Viola

SKU: CA.1037913

Composed by Karl Heinrich Graun. Edited by Herbert Lolkes. Viola. Sacred vocal music, Passions, Stations of the cross (Seven Words). Individual part. Composed 1755. 24 pages. Duration 85 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 10.379/13. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.1037913).

ISBN 9790007190972. Key: E flat major. Language: German.

Since its first performance in Berlin in 1755, Carl Heinrich Graun's empfindsame (sensible) Passion Cantata Der Tod Jesu, with a libretto by Karl Wilhelm Ramler had long been one of the most frequently performed works in this genre. Until the end of the 19th century this work was able to maintain its position in the repertoire of numerous oratorio societies and singing academies (especially the Berliner Sing-Akademie). It was often given equal billing with Bach's passions, until finally, in the second half of the 19th century Bach's works became more predominant. With the publication of the present critical new edition (the first since it was first published in 1760), Der Tod Jesu is once again available for sale to the musical public. This makes accessible an epoch-making work which in its time set the standard for settings of the Passion. Score and part available separately - see item CA.1037900.

Viola

SKU: CA.2300263

Passion oratorio. Composed by Carl Loewe. Edited by Reinhold Kubik, Claudia Seidl. Viola. Sacred vocal music, Oratorios, Passions, Lent and Passiontide, Holy Week. Individual part. Composed presumably 1847. 36 pages. Duration 105 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 23.002/63. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2300263).

ISBN 9790007247942. Language: German.

Carl Loewe is known nowadays almost exclusively as a composer of ballads, but he was close to the spirit of his time and also composed a number of oratorios for the amateur choirs which became so numerous in the Biedermeier period. Das Suhnopfer des neuen Bundes reveals a wealth of expressivity using only a modest scoring. The solo parts can easily be performed by good amateurs, the well-known chorales give audiences the opportunity to join in the singing, and the scoring, mainly for small string group, underlines the emotions expressed by the soloists. In this oratorio we can hear Loewe's admiration for the Bach Passions, yet his characteristic musical language, typical of the time, shows that something new could develop from it. Score and part available separately - see item CA.2300200.

Edited by Thom Proctor, written by Samuel Applebaum. Instrumental solo book for viola. With standard notation. 36 pages. Published by Belwin.

Arranged by Deborah Greenblatt. For viola. Rounds. Book. Published by Greenblatt and Seay.

For viola. Instrumental collection. Intermediate. Book and accompaniment CD. Published by SoundForth

Viola

SKU: CA.3710313

Der Fromme stirbt. Composed by Gottfried August Homilius. Edited by Uwe Wolf. This edition: Complete edition. Gottfried August Homilius - Selected Works. Johannespassion Ga 3. Innovative practice aids, Sacred vocal music, Passions. Individual part. HoWV I.4. 36 pages. Duration 119 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 37.103/13. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3710313).

ISBN 9790007214265. Language: German.

The oratorio Passions by Homilius were among the last compositions of their kind in the 18th century. In an oratorio Passion the chorus is restricted mainly to singing the chorales and the interjections of the crowd; only the conclusion of a Passion provides an opportunity for an extensive choral movement. In the St. John Passion the final chorus emphasizes the supreme importance of the Crucifixion as the climax of St. John's Gospel. The free elements of the composition take the forms customary at the time: da capo arias are predominant. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3710300.