When David heard that Absolom was slain
Video Information
- Choir: dwsChorale
- Piece: When David heard
- Composer: Thomas Tomkins
- Voices: AATTB
- Sheet Music:   www3.cpdl.org/wiki/index....
- Genres: A cappella, Classical, Sacred
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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, ... 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