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Quantum Materiae Chorus (SATB) a cappella

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Posing one of life's great questions, this beautiful text by Robert Howard Davis translated into Latin provides the words for this choral setting of one of the most profound, unanswered questions throughout history.

Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari

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Quantum Materiae

Music by JEREMY BELL

Text by ROBERT HOWARD DAVIS

Larghetto con rubato q = 69

  p     SOPRANO        



p             



Optional soloist

Quan tum ma- ter - i - ae

ALTO

Quan tum ma- ter - i - ae p

TENOR

             Quan tum ma-ter - i - ae

p           BASS   Quan tum ma- ter - i - ae







 

Quan tum

mp









quan - tum

  

ma- ter - i - ae

mp

 

    

quan tum ma- ter - i - ae

quan - tum

 mp     



quan tum ma- ter - i - ae

    

        4

mp

quan - tum





 

ma- ter - i - ae

  



quan tum



quan - tum ma

-

   

ter - i - ae

               ma - ter - i - ae quan - tum 

 

 



 

 ma

   

- ter - i - ae









  



 





ma- ter - i - ae



quan tum

quan -

   

ma- ter - i - ae

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 

         8

  

ma- ter - i - ae

  

quan - tum

  quan - tum

     tum     



  



mf

  quan - tum

ter

mf     ter

   -

 

-

  

i



mf





ma - ter

i

 ma -

    

  





     

 -

ae



-

quan - tum







ae

   

-

ae

mp



-

ae



ma -

mp

   -

ma -

quan - tum

  

mf        mp     quan - tum ma - ter - i - ae

 

quan -tum

mp

 -



quan -tum

ma - ter - i

i

   

ma - ter - i - ae

 -

  

ma - ter - i - ae

   

     

ma - ter - i - ae

  

quan - tum

12



  

ma - ter - i

 - et



 -



ur

ma -

   ma - ter - i



  -

   ma - ter - i

et

  -

 -

et

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ur

ma -

  -

ur

ma -

5

       16

ter - i - et

 

mf

-

  

ter - i - et

      ter - i - et

-

-

-

       21

ur mar - mo - ta

mo

mf

p

   

ur mar - mo - ta



 

-

nax





     



nax

cresc. poco a poco

-



nax

mar - mo - ta

   





ur mar - mo - ta

mar - mo - ta

mo

nax

mf

   

p

ur mar - mo - ta

mo

-

mo

-

nax

     mar - mo - ta



 -



nax

rit.

   mo

 -

  

mar - mo - ta



mo

-



   

mar - mo - ta

     mo





p cresc. poco a poco

cresc. poco a poco

    



mf

      ter - i - et

   

p

mo

nax

 -

     

nax

mar - mo - ta

mo

     

     

mar - mo - ta



mar - mo - ta mo cresc. poco a poco

-

mar - mo - ta

-

     

mo

nax

 nax

mo

 -

-



nax



  

nax

      mar - mo - ta

    mar - mo - ta

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

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mf

      25

mo

mf       mo mf

       mo mf

     mo

a tempo

  









-

-

-

nax

si

-

mp

mp





-

-





-

-

-

  



-

      

-

30



mar - mo- ta mon - ax

       

mar - mo- ta mon - ax

       mar-mo-ta mon       

-



   

mar - mo - ta mo

si





nax mp

si





si

-

f



nax mp

nax

f

   

mar - mo - ta mo f

-

mar - mo - ta mo f

-

mar - mo - ta mo

-





nax

si

    nax

si

         



nax

si





nax

si

rit.

    

    

si

si

mar - mo- ta mon - nax

    si



mar - mo- ta mon - nax

mar - mo- ta mo - nax

    si



mar - mo- ta mo - nax

            - ax



mar - mo- ta mon - ax

si

mar - mo- ta mon - nax

   

si

si

mar - mo- ta mo - nax

       

mar - mo- ta mon - nax

si



mar - mo- ta mo - nax

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  mo -

 

mo -

  mo -

   mo -

*If a soloist was used at the beginning, use the same soloist here until the tutti marking when everyone else enters.

poco più mosso

   mp    36



   



pos - sit ma - ter

    

mf

   

nax



ma - ter - i - am

          nax ma - ter - i - am mp

mp

    

rit.

  

Optional soloist*

    41

p



ma - ter

p   



ma - ter

     -

i - am

pos

     -

i - am

pos

p           ma - ter - i - am pos

   p



ma - ter

-

i - am

pos

sit

   -

sit

   -

     -



pos - sit ma - ter

sit

   -

sit



ma - ter

mp tutti



ma mp tutti



   

ter

-



i



ma - ter - i

-





i - ar - i



-

mp tutti

i - ar - i

  -



pp

ma - ter - i mp tutti



-



i - ar - i

 

mf



ma - ter - i - am

-



i - ar - i

 

mf

   

   

nax

ma - ter



-





7

 

mf

nax

mp



rit.

 





ar

-

-





ma - ter - i

ar

ar

-

ar

i pp

 

i pp

  i

 

pp

 -

 

-

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