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.