Piano
The Tempest, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
(1582–1616)
DAVID ASHLEY WHITE
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* Other pieces in this series include O Mistress Mine (CM9439 for TB Voices) and
Mark the Music! (CM9469 for SATB Voices).
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