Mass in D

by
Ethel Smyth
Broderick Lemke
Ethel Smyth (1858-1944)
- English Composer

- Known mainly for her operas and vocal works

- Criticisms of her work

- Went deaf which brought about the end of

her composing

- Spent the end of her life working in

literature
The Mass in D (1891)
- Performed two movements for Queen Victoria

- Premiered in 1893

- Six movements

- Gloria at the end

- Celebration
Metric Acceleration

3 3 3 3 2 2 1

1 1 1
Departure
from the
Diatonic em CM

am AM
Linear
Harmonizations and
Rhythmic F#79-----------------------------------

Dissonance

-------------------------------eo----F#7--eo---D6---F#M----
Linear
Harmonizations and
Rhythmic F#-----------G64---------------------F#----------------------

Dissonance
(continued)
B---------------E-------------------B---------------------a#o---
Neighboring Motion

EM: I-----------iio-----------I----------iio-------------I----------iio-------------I----------iio------------I--------iio------

Together with the Holy Ghost

in the glory of God the Father.
Progression to GM:V6---I----------V6-------------I----V43--------I6---------

the End

V6+/IV--IV-------------7---------II---------------I-----------V64--

DM: VI-----V----------------IV6--------V64/IV
Progression to
the End GM: I----V65-I---V65--I-V42I-V42I-----iii---

(continued)
DM: IV--V65-IV--V65-IV-V42IV-V42IV-vi----I-----V42-I6----V64
The End