Each of the following motifs in the original Greek text has been "translated"
into a musical idiom as explained below, in the verses cited.
144,000 (ΕΚΑΤΟΝ ΤΕΣΣΕΡΑΚΟΝΤΑ ΤΕΣΣΑΡΕΣ ΧΙΛΙΑΔΕΣ)
implicitly indicated by changeringing
@07:04,14:01
altar (ΧΥΣΙΑΣΤ...)
5-beat rhythm: half half quarter, quarter quarter half quartrest
@08:03,09:13,11:01,16:07
amen (ΑΜΗΝ)
uh-huh, c-f
@01:06,01:07,03:14,05:13,05:14,07:12,12:12,16:07,19:04,22:21
angel (ΑΓΓΕΛ...)
arpeggio
@01:01,03:05,05:02,05:11,07:01,07:02,07:11,08:02,08:03,08:05,08:06,09:11,09:14,10:01,10:07,12:07,12:09,14:06,14:08,14:10,14:17,14:18,15:01,15:06,15:07,15:08,16:01,16:02,16:03,16:04,16:05,16:08,16:10,16:12,16:17,17:01,17:07,18:01,18:21,19:17,20:01,21:09,21:12,21:17,22:06,22:08,22:16
ascend (ΑΝΕΒΗΣ...)
upward moving notes
@11:12,12:05,12:16,13:01,13:11
assemble (ΣΥΝΑΓΑΓ...)
bugle call: assembly
@16:14,16:16,20:08
authority (ΕΞΟΥΣ...)
repeat phrase thrice
@06:08,09:03,09:18,11:06,12:10,13:02,13:04,13:05,13:07,14:18,17:13,18:01,22:14
Babylon (ΒΑΒΥΛΩΝ)
recitative theme from Walton, Belshazzar's Feast 217
@14:08,16:19,17:05,18:10,18:16,18:19,18:21
beast (ΧΗΡΙΟΝ)
c-e♭-F♯ with second note emphasized
@11:07,13:01,13:02,13:04,13:08,13:14,15:02,16:10,16:13,17:03,17:07,17:08,17:11,17:13,17:16,17:17,19:19,19:20,20:10
black (ΜΕΛΑΣ)
black notes on the keyboard
@01:14,06:12,08:05
blasphemy (ΒΛΑΣΦΗΜ...)
12-tone row, pitches 0 1 3 2 9 5 11 3 8 10 7 6
@13:01,13:05,13:06,16:09,16:11,16:21,17:03,21:27
blessed (ΜΑΚΑΡ...)
arpeggiated accompaniment G-e-c G-e-c G-e-c
@01:03,07:12,16:15,19:09,20:06,22:14
blood (ΑΙΜΑΤ...)
"coagulated" (clustered) notes
@01:05,05:09,06:10,07:14,08:07,08:09,11:06,12:11,14:20,16:03,16:06,17:06,18:24,19:02,19:13
book, scroll (ΒΙΒΛ...)
something inspired by Hindemith
@01:10,01:11,01:19,05:01,05:07,06:14,10:02,10:08,10:09,10:10,22:07,22:09,22:17
book of life (ΒΙΒΛΩ ΖΩΗΣ)
seven-note theme G-d-c-e♭-d-f-c
@03:05,13:08,17:08,20:12,20:15,21:27
bowl (ΦΙΑΛ...)
two-note interval that confines the wrath motif temporarily
@15:07,16:01,16:02,16:03,16:04,16:08,16:10,16:12,16:17,16:19,18:06
bride, wedding (ΝΥΜΦ..., ΓΑΜΟΣ)
"g-c', e-g" melody based on Bernstein, One hand one heart
@18:23,19:07,19:09,21:02,21:09,22:17
cardinal (ΠΥΡΡ...)
theme from Mary Roberts Smith, "Hail, Stanford, hail!" (1894)
@12:03
church (ΕΚΚΛΗΣ...)
bugle call: church service
@01:04,01:11,02:01,02:08,02:12,02:18,03:01,03:07,03:14
city (ΠΟΛΙ...)
theme from Prokofiev's Ivan Groznyii, Opus 116 (1. Overture 5)
@11:02,11:08,11:13,16:19,17:18,20:09,21:02,21:15,21:16,21:18,21:21
close (ΚΛΕΙΣ...)
