Composed by Robert J. Powell. For organ: 3-staff. Sacred, Easter, General, Holy ...(+)
Composed by Robert J.
Powell. For organ:
3-staff. Sacred, Easter,
General, Holy Week, Lent,
Palm/Palm-Passion Sunday.
Intermediate. Sacred
Music Press #70/1951L.
Published by Sacred Music
Press
SATB Choir (Organ) SKU: HL.14021606 By Andrew Parker. By Tomas Luis de Vi...(+)
SATB Choir (Organ)
SKU: HL.14021606
By Andrew Parker. By
Tomas Luis de Victoria.
Edited by Andrew Parker.
Music Sales America.
Motet. Book [Softcover].
72 pages. Music Sales
#NOV020691. Published by
Music Sales
(HL.14021606).
ISBN
9781846091841. UPC:
884088434793.
6.75x10.0x0.222
inches.
This
beautifully presented
edition from Novello
offers a full Mass
setting alongside a
Motet, both for large
mixed chorus, by Tomas
Luis De Victoria.
Regarded by many as one
of the greatest composers
of Spanish renaissance
polyphony, this Mass
setting is rich in his
characteristic tonalities
and the textures of the
sacred choral tradition.
Alongside this is the
original Motet upon which
the Mass setting is
based. Both are
transcribed and edited by
Andrew Parker. The
pairing of the two works
offers an exciting and
fascinating performance
opportunity, with the
devout grandeur of the
Mass set against the
modesty of the original
Motet. Missa Dum
Complerentur for SAATTB
voices. Motet: Dum
Complerentur Dies
Pentecostes for SSATB
voices.
(Voluntaries (without Pedal)). Edited by Alexander Schreiner. For Organ. Book; O...(+)
(Voluntaries (without
Pedal)). Edited by
Alexander Schreiner. For
Organ. Book; Organ -
Method or Collection;
Worship Resources.
Alfred's Classic
Editions. Sacred. 184
pages. Published by
Alfred Music Publishing
Best Of Sacred * All Organ Edition with CD composed by Various. Arranged by Crai...(+)
Best Of Sacred * All
Organ Edition with CD
composed by Various.
Arranged by Craig
Stevens. For organ,
voice. This edition:
Paperback. Collection.
Sacred. Book and CD. Text
Language: English. 128
pages. Published by
Santorella Publications
Ten Pieces for the Church Organist. Composed by Craig A. Penfield. Organ - Metho...(+)
Ten Pieces for the Church
Organist. Composed by
Craig A. Penfield. Organ
- Method or Collection.
H. W. Gray. Easter;
Sacred; Spring. Book. 32
pages. Jubilate Music
Group #00-GB9517.
Published by Jubilate
Music Group
Organ - intermediate/advanced SKU: JK.02024 Composed by Various. Arranged...(+)
Organ -
intermediate/advanced
SKU: JK.02024
Composed by Various.
Arranged by Clay
Christiansen. Christian,
Contemporary Christian,
Gospel, Inspirational.
Jackman Music Corporation
#02024. Published by
Jackman Music Corporation
(JK.02024).
UPC:
093285020245.
From
the renowned tabernacle
organist, Clay
Christiansen, we give you
9 Sacred Hymn Settings
for Organ. You will love
playing these glorious
renditions of familiar
hymns, including A Poor
Wayfaring Man of Grief,
Count Your Blessings, and
Praise to the Man. They
are intermediate to
advanced in difficulty
and are appropriate for
prelude, postlude, and
sacred organ performances
of any kind.
Contents: A Poor
Wayfaring Man of
Grief Count Your
Blessings God, Our
Father, Hear Us
Pray In Fasting We
Approach Thee O God,
the Eternal Father O
Thou Kind and Gracious
Father Praise to the
Man The Spirit of
God Though Deepening
Trials
Compose
r: Various Arranger:
Clay
Christiansen Difficult
y: Intermediate to
Advanced Nine Sacred
Hymn Settings for
Organ.
Arranged by Jerry Westenkuehler. Organ Solo. H. W. Gray Saint Cecilia Series. Fo...(+)
Arranged by Jerry
Westenkuehler. Organ
Solo. H. W. Gray Saint
Cecilia Series. Form:
Prelude. Hymn; Sacred.
Sheet. 8 pages. Jubilate
Music Group
#00-GSTCM0101. Published
by Jubilate Music Group
Arranged by Mark Thewes. Organ Solo. H. W. Gray Saint Cecilia Series. Sacred. Sh...(+)
Arranged by Mark Thewes.
Organ Solo. H. W. Gray
Saint Cecilia Series.
Sacred. Sheet. 8 pages.
