Führer, Robert - "2 Alma Redemptoris Mater" for Woodwinds & Strings Opus 262d Vents et Quintet à cordes |
Compositeur : | Führer, Robert (1807 - 1861) | ||
Instrumentation : | Vents et Quintet à cordes | ||
Genre : | Classique | ||
Arrangeur : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||
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Droit d'auteur : | Public Domain | ||
Ajoutée par magataganm, 27 Janv 2014 Robert Führer (1807 - 1861) was born in Praha, he became the Director of Music at the Dome in 1839 at the age of 32. He was deemed to be most talented, but he lived a most expensive style of life. To support this extravagant lifestyle he sold a valuable Stradivarius violin which was owned by the Dome. This fact was discovered in 1843, when he was dismissed for the crime. Without a church to call home he wandered through several different towns and villages, but never stayed in any one place for too long. During this period he had to support himself from sales of his church music compositions. Luckily this was successful because his music was well loved. No other composer's works enjoyed as widespread performance amongst the choirs in South Germany and Austria. His musical style varies from a composer such as Mozart, and is more in keeping with that of an early Caecilian. His works were often written for rural choirs, meaning that they were not too musically demanding. In spite of this, larger and more difficult works can be found in his repertoire. Although his works were sometimes judged to not have been "carefully" composed, he surely was a talented and experienced composer, well loved by his public, and had an innate sense for composing a beautiful melodic line. "Alma Redemptoris Mater" (Loving Mother of our Saviour) is a Marian hymn, written in Latin hexameter, and one of four seasonal liturgical Marian antiphons sung at the end of the office of Compline (the other three being Ave Regina cælorum, the Regina cœli and the Salve Regina). Hermannus Contractus (also called Herman the Cripple; 1013--1054) is said to have authored the hymn based on the writings of Saints Fulgentius, Epiphanius, and Irenaeus of Lyon. It is mentioned in "The Prioress's Tale", one of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Formerly it was recited at compline only from the first Sunday in Advent until the Feast of the Purification (2 February). Although originally created for accompanied chorus, I created this arrangement for Woodwind Quartet (Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet & Bassoon) and String Quartet (2 Violins, Viola & Cello). |
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