close the organ's Swell shades
@03:07,11:06,20:03,21:25
cloud (ΝΕΦΕΛ...)
something inspired by Debussy
@01:07,11:12
come (ΕΡΧΕΤ...)
suspirans (a rest preceding the melody)
@01:07,02:16,02:25,03:03,03:10,03:11,06:01,06:03,06:05,06:07,07:14,09:12,11:14,15:06,16:15,17:01,17:11,21:09,22:06,22:07,22:10,22:12,22:17,22:20
conquer (ΝΙΚΩ...)
theme "we shall overcome"
@02:26,03:21,05:05,06:02,11:07,12:11,13:07,15:02,17:14,21:07
creatures (ΤΕΣΣΑΡΑ ΖΩΑ)
four-note theme e-f-d-g (sometimes f-d-g-e, d-g-e-f, g-e-f-d when the four creatures are distinguished)
@04:06,04:07,04:08,04:09,05:06,05:08,05:11,05:14,06:01,06:03,06:05,06:07,07:11,14:03,15:07,19:04
crown (ΣΤΕΦΑΝ...)
complementary notes of chord played on two manuals with contrasting timbres
@01:13,03:11,04:04,04:10,09:07,12:01,13:01,14:14
cry (ΕΚΛΑΙ...)
theme "crying in the chapel"
@05:04,18:09,18:18
darkness (ΕΣΚΟΩ...)
bugle call: taps ("gone the sun")
@09:02,16:10
David (ΔΑΥΙΔ)
the ancient Greek pitches for DAYID
@03:07,05:05,22:16
day (ΗΜΕΡ...)
bugle call: reveille
@01:10,02:28,04:08,07:15,09:06,09:15,10:07,11:03,11:11,12:10,18:08,20:10
ndeath (ΘΑΝΑΤ...)
absence of notes
@01:18,03:01,06:08,08:11,09:06,18:08,19:20,19:21,20:14,21:04,21:08
deathblow (ΠΛΗΓ...)
from Stravinsky, Petrouschka 1.47
@13:1,13:1,18:08
descend (ΚΑΤΑΒΑΙ...)
downward moving notes
@03:12,10:01,12:09,18:01,19:02,20:01,20:09,21:02
dragon (ΔΡΑΚΩΝ)
c-e♭-F♯ with first note emphasized
@12:03,12:07,12:15,12:16,12:17,12:18,13:02,13:04,16:13,20:10
dwell (ΚΑΤΟΙΚΟΥ...)
interleave melody (on beat) with fixed note (off beat)
@03:10,07:15,13:06,13:08,13:12,13:14,15:05,17:02,21:03
eagle (ΑΕΤΩ)
an eagle call (its peal and/or chatter)
@04:07,08:13,12:14
earth (ΓΗΣ)
I Ching trigram down-down-down
@01:05,03:10,05:03,05:13,06:08,06:13,06:15,07:01,07:02,08:05,08:07,09:01,09:03,10:02,10:04,10:08,11:04,11:06,12:04,12:09,12:12,12:16,13:03,13:08,13:11,13:12,13:13,13:14,14:07,14:15,14:16,14:18,14:19,16:01,16:02,16:18,17:02,17:05,17:18,18:09,18:24,19:19,20:08,20:09,20:11,21:24
earthquake (ΣΕΙΣΜ...)
tremulants; also a seismograph effect on the Big one (16:18)
@06:12,08:05,11:13,11:19,16:18
eat (ΔΕΙΠΝ..., ΦΑΓ...)
bugle call: mess call
@03:20,10:09,10:10,17:16,19:17,19:18,19:21
elders (ΕΙΚΟΣΙ ΤΕΣΣΑΡΑΣ ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡ...)
chromatic scale of 24 notes
@04:04,04:10,05:06,05:08,05:11,05:14,07:11,11:16,14:03,19:04
eyes (ΟΦΘΑΛΜ...)
play in octaves
@01:07,01:14,02:18,03:19,04:06,04:08,05:06,07:17,19:12,21:04
face (ΟΨΣΙΣ)
play parallel fourths or fifths
@01:16,05:08,05:14,07:11,09:07,10:01,22:04
faith (ΠΙΣΤ...)
trill
@01:05,02:10,02:13,02:19,03:14,13:10,14:12,17:14,21:05,22:06
false prophet (ΨΕΥΔΟΠΡΦΗΤ...
c-e♭-F♯ with third note emphasized
@13:11,16:13,19:20,20:10
fear (ΦΟΒ...)
tremolo between two sets of notes
@01:17,02:10,03:09,11:11,19:05
feet (ΠΟΔ...)
play on pedals
@01:13,01:15,01:17,02:18,03:09,10:01,10:02,11:11,12:01,13:02,19:10,22:08
fire (ΠΥΡ...)
