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*beg

Aww, I love this song.

Sending this video to Beggar's Canyon to plea for a little attention - beg requested by original submitter thepinky.

*beggin'

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*beg

Where's the culture?

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Wow. I can't believe that I can't get this sifted. *beg

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*promote

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued - promote requested by UsesProzac.

Ave Maria is simply one of the most beautiful compositions ever written.

Thanks for posting this pinky! We need more culture around the place of kicked-in-the-balls vids!

^Hear hear!

*quality

Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by Deano.

Upvote for truth in tagging. My spine was tingled.

Excellent sift. It's too bad that stuff like this needs so much begging to get through.

Pro-tip, ask a friend you suspect will love it to quality it instead, that will make it fly out.

That was lovely.

Gwiz, are you suggesting that I have friends?

I always feel bad about asking people to use their power points for little old me.

>> ^gwiz665:
Excellent sift. It's too bad that stuff like this needs so much begging to get through.

Pro-tip, ask a friend you suspect will love it to quality it instead, that will make it fly out.

Joseph Jennings, the creator of Chanticleer, used to work with my choir, so I got the opportunity to usher at one of their concerts. We sat on the balcony by ourselves, where the acoustics were best. When they sang this piece, I cried through the entire second half of it. I have never been so moved by music. The live experience is, of course, MUCH more powerful. One of the tenors in this performance isn't blending as well as he might, and the group takes a long breath near the end that detracts from the climax. If you really want to hear it at it's best (live performances excluded), listen to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVBsNUXg_YM

The sound quality isn't great, but it's still achingly beautiful.

beautiful

not sure about the 'gregorian chant' tag, though... this was a polyphonic performance - and if i'm remembering correctly, gregorian chant is/was monophonic

anyway, nice sift

Videosift needs 100% more of this.

Indeed you're correct that gregorian chant is monophonic, so, strictly speaking, this isn't gregorian chant. However, Biebl most certainly used gregorian chant as an inspiration for the piece. The first 30 seconds or so are gregorian chant, and so are the solos. Thanks for bringing music theory into this with the great comment.

>> ^Diogenes:
beautiful
not sure about the 'gregorian chant' tag, though... this was a polyphonic performance - and if i'm remembering correctly, gregorian chant is/was monophonic
anyway, nice sift