Jubilate Music Group
#00-GSTCM0106. Published
by Jubilate Music Group
Composed
by Charles Francois
Gounod. Edited by Barbara
Grossmann. This edition:
urtext. Stuttgart Urtext
Edition: Urtext Editions;
French Sacred Music.
Requiem (Gounods Letztes
Werk). Sacred vocal
music, Requiem, End of
the church year,
Mourning, death. Single
Part, Double Bass. CG op.
Posth. 8 pages. Duration
35 minutes. Carus Verlag
#CV 27.315/15. Published
by Carus Verlag
(CA.2731515).
ISBN
9790007201739. Key: C
major. Language:
Latin.
Charles
Gounod composed this
Requiem under the impact
of the death of his
four-year-old grandson,
Maurice. According to
information handed down,
while finishing the
details of this work he
was overtaken by death.
It was published
posthumously in various
constellations by his
pupil, Henri Busser, but
the only complete version
from the pen of Gounod is
the version for large
orchestra, which is
published here for the
first time in a critical
edition. Gounod's
Requiem, unlike many
contemporary settings of
the Mass of the Dead, is
not characterized by
darkness and terror.
Rather, with all of its
trepidation - expressed
through a marked
chromaticism - an
atmosphere of hopeful
expectation, of trust in
the grace and equity of
the divine judge
predominates. This
confidence finds its
expression in the choice
of the fundamental key of
C major, which is rather
unusual for a requiem.
The work was given an
impressive performance on
the occasion of the first
anniversary of Gounod's
death in the Parisian
church of
Sainte-Madeleine under
the direction of Gabriel
Fauré and it was
highly acclaimed by the
contemporary press. Score
and part available
separately - see item
CA.2731500.
Composed
by Charles Francois
Gounod. Edited by Barbara
Grossmann. This edition:
urtext. 1x 27.315/21
flute 1, 1x 27.315/22
flute 2, 1x 27.315/23
oboe 1, 1x 27.315/24 oboe
2, 1x 27.315/25 clarinet
1, 1x 27.315/26 clarinet
2, 1x 27.315/27 bassoon
1, 2x 27.315/28 bassoon
2, 1x 27.315/31 horn 1,
1x 27.315/32 horn 2, 1x
27.315/33 horn 3, 1x
27.31. Stuttgart Urtext
Edition: Urtext Editions;
French Sacred Music.
Requiem (Gounods Letztes
Werk). Sacred vocal
music, Requiem, End of
the church year,
Mourning, death. Set of
Orchestra Parts. CG op.
Posth. 104 pages.
Duration 35 minutes.
Carus Verlag #CV
27.315/09. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.2731509).
ISBN
9790007201685. Key: C
major. Language:
Latin.
Charles
Gounod composed this
Requiem under the impact
of the death of his
four-year-old grandson,
Maurice. According to
information handed down,
while finishing the
details of this work he
was overtaken by death.
It was published
posthumously in various
constellations by his
pupil, Henri Busser, but
the only complete version
from the pen of Gounod is
the version for large
orchestra, which is
published here for the
first time in a critical
edition. Gounod's
Requiem, unlike many
contemporary settings of
the Mass of the Dead, is
not characterized by
darkness and terror.
Rather, with all of its
trepidation - expressed
through a marked
chromaticism - an
atmosphere of hopeful
expectation, of trust in
the grace and equity of
the divine judge
predominates. This
confidence finds its
expression in the choice
of the fundamental key of
C major, which is rather
unusual for a requiem.
The work was given an
impressive performance on
the occasion of the first
anniversary of Gounod's
death in the Parisian
church of
Sainte-Madeleine under
the direction of Gabriel
Fauré and it was
highly acclaimed by the
contemporary press. Score
and parts available
separately - see item
CA.2731500.
Composed
by Charles Francois
Gounod. Edited by Barbara
Grossmann. This edition:
urtext. Stuttgart Urtext
Edition: Urtext Editions;
French Sacred Music.
Requiem (Gounods Letztes
Werk). Sacred vocal
music, Requiem, End of
the church year,
Mourning, death. Single
Part, Viola. CG op.
Posth. 12 pages. Duration
35 minutes. Carus Verlag
#CV 27.315/13. Published
by Carus Verlag
(CA.2731513).
ISBN
9790007201715. Key: C
major. Language:
Latin.
Charles
Gounod composed this
Requiem under the impact
of the death of his
four-year-old grandson,
Maurice. According to
information handed down,
while finishing the
details of this work he
was overtaken by death.
It was published
posthumously in various
constellations by his
pupil, Henri Busser, but
the only complete version
from the pen of Gounod is
the version for large
orchestra, which is
published here for the
first time in a critical
edition. Gounod's
Requiem, unlike many
contemporary settings of
the Mass of the Dead, is
not characterized by
darkness and terror.
