(Vocal Score). By Richard Wagner (1813-1883). Schott. Softcover. 312 pages. Schott Music #ED20531. Published by Schott Music

By Benjamin Britten (1913-1976). For Choral (TBB). BH Secular Choral. 22 pages. Boosey and Hawkes #M051481705. Published by Boosey and Hawkes

Chorus and piano

SKU: BR.CHB-3539-02

Motet. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Choir; stapled. Chor-Bibliothek (Choral Library). Motet; Baroque. Choral score. 20 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #ChB 3539-02. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.CHB-3539-02).

ISBN 9790004404706. 7.5 x 10.5 inches.

Motets (BWV 118, 225-231) account for a rather small work group within the great number of sacred vocal works composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Only six motets have survived; their most striking feature being their mostly double-chorus texture, often without a verifiable instrumental or continuo accompaniment. They were presumably written at the beginning of Bach's time in Leipzig, i.e. after 1723.The present work, Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, is one of only two motets by Bach in which the entire text comes from the Bible, in this case the two verses of Psalm 117.Performance editions of all other sacred vocal works by Johann Sebastian Bach are also available at Breitkopf & Hartel.

Chorus (with soloists) and piano

SKU: BR.CHB-5350-00

Composed by Heinrich Schutz. Arranged by Arnold Mendelssohn. Choir; stapled. Chor-Bibliothek (Choral Library). Oratorio/passion; Renaissance/early Baroque; Baroque. Score. 60 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #ChB 5350-00. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.CHB-5350-00).

ISBN 9790004412800. 7.5 x 10.5 inches. German.

The St. John Passion SWV 481, with its full title History of the Passion and Death of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ According to the Evangelist St. John, is counted among the most frequently performed works of Heinrich Schutz. Other than the later passions by Johann Sebastian Bach, the original scoring does not include instrumental accompaniment. To enable a presentation of the passion by a wider circle of performers, however, the composer and church musician Arnold Mendelssohn (1855-1933) has developed this arrangement with organ or piano accompaniment, being a harmonic framework and new tone color at the same time. The edition also suggests chorales from the Evangelisches Gesangbuch for a possible active participation of the congregation.