Mordecai Seter
Motets
for mixed choir
Authors :
Mordecai Seter (Composer)
Psalm 137 (מחברת)
Exodus 2 (מחברת)
Psalm 144 (מחברת)
Catalog Number : 12-I
Year of writing : 1951
Duration : 16 minutes
Chapters :
- By the Rivers of Babylon
- And It Came to Pass...
- Blessed Be the Lord...
הרכב מקהלה : AATBB
Language : Hebrew
Transliteration : Yes
About the creation
Motets for choir a cappella - "By the Rivers of Babylon", "And it Came to Pass...", and "Blessed Be the Lord" - were completed in 1951 and first performed by the Rinat Chamber Choir under the baton of Gary Bertini in May 1956. The text is Biblical and the music is based on traditional motives of the oriental communities.
The work is dedicated to the late Reuven Yaron, a talented young composer who fell in battle during the Sinai campaign in November 1956.