I Ching trigram up-down-up
@01:14,01:15,02:18,03:18,04:05,08:05,08:07,08:08,09:17,09:18,10:01,11:05,13:13,14:10,14:18,15:02,16:08,18:08,19:12,19:20,20:09,20:10,20:14,21:08
five (ΠΕΝΤ...)
do something five times
@09:05,09:10
forehead (ΜΕΤΩΠ...)
theme from Prokofiev's Ivan Groznyii, Opus 116 (31. Song of Oprichniki 148)
@07:03,09:04,13:16,14:01,14:09,17:05,20:04,22:04
forever and ever (ΑΙΩΝΑΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΙΩΝΩΝ)
a pastorale theme (chosen from among different composers)
@01:06,01:18,04:09,05:13,07:12,10:06,22:05
forty-two (ΤΕΣΣΕΡΑΚΟΝΤΑ)
three times seven-against-two
@13:05
four (ΤΕΣΣΑΡ...)
do something four times
@07:01,07:02,09:13,09:14,20:08
gates (ΠΥΛΩ...)
rapid triad c-e-g
@21:12,21:15,21:25,22:14
glass (ΥΑΛΙΝ...)
reflection
@04:06,15:02,21:18,21:21
glory (ΔΟΞΑ)
theme c-d-e-f-e-d-e from Brahms Triumphlied 1B "Ehre und Kraft"
@01:06,04:09,05:12,07:12,11:13,14:07,15:08,19:07,21:11,21:23,21:24,21:26
God (ΘΕΟΥ)
theme G-e-c
@01:10,02:05,03:05,03:12,04:08,05:10,07:02,07:03,07:10,07:12,10:07,11:16,12:05,12:06,12:17,13:12,15:07,15:08,16:14,16:19,17:17,19:05,19:09,19:17,20:09,21:03,21:07,21:10,21:11,21:23,22:01,22:03,22:04,22:05,22:09
God the Creator (ΘΕΩ ΚΑΙ ΠΑΤΡΙ)
theme G-e-c with first note emphasized
@01:06,04:11,11:1,12:10,14:01,16:07,18:08,19:06,21:22
God the Μessiah (ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ)
theme G-e-c with second note emphasized
@01:01,01:02,01:05,01:08,01:16,02:18,12:10,12:17,16:15,17:06,19:10,21:06,22:16
God the Σpirit (ΠΝΕΥΜΑ)
theme G-e-c with third note emphasized
@12:01,19:1,22:17
gold (ΧΡΥΣ...)
close harmony
@01:12,01:13,01:20,02:01,03:18,04:04,09:07,09:13,14:14,15:06,15:07,17:04,18:16,21:15,21:18,21:21
grace (ΧΑΡΙΣ)
grace notes
@01:04,22:21
hail (ΧΑΛΑΖ...)
candrakalaa rhythm: 2 2 2 3 3 3 1
@08:07,11:19,16:21
hands (ΧΕΙΡ...)
play parallel thirds or sixths
@10:02,10:05,10:08,10:09,14:14
harp (ΚΙΘΑΡ...)
arpeggiated chords
@14:02,15:02
heads (ΚΕΦΑΛ...)
play parallel tritones
@01:14,09:17,10:01,12:03,17:09,19:12
hear (ΑΚΟΥ...)
quote the ancient Delphic hymn to Apollo (Pöhlmann and West #20)
@01:03,02:07,02:11,02:17,02:29,03:06,03:13,03:22,13:09,18:23,22:18,22:19
heart (ΚΑΡΔΙ...)
heartbeat rhythm
@02:23,17:17,18:07
heaven (ΟΥΡΑΝ...)
