 | Anonymous - "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesus Christ" for Solo Piano Piano solo |
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| Composer : | Anonymous | ||
| Instrumentation : | Piano solo | ||
| Style : | Baroque | ||
| Arranger : Publisher : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||
| Copyright : | Public Domain | ||
| Added by magataganm, 28 Dec 2023 For centuries, the chorale "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesus Christ" (I call to you, Lord Jesus Christ) was anonymously included in most German hymn books. This might be due to the fact that the author Agricola came into conflict with Martin Luther, which resulted in anonymous listing in the lutheran hymnbooks. Starting in the second half of the seventeenth century until far in the 19th century Paul Speratus was thought to be the author. It is a composition of great quality. It is a small partita, in three parts, based on three different verses of the choral. The first of these three has the chorale melody in the pedal part. Intruiging is that the composer alternates the octaves in which the phrases are played: two in the great octave, then two in the small octave, then again two in the great and the last two in the small. Versus two and three are to be played with the hands on different manuals. The right hand plays an embellished version of the chorale melody, left hand and feet provide a suitable accompaniment, often based on the fragment of the chorale melody the right hand is about to play. Botyh versus can easily compare with the best of the work in this genre of Dietrich Buxtehude. Though this description is the same for both verses, the result is vastly different. Both the second and third part pose a problem in rendering them in ‘modern’ notation. Both hands play on different manuals and the composers uses this fact in having the voices overlap and even cross. The accompaniment is often higher than the solo voice. And in between phrases, where both hands can play on the accompanying manual, the alto and tenor voice are somtimes far apart (from e in the small octave to g in the one-lined octave). This is easy to notate in German organ tabulature. It is easy to notate using the alto clef. However, not many people can read the alto clef, so ‘modern’ notation confines it self to treble and bass clef. And that is a problem in this composition. The accompaniment should either be notated on two staves (bringing the total to four) or the accompaniment must spread out on the staff for the right and/or the staff for the pedals, obscuring readability. Source: CPDL (https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Ich_ruf_zu_dir,_He rr_Jesu_Christ). Although originally written for Voice & period instruments (Soprano, Alto & Basso Continuo), I created this Interpretation of "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesus Christ" (I call to you, Lord Jesus Christ) for Solo Piano. | |||
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