SKU: CA.204110
Composed by Various.
Edited by Uwe Wolf,
Johann Adam Hiller. This
edition: Paperbound.
Sacred vocal music,
motets, psalm, german.
German title: Motetten
Und Chorarien 1. Sacred,
Motets, Psalms, German.
Collection. Carus Verlag
#CV 02.041/10. Published
by Carus Verlag
(CA.204110).
ISBN
9790007074272.
The
six collections of
Vierstimmige Motetten und
Arien published by Johann
Adam Hiller offer a
selection of motets,
mostly from the second
half of the 18th century.
They show us the products
of a new age of
achievement in which the
motet was again able to
flourish after this genre
had led only a shadowlike
existence for more than a
century. The editor of
those collections, Johann
Adam Hiller, was active
as a composer of
Singspie, editor of
various musical
periodicals, leader of
the Gewandhaus concerts,
University Director of
Music, musical director
of the Neukirche, and
finally, from 1789,
Thomaskantor in Leipzig.
Upon Hiller's assumption
of the office of
Thomaskantor the older
motets were replaced in
Leipzig church services
by contemporary
compositions. Printed
texts which have been
preserved show that
Hiller's collections were
used widely. A Critical
Report from the editor,
Uwe Wolf, with additional
information concerning
the motets and their
composers, will be
published to cover all
the collections.
Adam B
