SSATB Choir, Piano
SKU: CA.924400
Composed by Peter
Cornelius. Arranged by
Denis Rouger. Secular
choral music. Separate
edition with CD. Lieder,
Secular choral music.
Full score. Op. 15, No.
1. Duration 2 minutes.
Carus Verlag #CV
09.244/00. Published by
Carus Verlag (CA.924400).
ISBN 9790007244392.
Key: B flat major.
Language: German. Text:
Cornelius,
Peter.
Sei mein!
was written and composed
by Peter Cornelius in
1865 for his future wife
Bertha Jung. The composer
set the poem in short
rhyming lines using the
scheme aaabcccb,
recounting with loving
humor what his beloved
means to him. These art
songs were originally
composed not for chamber
choir, but for solo voice
and piano. Denis Rouger
has carefully adapted
them to suit the
requirements and
expressive possibilities
offered by a larger
ensemble, without losing
the any of the qualities
of the original in the
process. Each part in the
choir has a melodic line
drawn from the harmonic
and rhythmic framework.
In the process, the
variety and refinement of
the choral language
combines with an enormous
flexibility in form and
expression, as French
melodies or German art
song demand from a
soloist and pianist. The
songs have been recorded
by the figure humaine
chamber choir on the CD
Kennst du das Land ...
(Carus 83.495).
