Baritone, mixed choir and
piano or organ
SKU:
HL.49017447
Composed
by Petr Eben. Edited by
Veroslav Nemec. Sheet
music. PANTON. 52 pages.
Schott Music #P5046.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49017447).
9.25x12.25x0.185
inches.
The Bitter
Earth (Horka hlina)
cantata was written in
1960 and it was
originally conceived for
a mixed choir and organ.
The composer soon found,
however, that this
instrumental
accompaniment limited the
performance possibilities
of the piece to a certain
extent and he therefore
created a piano
transcription of the
organ part for a later
edition which was printed
in 1987.The composition
sets to music the verses
of Jaroslav Seifert from
the collection Turn Out
the Lights (Zhasnete
svetla) which was written
in the period of the
nation's peril prior to
the Second World War. The
genuine and totally
non-cliched patriotism
expressed in these texts
has long outgrown the
historical connection to
the moment of their
inception and it
continues to bear wtness
to Seivert's fervent love
for this country.
Anton Seifert
