Viola
SKU:
CA.1037913
Composed
by Karl Heinrich Graun.
Edited by Herbert Lolkes.
Viola. Sacred vocal
music, Passions, Stations
of the cross (Seven
Words). Individual part.
Composed 1755. 24 pages.
Duration 85 minutes.
Carus Verlag #CV
10.379/13. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.1037913).
ISBN
9790007190972. Key: E
flat major. Language:
German.
Since its
first performance in
Berlin in 1755, Carl
Heinrich Graun's
empfindsame (sensible)
Passion Cantata Der Tod
Jesu, with a libretto by
Karl Wilhelm Ramler had
long been one of the most
frequently performed
works in this genre.
Until the end of the 19th
century this work was
able to maintain its
position in the
repertoire of numerous
oratorio societies and
singing academies
(especially the Berliner
Sing-Akademie). It was
often given equal billing
with Bach's passions,
until finally, in the
second half of the 19th
century Bach's works
became more predominant.
With the publication of
the present critical new
edition (the first since
it was first published in
1760), Der Tod Jesu is
once again available for
sale to the musical
public. This makes
accessible an
epoch-making work which
in its time set the
standard for settings of
the Passion. Score and
part available separately
- see item
CA.1037900.