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Originally Posted by symphonic-poet
The Jenkins is tainted, like many of his compositions, by poor melodic development and equally poor voice leading and harmony. Granted, I struggle to find value in many of the compositions of either person, so I come from a biased perspective.
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This is because both Rutter and Jenkins approach composition from a New Age perspective than a Classical perspective. Thus, both Requiems rely more on atmosphere and hypnotics than harmonic or melodic development.