#814: Take, Oh, Take Me As I Am

Happy (liturgical) new year! This blog is two years old, and will probably wrap up in the coming year. I guess one good thing about lockdown is that it makes repetitive side projects a little more scheduleable...

This song is a Taizé-like repetitive chant with a repetitive bass part, with a five-flats key signature (very difficult for strings, not great for pianos, brass might be okay.) The melody ends on the second note of the scale, which is again one of those "not really major nor minor but restless/unsettled."

The image of a "seal" (in the sense of "royal stamp") might be borrowed from the Song of Solomon, I've seen it in a choir anthem before.