I Ching trigram up-up-up
@04:01,04:02,05:03,05:13,06:13,09:01,10:05,10:08,11:19,13:06,13:13,14:02,14:07,15:05,18:05,19:11,20:01,20:11
holy (ΑΓΙ...)
melody e-e-e-d-c (inspired by Tchaikovsky's Symphony 2)
@03:07,04:08,05:08,06:10,08:03,11:02,11:18,13:07,13:10,13:12,14:10,14:12,15:04,16:06,17:06,18:24,19:08,20:06,20:09,21:02,21:10,22:11
horns (ΚΕΡΑΤ...)
play with reed stop on organ
@05:06,12:03,13:01,13:11,17:03,17:12,17:16,18:22
horse (ΙΠΠΟ...)
imitate a horse's whinny
@06:02,06:04,06:05,06:08,09:07,09:16,19:11,19:14,19:18,19:19
hour (ΩΡΑ...)
Westminster chimes e-c-d-G, G-d-e-c
@03:03,03:10,09:15,14:07,14:15,17:12,18:10,18:16
immorality (ΠΟΡΝΕ...)
melody with many leaps
@02:14,02:20,02:22,09:21,14:08,17:02,17:05,17:15,18:03,18:09,21:08,22:15
iron (ΣΙΔΗΡ...)
insert extra notes into chords
@02:27,09:09,12:05,19:15
island (ΝΗΣ...)
quote melody from Burleigh, John's gone down on de island
@01:09,06:14,16:20
Jezebel (ΙΕΖΑΒΕΛ)
the ancient Greek pitches for IEZEBEL
@02:20,02:21
John (ΙΩΑΝΝ...)
syncopated melody e♭-c-e-g (like Norwegian pronunciation of Johan)
@01:01,01:04,01:09,22:08
judgment (ΚΡΙΜ..., ΚΡΙΝ...)
rhythm from Brahms Triumphlied 1D "seine Gerichte": dotted-half quarter, half quarter quarter, half quarter quartrest
@06:10,11:18,14:07,16:06,16:07,17:01,18:08,18:20,19:02,19:11,20:04,20:12,20:13
key to abyss (ΚΛΕΙΣ)
a certain descending theme that suggested itself
@01:18,09:01,20:01
kill (ΑΠΕΚΤ..., ΑΠΟΚΤ...)
rhythm from de Paul, L'il Abner, O happy day
@02:23,03:02,06:08,09:15,09:18,09:20,11:05,11:07,11:13,13:10,13:15
king (ΒΑΣΙΛ...)
double-dotted rhythm with short notes last (French ouverture style)
@01:05,01:06,05:10,06:15,09:11,10:11,11:15,12:10,16:12,16:14,17:02,17:09,17:10,17:12,17:14,17:18,18:09,19:06,19:16,19:18,19:19,20:04,20:06,21:24
lake (ΛΙΜΝ...)
I Ching trigram down-up-up
@20:10,20:14,21:08
lamb (ΑΡΝΙ...)
baaaa, usually played by the oboe
@05:06,05:13,06:01,06:03,06:05,06:07,06:09,06:12,06:16,07:10,07:14,07:17,08:01,12:11,13:08,13:11,14:01,14:04,14:10,17:14,19:07,19:09,21:09,21:14,21:22,21:23,21:27,22:03
lampstands (ΛΥΧΝ...)
Triparion theme, inspired by Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture
@01:12,01:20,02:01,04:05,11:04,18:23,21:23
life (ΖΩΗ...)
arpeggiated accompaniment G-c-e-c G-c-e-c or c-e-g-e c-e-g-e
@07:17,11:11,19:20,21:06,22:01
light (ΦΩΤΟ...)
cluster of five adjacent notes, played staccato
@21:11,21:24
lightning (ΑΣΤΡΑΠ...)
quote Reubke's Sonata on Psalm 94, Allegro con fuoco
@04:05,08:05,11:19,16:18
linen (ΒΥΣΣΙΝ...)
interwoven chords
@18:16,19:08,19:14
lion (ΛΕΩΝ)
octatonic scale 0 1 3 4 6 7 9 10 12
@05:05,09:08,09:17,10:03,13:02
love (ΑΓΑΠ...)
quote Seguin, Un Flambeau ("love has come, a light in the darkness")
@01:05,02:19,12:11
magic (ΦΑΡΜΑΚ...)
a leaping pattern suggested at the end of 235 in Schmidt's Sieben Siegeln
@09:21,21:08,22:15
man, human (ΑΝΘΡΩΠ...)
