Hymn of Faith Ensemble de cuivres [Conducteur] - Facile De Haske Publications
Brass Band - Grade 3 SKU: BT.DHP-1064014-130 St. Michael. Composed...(+)
Brass Band - Grade 3
SKU:
BT.DHP-1064014-130
St. Michael.
Composed by Louis
Bourgeois. Arranged by
John Blanken. Musica
Sacra. Hymns & Chorals.
Score Only. Composed
2006. 20 pages. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1064014-130. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1064014-130).
9x12 inches.
English-German-Dutch.
The French composer
Louis Bourgeois lived
from c.1510 to 1560.
Bourgeois was cantor in
Geneva and, commissioned
by John Calvin, he
composed melodies for
metrical (rhyming)
versions of the psalms.
After completing about a
hundred one-part psalms,
he made some four-part
arrangements, which were
denounced and even
resulted in his
imprisonment for a day.
Later, Bourgeois
published a number of
psalm collections, and
judging from his book Le
droict chemin de musique
he was also an excellent
educator. The melodies
Bourgeois composed, are
(contrary to Gregorian
chants) particularly
suitable for community
singing. This applies to
his hymn tune Saint
Michael, which is why
this melody hasbeen used
for various texts,
written for many
occasions. John Blanken
made this arrangement for
a wedding ceremony: an
occasion in which faith
and trust play a large -
if not the largest -
role. Hence the title
Hymn of Faith. The
arrangement contains four
verses of the hymn. After
a majestic opening the
hymn follows twice, the
second verse being
embellished in the tenor
register. After a short
interlude verse three
follows, played by a
quartet. The majestic
opening is then repeated
as a modulation into the
fourth verse, which
concludes the work in a
brilliant tutti.
Der Komponist,
Kantor und Pädagoge
Louis Bourgeois lebte im
16. Jahrhundert in Genf
und komponierte Psalm-
und Kirchenliedmelodien,
die sich besonders gut
für den Gemeindegesang
eigneten. Die vorliegende
Bearbeitung einer seiner
Melodien schrieb John
Blanken für eine
Hochzeitszeremonie - ein
Anlass, bei dem Glaube
und Vertrauen eine
große Rolle spielen:
Daher der Titel Hymn
of Faith. Ein
wunderbares Stück
ernste“ Musik, das
zu vielen Gelegenheiten
passt.
Hymn of Faith Ensemble de cuivres [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Facile De Haske Publications
Brass Band - Grade 3 SKU: BT.DHP-1064014-030 St. Michael. Composed...(+)
Brass Band - Grade 3
SKU:
BT.DHP-1064014-030
St. Michael.
Composed by Louis
Bourgeois. Arranged by
John Blanken. Musica
Sacra. Hymns & Chorals.
Set (Score & Parts).
Composed 2006. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1064014-030. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1064014-030).
9x12 inches.
English-German-Dutch.
The French composer
Louis Bourgeois lived
from c.1510 to 1560.
Bourgeois was cantor in
Geneva and, commissioned
by John Calvin, he
composed melodies for
metrical (rhyming)
versions of the psalms.
After completing about a
hundred one-part psalms,
he made some four-part
arrangements, which were
denounced and even
resulted in his
imprisonment for a day.
Later, Bourgeois
published a number of
psalm collections, and
judging from his book Le
droict chemin de musique
he was also an excellent
educator. The melodies
Bourgeois composed, are
(contrary to Gregorian
chants) particularly
suitable for community
singing. This applies to
his hymn tune Saint
Michael, which is why
this melody hasbeen used
for various texts,
written for many
occasions. John Blanken
made this arrangement for
a wedding ceremony: an
occasion in which faith
and trust play a large -
if not the largest -
role. Hence the title
Hymn of Faith. The
arrangement contains four
verses of the hymn. After
a majestic opening the
hymn follows twice, the
second verse being
embellished in the tenor
register. After a short
interlude verse three
follows, played by a
quartet. The majestic
opening is then repeated
as a modulation into the
fourth verse, which
concludes the work in a
brilliant tutti.
Der Komponist,
Kantor und Pädagoge
Louis Bourgeois lebte im
16. Jahrhundert in Genf
und komponierte Psalm-
und Kirchenliedmelodien,
die sich besonders gut
für den Gemeindegesang
eigneten. Die vorliegende
Bearbeitung einer seiner
Melodien schrieb John
Blanken für eine
Hochzeitszeremonie - ein
Anlass, bei dem Glaube
und Vertrauen eine
große Rolle spielen:
Daher der Titel Hymn
of Faith. Ein
wunderbares Stück
ernste“ Musik, das
zu vielen Gelegenheiten
passt.