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Kringloop
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
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Kringloop by Marijke de Kler — Lyrics
Kringloop
De cirkel is bijna weer rond:
Vrede brengt Rijkdom, Rijkdom maakt Overmoed, Overmoed maakt Oorlog,
Oorlog geeft Armoede, Armoe geeft Deemoed, Deemoed geeft Vrede.
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About Kringloop
Marijke de Kler’s motet Kringloop is a powerful setting of Dutch text adapted from the 15th-century preacher Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg. The work explores a cyclical view of history, where peace leads to wealth, wealth to pride, pride to war, war to poverty, and poverty back to humility and peace. The composer urges a breaking of this destructive cycle, with a direct plea for peace, “Dona nobis Pacem”. Scored for SATB choir, this sacred motet offers a profound meditation on human nature and the possibility of change, making it a thought-provoking addition to a choral programme.
