Chorus and piano (choir:
SATB - 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0
- timp.perc - hp - org -
str)
SKU:
BR.EB-1523
Hallelujah! Louez le
Dieu, cache dans ses
saints tabernacles.
Composed by Cesar Auguste
Franck. Arranged by
Salomon Jadassohn. Choir;
stapled. Edition
Breitkopf. Psalm;
Romantic. Piano/Vocal
Score. 16 pages. Duration
6'. Breitkopf and Haertel
#EB 1523. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.EB-1523).
ISBN
9790004160565. 9 x 12
inches.
Psalm 150
calls out to sing the
praise of God on various
instruments. Many
composers have set this
text to music, including
Cesar Franck.
Nevertheless, Franck, who
worked as an organist in
Paris for many years and
wrote many orchestral
works and oratorios, left
only a few works on
Biblical texts in a large
setting. Franck wrote his
setting of Psalm 150 in
1883 for the inauguration
of the organ in a home
for the blind in Paris.
The basically simple,
homophonic choral writing
was conceived with the
young students in mind.
Franck regularly
articulated the texture
of the full orchestra
with percussion and harp
entries evocative of
tone-painting. It is a
short, effective work
that has been making a
strong impact at many
choral concerts ever
since its publication by
Breitkopf & Hartel in
1896.
