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        USA [1970-]Group: Choir Short description: Choral, orchestral, wind ensemble. Virtual choirs. Pan-diatonic clusters usually arranged in successively increasing or decreasing density. Whitacre achieves this growth and decay by splitting voices divisi—in one case up to 18 parts. These sonorities can often be read as seventh or ninth chords, with or without added seconds and fourths. Whitacre makes frequent use of quartal, quintal and secundal harmonies, and is also known for his use of unconventional chord progressions. His use of rhythm often involves mixed, complex, and/or compound meters. His pieces sometimes include frequent meter changes and unusual rhythmic patterns. Another trademark of Whitacre's pieces is the use of aleatoric and indeterminate sections, as well as unusual score instructions involving, in some cases, hand actions and/or props. The challenge of playing his music is that everything has to be sung perfectly in tune, without vibrato or any vocal affectation, or the sophisticated chords won’t work. Grammy winner.  Played 0 of 0 tracks for this composer (total answers). Played blocks map:
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