SSA chorus, piano - Grade
3
SKU: CA.952600
Composed by Gabriel
Faure. Arranged by Denis
Rouger. Carus digital:
Extra digital products.
Full Score. Composed
1862. Op. 1,2. Duration 3
minutes. Carus Verlag
#952600. Published by
Carus Verlag (CA.952600).
ISBN 9790007300968.
Key: G major. French.
Text: Victor
Hugo.
This art song
was originally composed
not for chamber choir,
but for solo voice and
piano. Denis Rouger has
carefully adapted it 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).