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In 1892, Dvorák received the honorable commission from New York to write a festive cantata for the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. In response, Dvorák composed a...

The Te Deum from 1832, a large-scale festive work, impresses with its rapid changes of expression and warm orchestral colors. The 15-movement composition combines sonorous, sometimes eight-part choral...

The Te Deum from 1832, a large-scale festive work, impresses with its rapid changes of expression and warm orchestral colors. The 15-movement composition combines sonorous, sometimes eight-part choral...

Fassung für Sinfonieorchester - nicht lieferbar für Frankreich - Soli SBar, Coro SATB, 2 Fl, 2 Clt, 2 Fg, 4 Cor, 2 Tr, 3 Trb, Timp, Vl, 2 Va, 2 Vc, Cb, Arpa, Org

During his most productive period as an opera composer, Camille Saint-Saëns also wrote sacred works, of which the "Oratorio de Noël" (Christmas Oratorio) is particularly popular worldwide. The colorfu...

We know that the famous opera composers of the Italian bel canto also composed great sacred music, not least thanks to Verdi's Requiem or Puccini's Messa di Gloria, but most of these works still recei...

Dvorák's great "Requiem" was commissioned for the renowned music festival in Birmingham. Since its premiere there under the composer's direction in 1891, it has enjoyed great popularity. It is based o...

Turning one's energy to sacred music remains the artist's highest goal, wrote Robert Schumann in January 1851 - even though he had hardly appeared as a composer of sacred music up to that point. In fa...

The British composer Grayston (Bill) Ives (*1948) has dedicated himself to choral music in many different ways. He was a tenor with the legendary King's Singers and later worked for 18 years as an org...

As Kapellmeister at Dresden’s royal theater, Carl Maria von Weber’s primary task was to establish a German opera. However, it was also part of his duties to take care of church music every three weeks...

As Kapellmeister of the royal court theater in Dresden, Carl Maria von Weber's primary task was to establish a German opera at court. However, it was also part of his duties to provide the "church ser...

Even during Ludwig van Beethoven's lifetime, the composer was so revered that contemporaries arranged his music – mostly the well-known instrumental works – for choir. In some cases, he may even have...

Bach's cantata BWV 69a from 1723, which has remained largely unknown to this day, is available for the first time in a practical edition with this Carus edition. Unjustly, though not by chance, the wo...

The cantata 'Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte' (I love the Almighty with all of my spirit) BWV 174 was composed for Whit Monday 1729. It probably belongs to Bach's fourth cycle of cantatas, kn...

The cantata "Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte" BWV 174 was composed for Whit Monday in 1729. It probably belongs to Bach's fourth cantata cycle, the so-called "Picander cycle". The introductor...

The Hochzeitskantate (Wedding Cantata) BWV 195 was performed by Bach from around 1730 at various wedding celebrations in different forms, and was evidently also lent out for performances further afiel...

The Wedding Cantata BWV 195 was performed by Bach from around 1730 onwards at various wedding celebrations in varying forms and was apparently also lent out for performances abroad. The only surviving...

Bach's Mass in B minor is one of his largest and most ambitious works. It occupied the composer for over two decades: from the Sanctus (1724) to the "Missa" of 1733 and the supplementary Ordinary move...

Practice-oriented Urtext edition based on the current state of Bach research With compact critical report Interpretation aids for articulation by marking analogous passages in the score Each era hear...

Practice-oriented Urtext edition based on the current state of Bach research With compact critical report Interpretation aids for articulation by marking analogous passages in the score Each era hear...

Bach's Christmas Oratorio has been published as a scholarly edition for practical use as part of the Stuttgart Bach Editions. The edition is based on Bach's autograph score and the original parts. The...

For this work carus music the choir app, is available. In addition to the vocal score and a recording, the app offers a coach which helps to learn the choral parts. Please find more information at www...

Bach's Christmas Oratorio has been published as a scholarly edition for practical use as part of the Stuttgart Bach Editions. The edition is based on Bach's autograph score and the original parts. The...

Only the text and the last page of the autograph score of the Christmas Cantata Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe BWV 197.1 (197a) have survived, beginning with the end of the 2nd aria. This, along with the c...

Only the text and the last sheet of the autograph score have survived from the Christmas cantata "Glory to God in the highest" BWV 197.1 (197a), beginning with the end of the 2nd aria. This, as well a...