Rather, with all of its
trepidation - expressed
through a marked
chromaticism - an
atmosphere of hopeful
expectation, of trust in
the grace and equity of
the divine judge
predominates. This
confidence finds its
expression in the choice
of the fundamental key of
C major, which is rather
unusual for a requiem.
The work was given an
impressive performance on
the occasion of the first
anniversary of Gounod's
death in the Parisian
church of
Sainte-Madeleine under
the direction of Gabriel
Fauré and it was
highly acclaimed by the
contemporary press. Score
and part available
separately - see item
CA.2731500.
Composed
by Charles Francois
Gounod. Edited by Barbara
Grossmann. This edition:
urtext. Stuttgart Urtext
Edition: Urtext Editions;
French Sacred Music.
German title: Requiem
(Gounods Letztes Werk).
Sacred vocal music,
Requiem, End of the
church year, Mourning,
death. Set of Orchestra
Parts. CG op. Posth.
Duration 35 minutes.
Carus Verlag #CV
27.315/19. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.2731519).
ISBN
9790007137366. Key: C
major. Language:
Latin.
Charles
Gounod composed this
Requiem under the impact
of the death of his
four-year-old grandson,
Maurice. According to
information handed down,
while finishing the
details of this work he
was overtaken by death.
It was published
posthumously in various
constellations by his
pupil, Henri Busser, but
the only complete version
from the pen of Gounod is
the version for large
orchestra, which is
published here for the
first time in a critical
edition. Gounod's
Requiem, unlike many
contemporary settings of
the Mass of the Dead, is
not characterized by
darkness and terror.
Rather, with all of its
trepidation - expressed
through a marked
chromaticism - an
atmosphere of hopeful
expectation, of trust in
the grace and equity of
the divine judge
predominates. This
confidence finds its
expression in the choice
of the fundamental key of
C major, which is rather
unusual for a requiem.
The work was given an
impressive performance on
the occasion of the first
anniversary of Gounod's
death in the Parisian
church of
Sainte-Madeleine under
the direction of Gabriel
Fauré and it was
highly acclaimed by the
contemporary press. Score
and parts available
separately - see item
CA.2731500.
Composed
by Charles Francois
Gounod. Edited by Barbara
Grossmann. This edition:
urtext. Stuttgart Urtext
Edition: Urtext Editions;
French Sacred Music.
Requiem (Gounods Letztes
Werk). Sacred vocal
music, Requiem, End of
the church year,
Mourning, death. Single
Part, Violin 2. CG op.
Posth. 12 pages. Duration
35 minutes. Carus Verlag
#CV 27.315/12. Published
by Carus Verlag
(CA.2731512).
ISBN
9790007201708. Key: C
major. Language:
Latin.
Charles
Gounod composed this
Requiem under the impact
of the death of his
four-year-old grandson,
Maurice. According to
information handed down,
while finishing the
details of this work he
was overtaken by death.
It was published
posthumously in various
constellations by his
pupil, Henri Busser, but
the only complete version
from the pen of Gounod is
the version for large
orchestra, which is
published here for the
first time in a critical
edition. Gounod's
Requiem, unlike many
contemporary settings of
the Mass of the Dead, is
not characterized by
darkness and terror.
Rather, with all of its
trepidation - expressed
through a marked
chromaticism - an
atmosphere of hopeful
expectation, of trust in
the grace and equity of
the divine judge
predominates. This
confidence finds its
expression in the choice
of the fundamental key of
C major, which is rather
unusual for a requiem.
The work was given an
impressive performance on
the occasion of the first
anniversary of Gounod's
death in the Parisian
church of
Sainte-Madeleine under
the direction of Gabriel
Fauré and it was
highly acclaimed by the
contemporary press. Score
and part available
separately - see item
CA.2731500.
Composed
by Charles Francois
Gounod. Edited by Barbara
Grossmann. This edition:
urtext. Stuttgart Urtext
Edition: Urtext Editions;
French Sacred Music.
Requiem (Gounods Letztes
Werk). Sacred vocal
music, Requiem, End of
the church year,
Mourning, death. Single
Part, Violin. CG op.
Posth. 12 pages. Duration
35 minutes. Carus Verlag
#CV 27.315/11. Published
by Carus Verlag
(CA.2731511).
ISBN
9790007201692. Key: C
major. Language:
Latin.
Charles
Gounod composed this
Requiem under the impact
of the death of his
four-year-old grandson,
Maurice. According to
information handed down,
while finishing the
details of this work he
was overtaken by death.
