Talitha Cumi

Sydney Kjerstad

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General Info

Year: 2020
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Unknown
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown

Instrumentation

Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Clarinet I-II
Horn in F I-II

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Talitha cumi or talitha koum is a transcription of an Aramaic phrase found in Mark 5:41. Jesus spoke this when He raised Jairus’s daughter from the dead (Mark 5:21–43). Aramaic was the common, everyday language in Israel at that time. Mark interprets the sentence for us: “Little girl, I say to you, get up!” The account of the healing is also found in Matthew 9 and Luke 8, but only Mark records the Aramaic words that Jesus spoke, talitha cumi.

- Program Note from Got Questions

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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University of Colorado-Boulder Woodwind Quintet (Zach Cheever, conductor)- 24 April 2021
Carthage College (Kenosha, Wisc.) Wind Orchestra (James Ripley, conductor) (virtual concert) – 15 May 2020 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Talitha Cumi (2020)

Resources

"Carthage College Fine Arts." Facebook, 15 May 2020. Accessed 15 May 2020
"Question: What is the meaning of talitha cumi?" Got Questions. Web. Accessed 15 May 2020