SSAATTBB chorus a
cappella - 5
SKU:
CA.7070100
Composed
by Arnold Schonberg.
Edited by Iris Pfeiffer.
Carus digital: Extra
digital products. Choral
Score. Composed 1907. Op.
13. Duration 9 minutes.
Carus Verlag #7070100.
Published by Carus Verlag
(CA.7070100).
ISBN
9790007252267.
German/English. Text:
Meyer, Conrad
Ferdinand.
Friede
auf Erden op. 13 is
regarded as Arnold
Schoenberg's last tonal
composition and is one of
the few choral works of
the Second Viennese
School. On the same day
that he completed his op.
13, Schoenberg made the
first sketches for his
2nd String Quartet, a key
work in atonal music.
Although Schoenberg later
orchestrated Friede auf
Erden, he intended the
piece to be performed
unaccompanied.To help
rehearsing the work, this
choral score contains the
piano transcription made
by Anton Webern for use
in rehearsals for the
planned first
performance. The text for
op. 13 is a secular
Christmas poem by Conrad
Ferdinand Meyer. At the
time of its composition
(1907), Schoenberg
thought the vision of a
reine Harmonie unter
Menschen (pure harmony
amongst people) described
in the poem was
conceivable, but he later
distanced himself from
this idea. What remained
is a composition of great
artistic power and depth
- a real showpiece for
ambitious choirs!
Arnold-Schoenberg