Wagner's Tristan chord: F B d♯ g♯
@01:13,02:14,04:07,09:06,09:07,09:15,09:18,09:20,11:13,12:05,12:13,13:13,13:18,14:04,16:08,16:18,16:21,21:17
mark of beast (ΧΑΡΑΓΜΑ)
(gracenote c)-e♭-F♯
@13:16,13:17,14:09,17:05,20:04
mountain (ΟΡ...)
I Ching trigram up-down-down
@06:15,08:08,13:12,16:20,21:10,06:14
mouth (ΣΤΟΜΑΤ...)
broken octaves
@01:16,02:12,02:16,10:09,11:05,12:15,12:16,13:02,13:05,13:06,14:05,16:13,19:15
mystery (ΜΥΣΤΗΡ...)
sustained octaves
@01:20,17:05,17:07
name (ΟΝΟΜ...)
pedal point (sustained note in bass to underline the other notes)
@02:03,03:01,03:04,03:05,03:08,03:12,06:08,09:11,11:13,13:01,13:06,13:08,13:17,14:01,15:02,16:09,16:11,17:08,19:12,19:13,20:15,21:12,21:14,22:04
nations (ΕΘΝΟΥ...)
quote Stanford, And I saw another angel ("nations and kindreds and peoples and tongues")
@05:09,07:09,10:11,11:09,13:07,14:06,17:15,20:03,21:26,22:02
Nikolaitins (ΝΙΚΟΛΑΙΤΩΝ)
the ancient Greek pitches for NIKOL
@02:06,02:15
not (ΜΗ)
uh-uh, e-c (negates the meaning of the immediately preceding motif)
@01:14,01:17,02:10,02:21,03:02,03:09,05:05,09:04,09:20,09:21,10:04,12:08,12:11,13:08,16:12,16:15,16:20,17:08,17:11,18:22,18:23,19:10,20:04,20:06,20:11,20:15,21:04,21:08,21:22,21:23,21:25,21:27,22:09,22:15
olive (ΕΛΑΙ...)
excerpt from old advertising jingle "palmolive, proved mildest, milder than cold creme"
@11:04
open (ΑΝΟΙ..., ΗΝΕΩ...)
open the organ's Swell shades
@03:07,04:01,05:03,05:05,05:09,06:01,06:03,06:05,06:07,06:09,06:12,08:01,10:02,11:19,15:05,19:11,20:12
palm (ΦΟΙΝ...)
excerpt from old advertising jingle "palmolive, proved mildest, milder than cold creme"
@07:09
paradise (ΠΑΡΑΔΕΙΣ...)
the music of the iTeX logo
@02:07
patience (ΥΠΟΜΟΝ...)
long sustained note
@01:09,02:02,02:03,02:19,03:09,13:10,14:12
plague (ΠΛΗΓ...)
plagal cadence
@18:04
poor (ΠΤΩΧ...)
non-ornamented
@02:09,03:17,13:16
power (ΚΡΑΤ...)
rhythm: quarter twelfth twelfth twelfth, quarter twelfth twelfth twelfth
@01:06,01:16,03:08,05:12,05:13,06:15,07:12,09:20,10:01,11:17,12:08,12:10,13:02,13:04,13:17,15:08,16:07,18:08,19:0,19:18,21:08,21:22
precious stones (ΙΑΣΠ..., ΣΑΠΦΙΡ..., ΣΜΑΡΑΓΔ..., ...)
name of the stone spelled out in Greek Morse code, as plainsong melody
@04:03,21:11,21:18,21:19,21:20,21:21
prophet (ΠΡΟΦΗΤ...)
contrary motion
@01:03,02:20,10:11,11:03,11:06,11:10,11:11,11:12,11:18,18:24,19:10,22:06
purchase, redeem (ΑΓΟΡΑ..., ΗΓΟΡΑ...)
a fugue based loosely on Sokolov, I am Alpha and Omega
@03:18,13:17,14:03,14:04
red (ΠΥΡΡ...)
allusion to Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
@06:04,09:17
rejoice (ΧΑΙΡ...)
folk dance style
@11:10,18:20,19:07
remember (ΜΝΗΜΟΝ...)
sustained tone cluster
@02:05,03:03,16:19,18:05
repent (ΜΕΤΑΝΟΗΣ...)