It was published
posthumously in various
constellations by his
pupil, Henri Busser, but
the only complete version
from the pen of Gounod is
the version for large
orchestra, which is
published here for the
first time in a critical
edition. Gounod's
Requiem, unlike many
contemporary settings of
the Mass of the Dead, is
not characterized by
darkness and terror.
Rather, with all of its
trepidation - expressed
through a marked
chromaticism - an
atmosphere of hopeful
expectation, of trust in
the grace and equity of
the divine judge
predominates. This
confidence finds its
expression in the choice
of the fundamental key of
C major, which is rather
unusual for a requiem.
The work was given an
impressive performance on
the occasion of the first
anniversary of Gounod's
death in the Parisian
church of
Sainte-Madeleine under
the direction of Gabriel
Fauré and it was
highly acclaimed by the
contemporary press. Score
and part available
separately - see item
CA.2731500.
Composed
by Charles Francois
Gounod. Edited by Barbara
Grossmann. This edition:
urtext. Stuttgart Urtext
Edition: Urtext Editions;
French Sacred Music.
German title: Requiem
(Gounods Letztes Werk).
Sacred vocal music,
Requiem, End of the
church year, Mourning,
death. Full score. CG op.
Posth. 136 pages.
Duration 35 minutes.
Carus Verlag #CV
27.315/00. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.2731500).
ISBN
9790007095604. Key: C
major. Language:
Latin.
Charles
Gounod composed this
Requiem under the impact
of the death of his
four-year-old grandson,
Maurice. According to
information handed down,
while finishing the
details of this work he
was overtaken by death.
It was published
posthumously in various
constellations by his
pupil, Henri Busser, but
the only complete version
from the pen of Gounod is
the version for large
orchestra, which is
published here for the
first time in a critical
edition. Gounod's
Requiem, unlike many
contemporary settings of
the Mass of the Dead, is
not characterized by
darkness and terror.
Rather, with all of its
trepidation - expressed
through a marked
chromaticism - an
atmosphere of hopeful
expectation, of trust in
the grace and equity of
the divine judge
predominates. This
confidence finds its
expression in the choice
of the fundamental key of
C major, which is rather
unusual for a requiem.
The work was given an
impressive performance on
the occasion of the first
anniversary of Gounod's
death in the Parisian
church of
Sainte-Madeleine under
the direction of Gabriel
Fauré and it was
highly acclaimed by the
contemporary press.
Composed
by Charles Francois
Gounod. Edited by Barbara
Grossmann. This edition:
urtext. Stuttgart Urtext
Edition: Urtext Editions;
French Sacred Music.
Requiem (Gounods Letztes
Werk). Sacred vocal
music, Requiem, End of
the church year,
Mourning, death. Single
Part, Cello. CG op.
Posth. 8 pages. Duration
35 minutes. Carus Verlag
#CV 27.315/14. Published
by Carus Verlag
(CA.2731514).
ISBN
9790007201722. Key: C
major. Language:
Latin.
Charles
Gounod composed this
Requiem under the impact
of the death of his
four-year-old grandson,
Maurice. According to
information handed down,
while finishing the
details of this work he
was overtaken by death.
It was published
posthumously in various
constellations by his
pupil, Henri Busser, but
the only complete version
from the pen of Gounod is
the version for large
orchestra, which is
published here for the
first time in a critical
edition. Gounod's
Requiem, unlike many
contemporary settings of
the Mass of the Dead, is
not characterized by
darkness and terror.
Rather, with all of its
trepidation - expressed
through a marked
chromaticism - an
atmosphere of hopeful
expectation, of trust in
the grace and equity of
the divine judge
predominates. This
confidence finds its
expression in the choice
of the fundamental key of
C major, which is rather
unusual for a requiem.
The work was given an
impressive performance on
the occasion of the first
anniversary of Gounod's
death in the Parisian
church of
Sainte-Madeleine under
the direction of Gabriel
Fauré and it was
highly acclaimed by the
contemporary press. Score
and part available
separately - see item
CA.2731500.
Composed
by Charles Francois
Gounod. Edited by Barbara
Grossmann. This edition:
urtext. Stuttgart Urtext
Edition: Urtext Editions;
French Sacred Music.
Requiem (Gounods Letztes
Werk). Sacred vocal
music, Requiem, End of
the church year,
Mourning, death. Single
Part, Organ. CG op.
Posth. 4 pages. Duration
35 minutes. Carus Verlag
#CV 27.315/49. Published
by Carus Verlag
(CA.2731549).
ISBN
9790007201746. Key: C
major. Language:
Latin.
Charles
Gounod composed this
Requiem under the impact
of the death of his
four-year-old grandson,
Maurice. According to
information handed down,
while finishing the
details of this work he
was overtaken by death.
