SSATB choir, [SATB/SATB], 8 instruments ad lib., basso continuo SKU: CA.10027...(+)
SSATB choir, [SATB/SATB],
8 instruments ad lib.,
basso continuo
SKU:
CA.1002715
Chorale
concert. Composed by
Michael Praetorius.
Edited by Uwe Wolf. This
edition: urtext.
Stuttgart Urtext Edition.
Halleluja, Christ Ist
Erstanden. Sacred
concertos, Sacred vocal
music, Praise and thanks.
Single Part, basso
continuo. 4 pages.
Duration 8 minutes. Carus
Verlag #CV 10.027/15.
Published by Carus Verlag
(CA.1002715).
ISBN
9790007189365. Text
language:
German.
The
collection Polyhymnia
Caduceatrix & Panegyrica
of 1619 is rightly
regarded as the high
point in Michael
Praetorius's output. It
combines Solennische
Friedt- und
Frewden-Concert: which
Praetorius as a
travelling musician had
composed largely for
festive occasions - he
writes of Kayser: Konig:
Chur: vnd Furstlichen
zusammen Kunfften - and
also for furnehme
Capellen vnd Kirchen. In
these chorale concerti
the highly modern,
Italian style and the
Protestant chorale
combine and form a
symbiosis which showed
the way forward for the
history of German music.
The chorale settings draw
on influences from
Venetian polychoral
music, use ritornelli and
employ obbligato
instruments in a way
which is beyond compare,
even in contemporary
Italy. Here we see a
quite different side of
the master from the
composer of Es ist ein
Ros entsprungen. And
above all, Praetorius
always remains a
practical musician who
ensures that these
breathtaking choral
concerti can also be
effectively performed
with smaller forces,
sometimes considerably
reduced ones. Praetorius
gives the verses of the
well-known Easter hymn
Christ ist erstanden to
the concertists (soloists
or small choir), who can
perform these in
alternating scorings. At
the beginning, between
the verses, and at the
end, a magnificent
Halleluja occurs as a
ritornello, which can be
performed by up to 5
choirs - ad lib, of
course. Score and part
available separately -
see item CA.1002700.