Viola SKU: CA.1037913 Composed by Karl Heinrich Graun. Edited by Herbert ...(+)
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. Ed...(+)
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.
Viola SKU: CA.3710313 Der Fromme stirbt. Composed by Gottfried Aug...(+)
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.