SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 violin, viola, bas...(+)
SATB vocal soli, SATB
choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes,
2 bassoons, 2 violin,
viola, basso continuo
SKU: CA.3710449
Passions-Cantate, nach
der Poesie des Herrn
Buschmann. Composed
by Gottfried August
Homilius. Edited by Uwe
Wolf. This edition:
Paperbound, Complete
edition. Gottfried August
Homilius - Selected
Works. Passionskantate I
Ein Lammlein Ga 4. Sacred
vocal music, Cantatas,
Lent and Passiontide.
Single Part, Organ. HoWV
I.2. 60 pages. Duration
95 minutes. Carus Verlag
#CV 37.104/49. Published
by Carus Verlag
(CA.3710449).
ISBN
9790007091347. Language:
German.
He was
without argument our
greatest church composer,
wrote the lexicographer
E. L. Gerber a few years
after Homilius's death in
1785. As a result of the
destruction of the
Kreuzkirche during the
Seven Years War, the
longtime Kreuzkantor, a
pupil of Bach, performed
his professional musical
duties primarily at the
Frauenkirche in Dresden.
The Passionskantate was
well received and widely
disseminated during the
18th and 19th centuries:
Thanks to its popularity
it was published in 1775
by Breitkopf as a full
score - a rare honor,
accorded to only one
other Passion in the 18th
century (Graun's Tod
Jesu). The text describes
the events of the Passion
from a very personal
point of view: The story
focuses less on the
actual events, then upon
the feelings of the
observers of these
events. The subjective
nature of the narrative
is reflected in a very
dramatically marked style
of recitative, which
presents a charming
contrast to the
expressive choral writing
and the melodically
accented arias. With the
release of a new music
editions and a SACD/CD
the Passionskantate can
now be rediscovered..
Score and part available
separately - see item
CA.3710400.
