Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839 – 1901) was an
organist and composer, born in Liechtenstein and
resident for most of his life in Germany and showed
exceptional musical talent at an early age. When only
seven years old, he was already serving as organist of
the Vaduz parish church, and his first composition was
performed the following year. In 1849, he studied with
composer Philipp M. Schmutzer in Feldkirch,
Vorarlberg.
The stylistic influences on Rheinberger ranged from
contemporaries...(+)
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839 – 1901) was an
organist and composer, born in Liechtenstein and
resident for most of his life in Germany and showed
exceptional musical talent at an early age. When only
seven years old, he was already serving as organist of
the Vaduz parish church, and his first composition was
performed the following year. In 1849, he studied with
composer Philipp M. Schmutzer in Feldkirch,
Vorarlberg.
The stylistic influences on Rheinberger ranged from
contemporaries such as Brahms to composers from earlier
times, such as Mendelssohn, Schumann, Schubert and,
above all, Bach. He was also an enthusiast for painting
and literature (especially English and German).
In 1877 he was appointed court conductor, responsible
for the music in the royal chapel. He was subsequently
awarded an honorary doctorate by Ludwig Maximilian
University of Munich. A distinguished teacher, he
numbered many Americans among his pupils, including
Horatio Parker, William Berwald, George Whitefield
Chadwick, Bruno Klein and Henry Holden Huss. Other
students of his included important figures from Europe:
Italian composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, and German
composers Engelbert Humperdinck and Richard Strauss and
the conductor (and composer) Wilhelm Furtwängler. See:
List of music students by teacher: R to S#Josef
Rheinberger. When the second (and present) Munich
Conservatorium was founded, Rheinberger was appointed
Royal Professor of organ and composition, a post he
held for the rest of his life.
Abendlied (Evening song) is a sacred motet by Josef
Rheinberger for a six-part mixed choir (SSATTB). It has
been regarded as his best-known sacred composition.
Rheinberger wrote a first version on 9 March 1855, one
month before Easter and two weeks before his 16th
birthday. At age 24, he revised the motet, for example
eliminating repetition of notes and changing the
marking. He published it in 1873 by N. Simrock in
Berlin as No. 3 of his Opus 69, Drei geistliche
Gesänge für gemischten Chor (Three sacred songs for
mixed choir, the others being Morgenlied (morning
song), on a poem by Hoffmann von Fallersleben, and Dein
sind die Himmel (Yours are the Heavens) after Psalms
89:11,14a.
A Latin version ("Mane nobiscum quoniam advesperascit,
inclinata est iam dies") was written in 1878 for a
performance on Easter Monday of 1878 at the
Allerheiligen-Hofkirche in Munich, which only permitted
Latin for liturgical singing. It was published by
Carus-Verlag. Carus published a recording titled
Abendlied, a collection of sacred vocal music by
Rheinberger, performed by the Vancouver Cantata Singers
conducted by James Fankhauser.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Rheinberger).
Although originally scored for Chorus (SATB) and
Chamber Orchestra, I created this Interpretation of the
Abendlied from 3 Geistliche Gesänge (Op. 69 No. 3) for
Wind Sextet (Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, English Horn,
French Horn & Bassoon).
, 27 Sep 2020 at 15:58 
