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ISBN 9790001136860. 9.25x12.0x0.3 inches.

The Jagdquartett (Hunt Quartet), which Jorg Widmann wrote as his third string quartet in 2003, following the Choralquartett, also begins with a visible gesture. After a short signal cry from the performers, the piece starts by quoting Robert Schumann's Papillons op. 2, and for its full duration retains this gesture, these starting sounds. The degrees of recognizability do change continuously, to be sure, in the furious, racing organism of the score. The contours change into forms on another level, yet now and then the begining material returns clearly to the fore, initiated anew by a cry from the performers, and is then digested or mutated as a rhythmic study into a field of harmonic experimentation. On rare occasions, there are moments of pause - as though the musicians were testing the atmosphere, as though they were sensing the weather, so as ultimately to continue playing the quartet across the fields an forests of notes. A hunt after joyful performance, a chase, the whip cracking, after the thing to be shot, the sound, its performer, perhaps the composer himself? - A last shout, morendo, dal niente... - The victim is not the audience, at any rate.When comparing the output of string quartets from the 18th century to thetime of Schumann, it appears to have dropped considerably. Schumann composed only three complete quartets, all of them in the so-called 'chamber music year' 1842. Jorg Widmann, who counts Robert Schumann among his greatest inspirations, finished a series of five string quartets in 2005, at the same age as Schumann. The quartets in the cycle form in themselves the characters of the movements of the classical quartet. Jagdquartett represents the fast middle movement, the scherzo. Widmann's work appears rough and wild in the style of Schumann's alter ego Florestan. His hunt begins in the tempo of 'allegro vivace assai' with the final theme of Schumann's Papillons which often appears or is cited in many of Schumann's compositions. Widmann eventually dismantles the thematic material of his fierce quartet, thus skeletonising his prey.

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THE VERY SIMPLY SERIES from WORD MUSIC once again brings you a dynamic and moving seasonal musical for Unison and optional 2-Part Choir. Hallelujah! He Is Risen! declares the majesty and power of our Savoir's resurrection and celebrates the victorious life we have in Christ.
Easy-to-Learn and Easy-to-Sing are the hallmarks of this popular series from Word Music, built on a foundation of great arrangements from some of today's leading arrangers and repurposed into a Unison Choir format. Featuring accompaniment tracks that will make your choir sound bigger than life (along with an accompanying DVD designed to give your presentation the same flair and impact you would normally expect to find in much bigger productions), Hallelujah! He Is Risen! is sure to distinguish your choir from the rest and allow your music ministry to far exceed everyone's expectations of what is possible to achieve! Let the easy-learn-easy-sing unison format of Hallelujah! He Is Risen! and the VerySimply Word Series enhance your choir's ability and give you the leadership resource you need to help them present their most powerful Easter presentation ever.

Song Titles: Risen Today * Jesus Died My Soul to Save with Nothing but the Blood * The Cross of Christ * The Love of Christ (Underscore) * Crown Him with Many Crowns * I Know that My Redeemer Lives * Risen Today (Reprise).

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UPC: 080689943126.

THE VERY SIMPLY SERIES from WORD MUSIC once again brings you a dynamic and moving seasonal musical for Unison and optional 2-Part Choir. Hallelujah! He Is Risen! declares the majesty and power of our Savoir's resurrection and celebrates the victorious life we have in Christ.
Easy-to-Learn and Easy-to-Sing are the hallmarks of this popular series from Word Music, built on a foundation of great arrangements from some of today's leading arrangers and repurposed into a Unison Choir format. Featuring accompaniment tracks that will make your choir sound bigger than life (along with an accompanying DVD designed to give your presentation the same flair and impact you would normally expect to find in much bigger productions), Hallelujah! He Is Risen! is sure to distinguish your choir from the rest and allow your music ministry to far exceed everyone's expectations of what is possible to achieve! Let the easy-learn-easy-sing unison format of Hallelujah! He Is Risen! and the VerySimply Word Series enhance your choir's ability and give you the leadership resource you need to help them present their most powerful Easter presentation ever.

Song Titles: Risen Today * Jesus Died My Soul to Save with Nothing but the Blood * The Cross of Christ * The Love of Christ (Underscore) * Crown Him with Many Crowns * I Know that My Redeemer Lives * Risen Today (Reprise).