It was published
posthumously in various
constellations by his
pupil, Henri Busser, but
the only complete version
from the pen of Gounod is
the version for large
orchestra, which is
published here for the
first time in a critical
edition. Gounod's
Requiem, unlike many
contemporary settings of
the Mass of the Dead, is
not characterized by
darkness and terror.
Rather, with all of its
trepidation - expressed
through a marked
chromaticism - an
atmosphere of hopeful
expectation, of trust in
the grace and equity of
the divine judge
predominates. This
confidence finds its
expression in the choice
of the fundamental key of
C major, which is rather
unusual for a requiem.
The work was given an
impressive performance on
the occasion of the first
anniversary of Gounod's
death in the Parisian
church of
Sainte-Madeleine under
the direction of Gabriel
Fauré and it was
highly acclaimed by the
contemporary press. Score
and part available
separately - see item
CA.2731500.
SATB Choir, 2 Trombone [2 Vioas], Organ SKU: CA.2770505 Composed by Leopo...(+)
SATB Choir, 2 Trombone [2
Vioas], Organ
SKU:
CA.2770505
Composed
by Leopold Hofmann.
Edited by Guido Erdmann.
Music from Vienna. Sacred
vocal music, Mourning,
death. Choral Score.
Composed nach 1790. 4
pages. Duration 4
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
27.705/05. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.2770505).
ISBN
9790007166595. Text
language:
Latin.
Man that is
born of woman hath but a
short time to live is one
of the central biblical
texts dealing with the
transitoriness of human
existence. Leopold
Hofmann, Kapellmeister at
St. Stephen's Cathedral
in Vienna from 1772 to
1793, where W. A. Mozart
was his church music
assistant, also set this
strongly expressive text.
Hofmann's setting, in C
minor, offers an austere
harmony, characterized by
suspensions in a
homophonic,
through-composed
four-part vocal setting
(soloists or SATB choir),
reinforced only by two
trombones and organ
continuo. Four concise
instrumental transitional
passages between the
individual verses relieve
the pathos laden Viennese
church style of this
composition. With its
tragic air, in some
passages it closely
resembles Mozart's
Requiem K. 626. For this
first edition, the two
trombone parts are
available both in the
original clef and in alto
clef. The figured bass
has been realized so that
the piece can also be
performed without
trombones, with only
organ accompaniment. For
a performance this piece
could easily be combined
with the Salve Regina by
Pietro Cassati (Carus
27.703) from the Vienna
series. Score available
separately - see item
CA.2770500.
SATB choir, 2 trombones [2 violas], organ SKU: CA.2770549 Composed by Leo...(+)
SATB choir, 2 trombones
[2 violas], organ
SKU:
CA.2770549
Composed
by Leopold Hofmann.
Edited by Guido Erdmann.
Music from Vienna. Organ.
Sacred vocal music,
Mourning, death. Single
Part, Organ. Composed
nach 1790. 4 pages.
Duration 4 minutes. Carus
Verlag #CV 27.705/49.
Published by Carus Verlag
(CA.2770549).
ISBN
9790007202668. Language:
Latin.
Man that is
born of woman hath but a
short time to live is one
of the central biblical
texts dealing with the
transitoriness of human
existence. Leopold
Hofmann, Kapellmeister at
St. Stephen's Cathedral
in Vienna from 1772 to
1793, where W. A. Mozart
was his church music
assistant, also set this
strongly expressive text.
Hofmann's setting, in C
minor, offers an austere
harmony, characterized by
suspensions in a
homophonic,
through-composed
four-part vocal setting
(soloists or SATB choir),
reinforced only by two
trombones and organ
continuo. Four concise
instrumental transitional
passages between the
individual verses relieve
the pathos laden Viennese
church style of this
composition. With its
tragic air, in some
passages it closely
resembles Mozart's
Requiem K. 626. For this
first edition, the two
trombone parts are
available both in the
original clef and in alto
clef. The figured bass
has been realized so that
the piece can also be
performed without
trombones, with only
organ accompaniment. For
a performance this piece
could easily be combined
with the Salve Regina by
Pietro Cassati (Carus
27.703) from the Vienna
series. Score and part
available separately -
see item CA.2770500.
SATB choir, 2 trombones [2 violas], organ SKU: CA.2770500 Composed by Leo...(+)
SATB choir, 2 trombones
[2 violas], organ
SKU:
CA.2770500
Composed
by Leopold Hofmann.
Edited by Guido Erdmann.
This edition: paperback.
Music from Vienna. Sacred
vocal music, Mourning,
death. Full score.
Composed nach 1790. 12
pages. Duration 4
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
27.705/00. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.2770500).
ISBN
9790007166588. Language:
Latin.
