Title
Angel Musicians
Year
2010
Instrumentation
SATB chorus
Notes
Commissioned by the San Francisco Choral Artists. The melody of is that of Susani, an early German carol dating from the 14th century. Its role as a lullaby seemed clear from the beginning: “eia” means “hush” and the name, susani, is low German for ‘suse Ninne’ or “sleep, little child”.