O ABSALOM for TTBB Chorus by Stanley M. Hoffman Performed by The Singers, Matthew Culloton, Conductor Recording: © Copyright 2016 by the ECS Publishing Group. Used by permission. Music: © Copyright 2016 by Highgate Press, Inc., a division of ECS ...  moreO ABSALOM for TTBB Chorus by Stanley M. Hoffman Performed by The Singers, Matthew Culloton, Conductor Recording: © Copyright 2016 by the ECS Publishing Group. Used by permission. Music: © Copyright 2016 by Highgate Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. To order the sheet music, please visit this URL. www.canticledistributing.com/o-ABSALOM.html  

Motet by Thomas Tomkins - one of the greatest emotional expressions of the late Renaissance. ABSALOM, son of King David, was a handsome prince and considered by some to be worthy of the throne of Israel, even before David's death. One day, as ABSALOM w...  moreMotet by Thomas Tomkins - one of the greatest emotional expressions of the late Renaissance. ABSALOM, son of King David, was a handsome prince and considered by some to be worthy of the throne of Israel, even before David's death. One day, as ABSALOM went riding, a tree's branches caught his luxuriant hair and he hung there helpless. He was slain by his enemies. King David was inconsolable. Performed by the dwsChorale, a multitracking one-man choir