Man that is
born of woman hath but a
short time to live is one
of the central biblical
texts dealing with the
transitoriness of human
existence. Leopold
Hofmann, Kapellmeister at
St. Stephen's Cathedral
in Vienna from 1772 to
1793, where W. A. Mozart
was his church music
assistant, also set this
strongly expressive text.
Hofmann's setting, in C
minor, offers an austere
harmony, characterized by
suspensions in a
homophonic,
through-composed
four-part vocal setting
(soloists or SATB choir),
reinforced only by two
trombones and organ
continuo. Four concise
instrumental transitional
passages between the
individual verses relieve
the pathos laden Viennese
church style of this
composition. With its
tragic air, in some
passages it closely
resembles Mozart's
Requiem K. 626. For this
first edition, the two
trombone parts are
available both in the
original clef and in alto
clef. The figured bass
has been realized so that
the piece can also be
performed without
trombones, with only
organ accompaniment. For
a performance this piece
could easily be combined
with the Salve Regina by
Pietro Cassati (Carus
27.703) from the Vienna
series.
Organ SKU: BR.EB-3938 12 Compositions of the 15th and 16th Century...(+)
Organ
SKU:
BR.EB-3938
12
Compositions of the 15th
and 16th Century.
Composed by Arnold
Schering. Edited by
Arnold Schering. Solo
instruments; stapled.
Edition Breitkopf.
Renaissance/early
Baroque; Baroque. Score.
40 pages. Breitkopf and
Haertel #EB 3938.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-3938).
ISBN 9790004162057. 12
x 9 inches.
Antoine
Brumel (ca. 1460-ca.
1520) Um 1460 in den
franzosischen
Niederlanden geboren,
wirkte Antoine Brumel
1483 als Vorsanger an der
Kathedrale zu Chartres,
spater in Laon. 1498-1500
war er Chormeister an
Notre-Dame in Paris. Uber
Lyon kam er 1505 als
Nachfolger Josquins an
den Hof Alfonsos I. von
Ferrara und starb
wahrscheinlich um 1520.
Brumel gilt als einer der
bedeutendsten
,,Niederlander der
Josquin-Generation. Er
schrieb uberwiegend
Kirchenmusik: Messen
(u.a. die 12stimmige
Missa ,,Et ecce terrae
motus, die noch 1570 in
Munchen unter der Leitung
Orlando di Lassos
aufgefuhrt wurde),
Motetten,
Magnificat-Vertonungen
und Bicinien, ferner
einige Chansons. Brumel
ist ein Meister des
polyphonen Satzes;
gelegentlich treten
homophone Partien auf
(Missa ,,Dringhs). Hans
Buchner (1483-1538)
Buchner wurde am 26.
Oktober 1483 in
Ravensburg (Wurttemberg)
geboren. Bereits in
jungen Jahren kam er nach
Augsburg und Innsbruck,
wo er Schuler Paul
Hofhaimers war. In Wien
lernte er in der
kaiserlichen Hofkantorei
wahrscheinlich Heinrich
Isaac und Ludwig Senfl
kennen. 1506 wurde
Buchner Organist in
Konstanz. Er starb im
Jahre 1538. Von ihm sind
zahlreiche Kompositionen
(Orgelwerke, Motetten,
Lieder, Tanze) erhalten.
Buchners Hauptwerk ist
das ,,Fundamentum, ein
theoretisch-praktisches
Lehrbuch der
Orgelspielkunst. Es
enthalt Anweisungen zur
Improvisation, zum
Orgelspiel und zur
lntavolierung sowie 145
Orgelkompositionen.
Heinrich Finck
(1444/45-1527) Finck
stammt wahrscheinlich aus
Bamberg, wo er um 1444/45
geboren wurde. Uber sein
Leben ist wenig bekannt.
Er wirkte an der
koniglich-polnischen
Hofkapelle in Krakau und
Warschau, war aber
daneben viel auf Reisen.
1510 wurde er
Kapellmeister am Hof des
Herzogs von Wurttemberg,
wirkte spater am
erzbischoflichen Hof in
Salzburg und erhielt im
hohen Alter die Stelle
des Hofkapellmeisters
Ferdinands I. in Wien, wo
er am 9. Juni 1527 starb.
Von Heinrich Fincks
Kompositionen ist nur ein
kleiner Teil uberliefert.
An erster Stelle sind
seine deutschen Lieder zu
nennen; ausserdem schrieb
Finck Messen (Missa in
summis) und Motetten. Der
Komponist gilt als der
erste deutsche
Grossmeister der Musik.
Seine Fruhwerke zeigen
zum Teil noch eine karge
Dreistimmigkeit mit
harten Zusammenklangen;
spater wird sein Satz
vollklingender,
wahrscheinlich unter dem
Einfluss der
,,Niederlander (Isaac).
