Version 1: piano; 2. version: SATB choir SKU: CA.5025300
Composed by Josef Gabriel Rheinberger. Edited by Barbara Mohn. Church year: Christmas. Christmas. Full score. Composed 1884/1900. 4 pages. Duration 2 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 50.253/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.5025300). ISBN 9790007164300. Language: German.
In 1884, Josef Rheinberger composed a setting for solo voice and piano of the Christmas poem Morgenstern der finstern Nacht by the mystic Baroque poet Angelus Silesius at the behest of a magazine. 16 years later, he returned to the melody and set it for four-part a cappella choir. Both versions are printed in the choral song sheet. The choral setting - published here for the first time - is a welcome addition to the Christmas repertoire.
