Louis Lewandowski verband in vielen Werken die Praxis der traditionellen jüdischen Synagogalmusik mit der romantischen Chorkomposition. Die Auswahl der Psalmen geht auf den herkömmlichen liturgischen...
Hallelujah, Praise Ye The Lord (Halalujoh, halalu el b'kod'sho) for SATB choir with Organ accompaniment by Louis Lewandowski.
The choice of the Psalms was determined by the traditional liturgical use in the synagogue. Thanks to their German language texts, these easily singable settings can also be performed by all church ch...
Lewandowskis Komposition ist ursprünglich eine Klaviermusik in Form eines damals üblichen großangelegten Bravourstücks. Donnernde Oktavpassagen - in der Orgelbearbeitung meist einstimmig im Pedal - st...
Jeremiah 2:2, 31:19, Ezekiel 16:60. The text, drawn from the book of Jeremiah and Ezekiel, attests that God's love for the people is unending. The style of music evokes the sweetness of the German rom...
A hymn for Chanukah.
Two thrilling settings in Hebrew of the triumphant Psalm 114: The Lewandowski setting is accompanied and the Gerovitch is a cappella. As examples of musical midrash (word painting and elaboration), th...
