Mixed choir a cappella -
advanced
SKU:
HL.49018386
Composed
by Hermann Schroeder.
This edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott. Choral
score. Composed 1961. 32
pages. Duration 16'.
Schott Music #C52981.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49018386).
ISBN
9790001153508. UPC:
841886011977.
7.5x10.75x0.096 inches.
Latin.
Herrmann
Schroeder (1904-1984),
one of the most important
church music composers of
the 20th century, wrote
this Latin mass in 1961,
i.e. at the beginning of
the Second Vatican
Council. The Council
marked a turning point in
the field of church
music: Masses in the
respective native
languages gained more and
more acceptance,
Gregorian chant faded
into the background,
stylistic features of
popular music were also
taken up in church music.
Today, about 50 years
after the beginning of
the Council, one can see
a return to Gregorian
chant and polyphonic
vocal music, and this is
why even works such as
Schroeder's Latin Missa
melismatica arouse great
interest again. The work
takes the free intonation
of the Gregorian chant as
a starting-point and is
enriched with wide-spun
melodic arcs in elaborate
polyphony, according to
Schroeder's opinion that
Gregorian chant and
polyphony are
particularly suitable for
giving expression to the
mysticism and
irrationality of
religious faith in the
liturgy. A demanding work
for good choirs, duration
ca. 16 minutes.
Faded - Lead Sheet