Josquin Desprez
(ca.1440-1521/24) Josquin
ist der beruhmteste
Meister seiner Epoche,
die nach ihm als
Joaquin-Zeit bezeichnet
wird. Er wurde um 1440
wahrscheinlich in der
Picardie geboren und soll
Schuler Ockeghems gewesen
sein. 1459-1472 war
Josquin Sanger der
Mailander Domkantorei,
1473-1479 Mitglied der
Kapelle am Hof der Sforza
in Mailand. 1486-1494
wird Josquin als Mitglied
der papstlichen
Sangerkapelle in Rom
genannt. Seine Tatigkeit
als Chordirektor am Dom
zu Cambrai 1495-1499 ist
urkundlich nicht
gesichert. Er komponierte
fur den Hof Konig Ludwigs
XII. von Frankreich und
fur den Hof der Este in
Ferrara. 1502 wurde
Josquin von Ercole I. als
Kapellmeister nach
Ferrara berufen, wo er
bis zum Tode des Herzogs
(1505) blieb. Sein
Nachfolger wurde Brumel.
Joaquin kehrte in seine
Heimat zuruck und wurde
zum Probst der Kirche
Notre-Dame in Conde
(Hennegau) ernannt. wo er
am 27. August 1521 starb.
Als Komponist gelangte
Josquin bereits zu
Lebzeiten zu europaischer
Beruhmtheit. Sein Stil
beeinflusste das gesamte
musikalische Schaffen in
Europa bis in die
Palestrina-Zeit. Unter
seinen Werken sind an
erster Stelle die Messen
zu nennen (darunter ,,L'
homme arme, Missa sine
nomine, sein Meisterwerk
,,La sol fa re mi, die
zart-lyrische Messe ,,Ave
maris stella, die
Reprasentationsmesse
,,Hercules Dux Ferrariae
und die Spatwerke ,,De
beata virgine, ,,Pange
lingua und ,,Da pacem);
weiterhin schrieb er
Motetten (u. a. ,,Stabat
mater, ,,Miserere mei,
,,Memor esto verbi tui,
,,De profundis, ,,In
exitu Israel, ,,Laudate
pueri Dominum) und
Chansons (die
bekanntesten sind ,,Adieu
mes amours, ,,Mille
regretz und ,,J' ay bien
cause). Josquin ist einer
der genialsten Musiker
aller Zeiten. Sein streng
polyphoner Satz fuhrt
konsequent den Stil
Ockeghems weiter. Josquin
erreicht in seinen Werken
die hochste Meisterschaft
im
konstruktiv-imitatorische
n Stil der
,,Niederlander.
Gleichzeitig uberwindet
er jedoch das nur
Artistische dieser Kunst;
sein subjektiv gefarbtes,
von individuellem
Ausdruckswillen
bestimmtes
Wort-Ton-Verhaltnis wird
zum Ideal der
Renaissancemusik.
Josquins
Kompositionslehre wurde
1552 von seinem Schuler
Adrian Petit Coclico im
,,Compendium musicae
aufgezeichnet. Heinrich
Isaac (ca. 1450-1517)
Isaac wurde kurz vor 1450
in den Niederlanden
geboren. Er war
wahrscheinlich Schuler
Squarcialupis in Florenz
und wirkte in Ferrara und
am Hof Lorenzos de'
Medici in Florenz. 1484
weilte er gleichzeitig
mit Paul Hofhaimer in
Innsbruck, war danach bis
1494 wieder in Florenz
und wurde 1496
Hofkomponist Maximilians
I. in Augsburg und Wien.
Er unternahm zahlreiche
Reisen (u.a. 1497-1500 an
den Hof Friedrichs des
Weisen nach Torgau,
1503-1505 zu Ercole I.
nach Ferrara). Spater
lebte Isaac in Konstanz,
wo er sein Motettenwerk
,,Chorale Constantinum
(1550 von seinem Schuler
Ludwig Senfl
herausgegeben) schuf; von
1514 bis zu seinem Tode
1517 lebte er wieder in
Florenz. Isaac ist einer
der vielseitigsten
Musiker seiner Zeit. Er
ist in allen
musikalischen
Nationalstilen
sattelfest. Der Bogen
seines Schaffens spannt
sich vom Konstruktivismus
der niederlandischen
Polyphonie bis zur
anmutigen Intimitat des
schlichten
Renaissance-Satzes. Isaac
schrieb Messen (u. a. die
beruhmte ,,Missa
carminum), Motetten
(,,Chorale Constantinum),
Chorlieder und Chorsatze
auf deutsche,
franzosische und
italienische Texte (sein
Satz ,,Innsbruck, ich
muss dich lassen wurde
weltberuhmt) sowie
Instrumentalsatze.
