"Anima Christi" for SATB Choir by Keane Southard

Keane Southard

Anima Christi for

a cappella SATB choir

(2008) (Duration: c. 3 mins.)

Program notes: The music for Anima Christi first was conceived as a section of the fourth movement of my first string quartet. I later altered and reconstructed that music as one of my “Seven Short Studies for String Orchestra”. During the summer of 2008, I realized that this same music could find even new light in a choral setting. After searching for a text, I settled on the first line of the ancient Latin prayer “Anima Christi”: Anima Christi, sanctifica me. (Soul of Christ, sanctify me.)

Not only did the text seem to fit the feeling of the music, but the rhythm and number of syllables fit perfectly.

I would like to point out, in case you haven’t noticed, the similarities between this work and Samuel Barber’s famous “Adagio”, which began as a movement of his string quartet, then later was arranged for string orchestra and still later arranged for choir as an “Agnus Dei”. All I will say is that some of the similarities are a direct result of this piece’s influence on me, while other aspects are entirely coincidental.

Keane Southard 2008

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Anima Christi SOPRANO ALTO

       

TENOR

BASS

e= 104

Piano Reduction (for rehearsal only)

6

S.

A.

T.

 

 



   

 

 

 











f

        

   



San

 

e= 50







cti - fi - ca



pp

me.



            

e= 50

A - ni - ma

chri - sti,

pp

mp

pp

mp



pp

   

  ©2008

e= 66

-

     



San



 

chri - sti,

-

 

 

-

 

cti - fi molto rit.

  

 pp      

A - ni - ma

A





mp

 



A tempo

e= 66 pp

  

n

San

      

  





me.

rit.



  





-

A tempo



p

      

  

ni - ma chri - sti, rit.

f

p

               

 

A



 

ca

Pno.



A tempo molto rit.



ff

B.



rit.



-

e= 104

A tempo



     







p

A

rit.

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-

pp

  

San - cti - fi

pp

  

 

ni

ma

-

mp

    ni

-

       



cti - fi -

pp

   ma

  

  





  

  

2 mf

12

S.

  





ca

me.



     ca

me.



   chri

T.

B.



-

 

Pno.





-

      





    

chri

ni - ma

 



-

   A

T.



  chri

 



  

-

ni

ma

-

   -

ni - ma

-

p



     chri

-

chri

 chri



-

San

   

   



ni

-

-

sti,

chri



 

ni

-

ma

  

 

chri - sti,

  

San

cresc. poco a poco (until m. 27)



-

fi - ca



         

  -

  

sti,

-

-

 

sti,

  

-

sti,

  -

cti

-

 

-

A

   

-

  

cti - fi - ca



   

ca

me.

-

     



   

 

  A

ni - ma

 

-

 

ni - ma - ni - ma

A - ni - ma

   -



      

me.

me.

A A



  

    

       



A

me.

  



 

me.



fi - ca



cti - fi - ca

 

-

A - ni - ma

   

   

San

                  

sti,

    

  

fi

  





San - cti - fi - ca

   -

     San - cti

sti,

-

 



A-

me.

 

  



  

 

ma

   

      

   sti,



-

cresc. poco a poco (until m. 27)

chri

ma

-



                

A.

Pno.

-

San - cti



ni

B.



sti,

-

17

S.

ni - ma



cresc. poco a poco (until m. 27)



p

sti, A



chri

-

p



  

    

mf





A

mf

A-

cresc. poco a poco (until m. 27)

A

mf

A.

p

          

   -

f



 

ni - ma



n



chri - sti.

               



22

S.

    chri

-

sti,

chri

-

sti,

  

A.

chri

T.

B.

Pno.





-

A

   

sti,

San -

 

   

  

fff

Pno.



chri

  

 

A - ni - ma

chri

fff

  



A - ni - ma

chri

    

 

A

-

ni - ma

 

      

 

 

e= 88

-

-

sti, fi

-

-

-

-

 



   

fi -

ca

    

-

  

  

 









chri

 -

sti,

 -

-

 

   

    

San









sti,



 

 





-

 



ffff

-

ca (ah) (ah)

me. ffff

cti - fi

-

ca (ah) (ah)

me. ffff

              -

cti - fi

-

cti - fi

       

-

ca (ah) (ah)

me. ffff

               

 

San

   

cti - fi







-



ca (ah) (ah)

     

molto rit.

   



me.

 

me.

  

    

          

San

sti,

   

-

  San



             

 

sti,

 -



   

   



 

me.

me.

ca

 

  me.

ca       

ca

 

fi



 

-

-

-

  

 

    

San - cti

      

fi

cti

  

 

   

-

  

     

    

cti



molto rit.

 





fff

A - ni - ma

B.

chri

  



  

ma

 

cti

-

 

fff

-

-

San

 

27

T.

ni

 

 

   

  

  

A.

-

San

       chri - sti,  

e= 88 S.

  

 

3

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