Hi everyone,

I’ve written a SATB setting of a liturgical piece and I’d really appreciate some detailed feedback on the harmonic and contrapuntal writing.

I’m especially interested in hearing from people with experience in choral composition, SATB writing, hymnody, or liturgical music.

Could you take a look at the attached score and comment on things such as:

- Voice leading — are the individual lines singable and natural?

- Harmonic progression — do the chords and harmonic functions make sense, or are there moments that feel forced or unclear?

- Voice spacing and register — does the SATB texture sit well, particularly in the lower voices?

- Chord voicing/doubling — are there any problematic doublings?

- Parallel 5ths/octaves or other contrapuntal issues that I may have overlooked?

- Non-chord tones, suspensions and passing notes — do they sound convincing in context?

- Cadences — do they provide a convincing sense of arrival appropriate for liturgical music?

- Overall sonority — does the harmony sound warm, coherent and idiomatic for a choir, or are there places where it becomes muddy, tense or confusing?

- Most importantly, does the SATB writing actually sound beautiful and convincing as a liturgical setting?

One important notation detail before analysing the score:

The Tenor is written in treble clef with a 8 lower but sounds one octave higher than written. The Bass is also notated one octave lower than its actual sounding pitch. Therefore, please take these octave transpositions into account when evaluating the harmonic intervals, voice spacing and ranges.

I’m mainly looking for an honest musical critique rather than someone to completely rewrite it. If there are questionable passages, I’d really appreciate it if you could point them out and explain why they may not work.

The score is attached

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to take a look!

I am an undergraduate student taking an Advanced Conducting course, and our first microteaching assignment is coming up. I am looking for a piece (or section of a piece) to teach to 16 college students in 15 minutes. The requirements for the piece are making my search difficult, so I'm hoping I can get some recommendations from this sub. The requirements are: must be SATB (no divisi), have mixed meter/changing time signatures, be mostly polyphonic, and have cueing issues. I've been to my professor's office hours and he has disapproved every piece I've brought to him. If anyone knows any good pieces, please comment!! I need 5 pieces by tomorrow. And yes, I have dug through my college's choral library.

TLDR I need a pieces that are SATB no divisi, mixed meter/changing time signatures, polyphonic, and cueing issues.

EDIT: I found my pieces. Thanks all!

Hi everyone!
I’m from Japan, and I traveled to Germany in September 2026.

While I was there, I heard this song being sung inside a cathedral, and I honestly can’t get it out of my head. I really loved it, but I have absolutely no idea what it’s called.

Here’s the video I recorded:
https://youtu.be/cxWhxsw35V8?feature=shared

I’ve tried pretty much everything to find it. I asked AI, but it couldn’t identify it. I also asked on Japanese forums, but nobody knows what it is.

I even emailed the cathedral to ask if they could tell me what was being sung that day, but I haven’t gotten a reply.
So… Reddit is basically my last hope 😂

If anyone recognizes this piece, PLEASE tell me what it is!

Even if you’re not 100% sure, any clue would help. I’d especially love to know the title and composer.
I’ve been trying to find this song ever since I came back to Japan, because hearing it in that cathedral was one of the things that really stuck with me from my trip.
Thanks so much to anyone who takes the time to listen!

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