Organ
SKU:
HL.49044198
Chorale prelude and
chorale setting.
Composed by Hermann
Schroeder. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Edition Schott.
Softcover. 8 pages.
Schott Music #ED21624.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49044198).
ISBN
9790001192897.
9.0x11.75x0.07 inches.
German.
The fact
that Hermann Schroeder
ranks among the most
important composers of
Catholic church music in
the 20th century shows
especially in the simple
church music form of the
choral setting, e. g. in
his setting of the sacred
song Unuberwindlich
starker Held, Sankt
Michael. With his own
typical archaic tonal
language, Schroeder
creates an a cappella
choral setting (SATB) in
which the dignity and the
admiration of the heroic
deeds of the Archangel
Michael find their
musical expression in a
very compact form. The
underlying melody (GL
924) dates from 1623. The
author of the text of the
Song of Michael is the
German hymn writer
Friedrich Spee. A very
charming choral setting
that can be easily
mastered by any church
choir; its five verses
have to be sung
alternately by the choir
and the congregation.
Apart from the a cappella
choral setting, the
practical congregational
edition also contains a
chorale prelude and the
organ chorale which can,
of course, be used as
accompaniment for the
congregation, but also
for the choral
setting.
