Mixed choir (SATB) and
Generalbass (organ,
double bass, cello and
bassoon)
SKU:
HL.49019927
Sleepers Wake.
Composed by Carl
Friedrich Zelter. Edited
by Hermann Max. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Choral. Softcover. 12
pages. Schott Music
#ED21773-01. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49019927).
ISBN
9790001196956.
German.
With Carl
Friedrich Zelter's motet
Wachet auf, ruft uns die
Stimme, Hermann Max,
editor of the Choral
Treasury series, has
uncovered a real
treasure. The three-verse
text of the motet for
mixed choir (SATB) and
basso continuo was
written by Friedrich
Gottlob Klopstock who
kept close to the Advent
song of the same name by
Philipp Nicolai. During
Zelter's lifetime, the
motet enjoyed great
popularity. And quite
rightly so: For the music
teacher and friend of
Goethe turned out to be a
composer with an
extraordinary sense of
tone. An introductory
choral movement is
followed by a captivating
bass aria which can be
optionally sung by all
basses of the choir. The
piece culminates in an
elaborate virtuoso fugue
with an interwoven cantus
firmus in the bass. A
demanding, yet highly
rewarding rarity in
church music!
Sleepers, Awake