double-dotted rhythm with short notes first
@02:05,02:16,02:21,02:22,03:03,03:19,09:20,09:21
resurrection (ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣ...)
rhythm: triplet followed by half note (Gounod, preface to Mors et vita)
@20:05,20:06
rich (ΠΛΟΥΣ...)
highly ornamented
@02:09,03:17,03:18,05:12,13:16,18:03
rising smoke (ΑΝΕΒΗ Ο ΚΑΠΝΟΣ)
imitation of a Shepard tone that appears to be continually ascending
@08:04,14:11,19:03
river (ΠΟΤΑΜ...)
a very slow trill
@08:10,09:14,12:15,12:16,16:04,16:12,22:01
rod (ΡΑΒΔΩ)
play with a reed stop [yes I know it's the same as the motif for horns]
@02:27,11:01,12:05,19:15,21:15
sabre (ΡΟΜΦΑΙ...)
leaping pattern in arpeggiated octaves
@01:16,02:12,02:16,19:15,19:21
Satan (ΔΙΑΒΟΛ..., ΣΑΤΑΝ...)
c-♭-F♯
@02:10,02:13,02:24,03:09,12:09,12:12,20:02,20:03,20:07
scarlet (ΚΟΚΚΙ...)
quote from Lehrer, Fight fiercely, Harvard (think of crimson)
@17:03,17:04,17:07,18:16
scorpions (ΣΚΟΡΠΙ...)
first half of laksmis rhythm: 2 3 4
@09:03,09:05,09:07,09:10,09:19
sea (ΘΑΛΑΣΣ...)
melody e-d-c-e, e-d-c-c inspired by Menken, Under the sea [The little mermaid]
@04:06,05:13,07:01,07:02,08:08,10:02,10:05,10:08,13:01,14:07,15:02,18:17,18:19,18:21,20:13
seal (ΣΦΡΑΓ...)
something inspired by Alain
@06:01,06:03,06:05,06:07,06:09,06:12,07:02,07:03,08:01,09:04,10:04
servant, slave (ΔΟΥΛ...)
Stravinsky's Petrouschka chord: A♯ c♯ f♯ mixed with c e g
@01:01,02:20,06:15,07:03,10:07,11:18,13:16,19:02,19:05,19:10,22:09
seven (ΕΠΤΑ)
do something seven times
@01:12,01:16,01:20,02:01,03:01,04:05,05:01,08:02,08:06,10:03,10:07,12:03,13:01,15:01,15:06,15:07,15:08,16:01,17:09,21:09
seven spirits (ΕΠΤΑ ΠΝΕΥΜΑΤΩΝ)
melody B-A-f-d-G-e-c "the seven spirits of God"
@01:04,01:16,01:20,03:01,04:05,05:06
sign (ΣΗΜΕΙ...)
quote Rózsa's Double Indemnity theme
@12:01,12:03,13:13,19:20
six (ΕΞ)
do something six times
@04:08,13:18
smoke (ΚΑΠΝΟ...)
glissando
@09:02,09:17,09:19,15:08,18:09,18:18
sour (ΠΙΚΡΑΝ...)
play in minor key
@10:09,10:10
spit (ΕΜΕΣΑΙ)
play on the Spitzflöte
@03:16
star (ΑΣΤΕΡ...)
use the organ's Zimbelstern
@01:16,01:20,02:01,02:28,03:01,06:13,08:10,08:12,09:01,12:01,12:04,22:16
sun (ΗΛΙΟΣ)
a palindromic melody
@01:16,06:12,07:02,07:16,08:05,08:12,09:02,10:01,12:01,16:08,16:12,19:17,21:23
sweet (ΓΛΥΚΥ)
play in major key
@10:09,10:10
temple (ΝΑΟ...)
something inspired by Gershwin
@03:12,11:19,15:05,15:06,15:08,16:01,16:17,21:22
ten (ΔΕΚΑ)
do something ten times
@12:03,13:01,17:03,17:07,17:12,17:16
thanks (ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤ...)
allude to Schalk's eucharistic hymn Now
@04:09,07:12,11:17
three (ΤΡΕΙΣ)
do something three times
@21:13
three and a half (ΤΡΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΗΜΟΣΥ)
a rhythm with 3.5 beats per measure
@11:03,11:11,12:14
throne (ΘΡΟΝ...)
rich jazz chords
@01:04,03:21,04:02,04:03,04:10,05:01,05:06,05:13,06:16,07:11,07:15,08:03,11:16,12:05,13:02,16:10,16:17,19:05,20:04,20:11,20:12,21:03,22:01
thunder (ΒΡΟΝΤ...)
