Choral (SAB Choir) -
intermediate
SKU:
HL.49018904
Composed
by Paul Hindemith. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Classical. Softcover.
Composed 1912-1914. 12
pages. Schott Music
#C53442. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49018904).
ISBN
9790001168281.
7.5x11.0x0.048 inches.
German.
Singing,
especially singing in
small groups, is a
valuable and even the
most natural musical
activity - that is what
Paul Hindemith
(1895-1963) firmly
believed: 'Everybody has
got a voice ... A choir
is the least demanding
and at the same time best
educational tool.' And
that is why singing had
always been part of his
teaching activities, be
it while trying and
practising
musical-theoretical
tasks, be it while
rehearsing old and modern
choral settings. No
wonder that the composer
had dealt with choral
music all his life,
addressing himself to all
different kinds of vocal
ensembles: to mixed
choirs, male-voice and
children's choirs,
professional choirs and
trained singers. He
developed his a-cappella
style during his training
with Arnold Mendelssohn
and Bernhard Sekles at
the Hoch Conservatoire in
Frankfurt. As a
consequence, the sketch
books from his student
days also contain
three-part vocal settings
on cantus firmi. The
sacred choral works
presented here (1.
Christus, der ist mein
Leben, 2. Erhalt uns,
Herr, bei deinem Wort, 3.
Nun komm, der Heiden
Heiland, 4. Gott des
Himmels) are not only
interesting as
compositional studies,
but also as sonorous and
catchy choral music which
can be easily performed
by any good church
choir.