Charles Gounod
Les Sept Paroles du Christ sur la Croix CG 147
The Seven Words of Christ on the Cross
Charles Gounod
Les Sept Paroles du Christ sur la Croix CG 147
The Seven Words of Christ on the Cross
- Instrumentation Soloists (SATB) and 2 Mixed Choirs (SATB)
- Optional Instrumentation Solos (SATB), 2 Mixed Choirs (SATB) and Piano
- Composer Charles Gounod
- Editor Hazel Rowland
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Piano Score
- Publisher Carus-Verlag
- Order no. CV23311-50
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Description:
Spoken during his final hours, the “seven words” have been taken as a profound insight into Jesus‘s final suffering on the cross. These words, or rather statements, have been set by numerous composers in different languages. Charles Gounod’s setting of The Seven Words of Christ on the Cross returns to the Latin text and explicitly recalls the music of Palestrina, but with an added nineteenth-century harmonic twist. The edition of this a cappella work comes with a piano reduction for rehearsal purposes.