I Ching trigram down-down-up
@04:05,06:01,06:03,06:05,06:07,08:05,10:03,11:19,14:02,19:06
torment (ΒΑΣΑΝΙΣ...)
descend three major seconds: c-B♭-A♭-G♭ (Gounod, preface to Mors et vita)
@09:05,09:10,11:10,11:13,12:02,12:04,12:13,14:10,14:11,18:07,20:10
trampling (ΠΑΤ...)
stamp on pedals
@11:02,14:20,19:15
true (ΑΛΗΘΙΝ...)
something inspired by Bach
@03:07,06:10,19:09,21:05,22:06
trumpet (ΣΑΛΠΙ..)
play on trumpet stop
@04:01,08:02,08:07,08:08,08:10,08:12,09:01,09:13,11:15,18:22
twelve (ΔΩΔΕΚΑ)
do something twelve times
@12:01,21:12,21:14,22:02
voice (ΦΩΝ...)
something inspired by Borodin
@01:15,04:05,06:06,09:13,10:03,10:07,10:08,11:12,11:15,14:02,16:17,16:18,18:04,19:05,19:06,19:17,21:03
wall (ΤΕΙΧ...)
a solid chord: five fingers in each hand plus two feet
@21:12,21:16,21:19
war (ΠΟΛΕΜ...)
staccato
@09:09,11:07,12:07,12:17,13:04,13:05,13:07,16:14,17:14,19:19
was/is/shallbe (Ο ΗΝ ΚΑΙ Ο ΩΝ ΚΑΙ Ο ΕΡΧΟΜΕΝΟΣ)
God's motif repeated thrice in treble over once in bass
@01:04,04:08,11:17,16:05
water (ΥΔΑΤ...)
I Ching trigram down-up-down
@01:15,08:11,11:06,14:02,14:07,16:03,16:05,16:12,17:15,18:19,19:06,21:06,22:01
white (ΛΕΥΚ...)
white notes on the keyboard
@01:14,03:04,03:05,03:18,04:04,06:02,06:11,07:13,07:14,19:14,19:19,20:11
white cloud (ΝΕΦΕΛΗ ΛΕΥΚΗ)
increasingly add one white note at a time to a tone cluster
@14:14,14:16
wind (ΑΝΕΜ...)
I Ching trigram up-up-down
@07:01
wine (ΟΙΝΟ...)
sparkly effect: rapid c'-g-f-c-f-g-c'-g-f-c-f-g
@06:06,14:08,14:10,16:19,17:02,19:15
wings (ΠΤΕΡΥΓ...)
a waving pattern of triplets
@04:08,09:09,12:14
wisdom (ΣΟΦΙΑ...)
Bach's Invention in F major, backwards: c-d-e-f-e-f-g-a-g-a-b-c'
@05:12,07:12,13:18,17:09
witness (ΜΑΡΤΥΡ...)
something inspired by Fauré
@01:02,01:05,11:03,11:11,12:11,12:17,15:05,17:06,19:10
woe (ΟΥΑΙ)
the blues scale 0 3 5 6 7 10 12
@08:13,09:12,11:14,12:12
woman (ΓΥΝ...)
appoggiaturas
@09:08,12:01,12:04,12:06,12:13,17:03,17:04,17:06,17:07,17:09,17:18
word (ΛΟΓΟ...)
something inspired by Franck
@01:02,03:08,12:11,17:17,19:09,21:05,22:06
worship (ΕΠΕΣ..., ΠΡΟΣΚ...)
something inspired by Messaien
@01:17,04:10,13:04,13:08,13:12,19:10,19:20,22:08
wrath (ΟΡΓ...)
a certain jumping/gurgling melody
@06:17,11:18,14:10,15:01,15:07,16:02,16:03,16:04,16:08,16:10,16:12,16:17,16:19,19:15
write (ΓΡΑΨ...)
Alberti bass accompaniment: c-g-e-g c-a-f-a c-g-e-g
@01:11,03:12,10:04,19:09,21:05