SKU: CA.1003006
ISBN 9790007186166. Language: German.
This late work by Michael Praetorius is characterized by a combination of the new Italian style with the Protestant chorale. The Puericinium, which appeared in 1621, the year of Praetorius' death, has a music-pedagogical component. Four children's voices (who would have been boys in Praetorius' time), ideally spread around the four corners of the church, sing the chorale line by line in turn, interrupted and ended with tutti passages in which an adult choir joins. The whole piece is accompanied by basso continuo and a four-part instrumental ensemble ad lib. The magnificent Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott is still suitable for performance by a children's choir and adult choir today; although adult sopranos would not have sung in church choirs in Praetorius' time, they can join in the melody line in the tutti passages. Score available separately - see item CA.1003000.
SKU: HL.48184601
UPC: 888680853914. 9.0x12.0x0.288 inches.
Part of the Organ collection by J. S. Bach, this Volume IX Eighteen Chorals of Leipzig (BWV 651-668) was composed between 1740 and 1750, in Leipzig. This volume is now translated in English and French and features the annotation of Marcel Dupre, a French organist, to help the performer getting the most of the music sheet. This ninth book contains a set of eighteen religious preludes: 1. Come, Holy Ghost 2. Come, Holy Ghost 3. By the rivers of Babylon 4. Deck thyself, o my soul 5. Lord Jesus Christ, unto us turn 6. O stainless Lamb of God 7. Now thank we all our God 8. From God I will not turn 9. Come now, Saviour of the Heathen 10. Come now, Saviour of the Heathen 11. Come now, Saviour of the Heathen 12. Glory to God on high 13. Glory to God on high 14. Glory to God on high 15. Jesus Christ, our Saviour 16. Jesus Christ, our Saviour 17. Come, God, Creator, Holy Ghost 18. Before thy Throne, I now appear Some of this prelude contains toccatas, sarabandes, fugues, ritornellos and many ornaments. Quite varied, they can also be either joyful or full of lamentations. The preface of these Eighteen Chorals of Leipzig is well written, with explanations of the comments and descriptions of the techniques to use for a good interpretation of this work. .