'Dank sei Dir, Herr', is attributed to Handel and is
originally composed by the German chorusmaster and
composer Siegfried Ochs (1858-1929. This aria was
inserted into a German performance of Handel's oratorio
Israel in Egypt. Ochs first studied medicine and
chemistry at the Polytechnikum Darmstadt (today the
Technische Universität Darmstadt) and at the Ruprecht
Karl University of Heidelberg. He later devoted himself
entirely to music, studying at the Königliche
Hochschule für Musik, Berlin, ...(+)
'Dank sei Dir, Herr', is attributed to Handel and is
originally composed by the German chorusmaster and
composer Siegfried Ochs (1858-1929. This aria was
inserted into a German performance of Handel's oratorio
Israel in Egypt. Ochs first studied medicine and
chemistry at the Polytechnikum Darmstadt (today the
Technische Universität Darmstadt) and at the Ruprecht
Karl University of Heidelberg. He later devoted himself
entirely to music, studying at the Königliche
Hochschule für Musik, Berlin, under Schultze and Ernst
Rudorff, and later privately under Friedrich Kiel and
Heinrich Urban. In 1882 Ochs founded the Philharmonic
Choral Society of Berlin, which he would lead until
1920. At first an obscure organization, it became
prominent through numerous performances given by Von
Bülow, an intimate friend of Ochs. It arguably became
the greatest choral society in Berlin and was
distinguished for its helpful patronage of young
musicians, whose compositions were performed for the
first time.
Although originally written for Chorus (SATB) and
Keyboard, I created this arrangement for Viola and
Acoustic Piano.
PARTITION