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Cloudburst is a choral composition by American composer Eric Whitacre, based on a Spanish-language poem by Octavio Paz. Written for mixed choir with piano and percussion, it includes spoken and sung passages as well as body percussion used to imitate the gathering sound of rain and a thunderstorm. The theatrical sound effects and layered vocal writing make it especially suited to choirs capable of coordinating conventional singing with spatial and percussive gestures.
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Cloudburst (Whitacre) ranks #121 of 187 in the Choral Music ranking, behind Spring Symphony Op. 44 (Britten), ahead of The Peaceable Kingdom (Thompson).
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