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IDBB706890-EC2D-496F-8B8A-D893D467821C
TitlecodeX099002
Title NameAudistis Quia Dictum Est: Motet for 4 Mixed Choirs (16 Voices)
Marketing CopyAudidistis quia dictum est was commissioned by The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, music director, in celebration of their 25th anniversary season (2012-13). It is an a capella setting of one of the most challenging and controversial passages in the New Testament, wherein Jesus says that we ought to respond to violence with non-violence. Includes piano part for rehearsal. (2011) ca. 4'
Instrumentation4 SATB a capella choirs with rehearsal piano part.
CommissionCommissioned by The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, Music Director.
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Program NotesAudidistis quia dictum est was commissioned by The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, music director, in celebration of their 25th anniversary season (2012- 13). It is a setting of one of the most challenging and controversial passages in the New Testament, wherein Jesus says that we ought to respond to violence with non-violence.

Audistis quia dictum est:
Oculum pro oculo, et dentem pro dente.
Ego autem dico vobis:
Non resistere ad malo,
Sed si quis te percusserit in
dexteram maxillam tuam,
praebe illi et alteram.
(Matthaeus 5:38-39)

You have heard what was said:
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
But I say to you:
do not resist evil,
if someone strikes you on
your right cheek,
turn and offer the other one.
(Matthew 5:38-39)
Title Brand2
Year Composed2011
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Duration4
Ensemble Size13
Date Created2012-12-05 20:31:43.000000
Date Updated2025-09-30 20:31:43
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Text Authortext from Matthew 5: 38-39
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ReviewA standout work was Stephen Hartke’s "Audistis quia dictum est," ...with harmonic writing that shifts from glowing sustained sonorities to astringent cluster chords." -Anthony Tommasini, New York Times
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Title Category3
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Title Instrument Category TextMixed Chorus
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Title Sub Category58
Title Instrument Header27
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