Female voices
with/without accomp.
SKU:
BR.CHB-5362-02
Gott ist mein
Hirt. Composed by
Franz Schubert. Choir;
stapled. Chor-Bibliothek
(Choral Library). Psalm;
Romantic. Choral score. 8
pages. Duration 5'.
Breitkopf and Haertel
#ChB 5362-02. Published
by Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.CHB-5362-02).
ISBN
9790004412923. 7.5 x 10.5
inches.
German.
Schubert's
setting of Psalm 23 Gott
ist mein Hirt (The Lord
Is My Shepherd) D 706 was
originally intended for a
quartet of female voices,
but already performed by
women's choirs regularly
in the 19th century. It
was composed by Schubert
in December 1820 for the
pupils of the singing
class of Anna Frohlich at
the Vienna Conservatory,
who performed it
regularly from 1821
onwards in the concerts
for conservatory exams.
The first public
performance took place in
1828 at the Vienna
Musikverein, again four
years later it was
published posthumously by
Diabelli. With this
piece, Schubert ended a
personally unsuccessful
year 1820 in which he was
plagued by a
compositional crisis and
even received a warning
for slandering the
authorities. The lyrical
and multi-layered piano
accompaniment of
Schubert's original is
interpreted in a colorful
way in the arrangement by
Hans Zender for an
orchestra with
instruments such as
marimba, glockenspiel,
mandolin and celesta,
thereby giving the piece
a special appeal. The
choral score with piano
part can also be used for
this arrangement.
Psalm 23