Johannes Martini
(1430/40-ca.1500) Der um
1430/40 in Flandern
geborene Komponist wirkte
1474 neben Josquin und
Compere an der Mailander
Hofkapelle. 1475 wurde er
Mitglied der Hofkapelle
zu Ferrara, wo er noch
1492 tatig war. Sein
Todesjahr ist unbekannt.
Nach 1500 wird Martini
nicht mehr in den Listen
bekannter Komponisten
gefuhrt. Von Martini sind
Messen, Motetten und
Chansons uberliefert, die
stilistisch von Dufay und
Ockeghem beeinflusst
sind. Eine gewisse
Erstarrung des Stils ist
unverkennbar. Gregor
Meyer (ca. 1510-1576)
Meyer wurde um 1510 in
Sackingen geboren und
wirkte um 1535 bis 1558
als Organist in
Solothurn, 1561 bis zu
seinem Tode 1576 am
Munster zu Basel. Auf
Veranlassung Glareans
schrieb Meyer fur dessen
,,Dodekachordon (1547)
zahlreiche
Kompositionsbeispiele;
ausserdem sind in anderen
Sammlungen einige Kanons,
Motetten, einzelne
Messsatze und kirchliche
und weltliche Lieder
erhalten. Jacob Obrecht
(1450/51-1505) Als
einziger der grossen
,,Niederlander stammt
Obrecht aus dem
nordniederlandischen
Raum; er wurde
wahrscheinlich am 22.
November 1450 in Bergen
op Zoom geboren.
1476-1478 war er
Chormeister in Utrecht,
1479-1484 in seiner
Heimatstadt. 1484/85
wirkte er als
Kapellmeister an der
Kathedrale in Cambrai und
anschliessend in Brugge.
1487/88 besuchte Obrecht
den Hof Ercoles I. von
Ferrara. 1492 finden wir
ihn als Chormeister an
Notre-Dame zu Antwerpen,
1496 in Bergen op Zoom,
1498 in Brugge. 1500
schied er
krankheitshalber aus dem
Dienst und lebte bis 1504
in Antwerpen. Auf einer
Reise nach Ferrara starb
er im Jahre 1505
(angeblich an der Pest).
Von Obrechts
Kompositionen sind etwa
25 Messen (darunter
,,Maria zart, ,,L' homme
arme, ,,Caput, ,,Je ne
demande, ,,Fortuna
desperata), Motetten und
Chansons auf
niederlandische,
franzosische und
italienische Texte
uberliefert. Obrecht
gehort mit Josquin, lsaac
und Pierre de la Rue zu
den Grossmeistern der
Josquin-Zeit. Er setzt
die Polyphonie Dufays und
Ockeghems fort, doch
spielen bei ihm die
Durchimitation wie auch
das bei Josquin stark
ausgepragte
Wort-Ton-Verhaltnis eine
geringe Rolle. Obrechts
Musik ist durch ihre
vitale Kraft,
Spontaneitat des
Ausdrucks, klare
Periodenbildung, den Hang
zum vollen harmonischen
Satz und ein neues
Tonalitatsbewusstsein
gekennzeichnet. Im
Spatwerk ist der Einfluss
des volkstumlichen
italienischen Liedes
festzustellen. Obrechte
ausgepragter Penonalstil
ist so unnachahmlich,
dass er keine Fortsetzer
fand. Nicht zu Unrecht
wird Obrecht als der
grosse ,,Aussenseiter
zwischen den Perioden
Dufay-Ockeghem und
Josquin-Isaac bezeichnet.
Marbrianus de Orto (ca.
1450-1529) Orto stammt
moglicherweise ebenfalls
aus Flandern; sein
Geburtsjahr ist nicht
bekannt. 1484-1494 war er
gleichzeitig mit Josquin
papstlicher Kapellsanger
in Rom, spater (1505) am
Hofe Philipps des Schonen
von Burgund. Orto starb
1529 in Nivelles. Von ihm
sind Messen, Motetten und
Chansons erhalten.
Vermutlich redigierte er
wahrend seines romischen
Aufenthaltes gemeinsam
mit Josquin die
Bearbeitung Duf'ayscher
Hymnen. Ortos Messen
reichen nicht an die
Spitzenleistungen seiner
Zeit (Josquin, Obrecht)
heran; bedeutender sind
seine Motetten, wie etwa
die Motette ,,Ave Maria,
die Petrucci 1501 an die
Spitze seines ,,Odhecaton
stellte, und die
Vergil-Motette ,,Dulces
exuviae.