Richard Strauss
Deutsche Motette op. 62 TrV 230
Die Schöpfung ist zur Ruh gegangen for Soloists and Mixed Choir a cappella
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Richard Strauss
Deutsche Motette op. 62 TrV 230
Die Schöpfung ist zur Ruh gegangen for Soloists and Mixed Choir a cappella
- Instrumentation Soloists (SATB) and Mixed Choir (SSSSAAAATTTTBBBB)
- Composer Richard Strauss
- Editor Sebastian Posse-Schöning
- Edition Choral Score (Urtext)
- Publisher Breitkopf & Härtel
- Order no. CHB5394
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Description:
The German Motet op. 62 by Richard Strauss represents in many respects the high point of vocal music of the late Romantic period. Strauss wrote it in 1913 inspired by a poem by Friedrich Rückert, which conjures up the creative power of the evening as a transition from waking to dreaming. As Strauss confessed to Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Rückert's verses would inspire him to "formal" – and indeed they led to an anthem of epic proportions that goes far beyond a conventional motet. The outstanding work presents the performers with unprecedented challenges. The sixteen choir voices and four soloists together cover an ambitus from B1 to D3, whereby the lowest notes in the bass and the highest in the soprano are often sustained for a long time and sometimes in pianissimo. Strauss thus realises his ideal of an orchestral sound with choir instrumentation, as he said about earlier works for 16-part choir. Strauss's biographers consider the German Motet to be the composer's most "religious" work, even if it is not sacred music per se. The present edition is the first Urtext edition of the work, created on the basis of Strauss's autograph score. Due to the larger format and the clear design of the notation, it is also modern and practical. As an alternative to the purchasable edition with graduated prices, it is also offered as rental material.