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African Sanctus

African Sanctus

BEST INTENTIONS
A critical essay about David Fanshawe´s
African Sanctus

The Project
Fanshawes project ”African Sanctus” in his own words:
” African Sanctus is a universal work who’s impact is immediate, whose message is simple, the driving force is one of Praise and a firm belief in One Music - One God. It informs both listener and performer about African music and its relationship to Western polyphony”
Fanshawe’s project is to ”compose" a meeting between what he feels are two equal but different cultures. His intentions are pure and obviously nothing but good-hearted.
 I think the most successful parts, according to the intention of the project is movement#2, ”Kyrie: Call to Prayer”. The Call is recited in Islam and the Choral Kyrie is sung in Latin, and this hybrid creates a strange but beautiful harmony between the two praises. One is to Allah, the other to the Christian God and, as written the program notes: 
”This fusion emphasises the musical relationships that do exist between the Muslim and Christian faiths; an affirmation of belief in the one God.”
In movement#12 he repeats this composition: 
”Although the composition is virtually the same as No. 2, the juxtaposition of tape to live is completely different. The resulting tempo is

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