Intermediate Sheet Music for Mixed Choir

Spohr's reputation as a violin virtuoso, composer, conductor and instrumental teacher was outstanding in the early Romantic period. "Die letzten Dinge" is considered the most important of his four ora...

With its magnificent, almost operatic music, the Passion oratorio "Christus am Ölberge" is a different Passion oratorio that is definitely worth hearing and experiencing - and is undoubtedly unique in...

In seinem Passionsoratorium Christus am Ölberge gelang es Beethoven einerseits, an eine Tradition des 18. Jahrhunderts anzuknüpfen, andererseits aber auch die aufblühende Gattung des deutschsprachigen...

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...

This Missa solemnis in C major (before 1764) is recommended for performance to all those who would like to get to know Leopold Mozart not only as the composer of a musical sleigh ride and author of a...

The Carus program on Dresden court music continues with the first edition of one of the great masses (No. 9, D major) by Johann David Heinichen, the most important musical representative of the Saxon...

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, transcriptions of large (choral) symphonic works for two pianos were extremely popular, as they enabled a large audience to get to know classical compositions in...

Bobbi Fischer's "Magnificat" builds a musical bridge between Europe and South America. His setting of Mary's song of praise from the Gospel of Luke draws on the abundance of Afro-Caribbean rhythms. We...

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...

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...

Anyone who has Bruckner's symphonies and well-known great masses in their ears will be amazed when they hear his "Missa solemnis" from 1854: can the tradition of Viennese Classicism still be so clearl...

The two poems by John Milton L'Allegro (Cheerfulness) and Il Pensieroso (Melancholy) describe the contrasts between these two moods. Charles Jennens used them to create a libretto, supplemented by the...

Johann Ernst Bach succeeded his father Johann Bernhard as organist in Eisenach and was later also appointed Court Kapellmeister. In his compositions, J. E. Bach reveals himself to be a spirit open to...

The cantata Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern BWV 1 has become somewhat famous: With it, Bach's ambitious project of a choral cantata year came to an abrupt end on March 25, 1725 after around nine mo...

Bach composed "Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein" BWV 2 for the 2nd Sunday after Trinity in 1724 as the second cantata of the choral cantata year. It is based on Martin Luther's rewriting of the 12th P...

Bach composed the cantata "Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden" BWV 6 for Easter Monday in 1725. A choral cantata was actually planned for this holiday as well, but the choral cantata year breaks...

The cantata Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam BWV 7 for St. John's Day (24.6.) 1724 is the third cantata of the choral cantata year begun on the 1st Sunday after Trinity (11.6.1724). It is based on Mar...

On March 2, 1714, Johann Sebastian Bach, who had previously worked as a chamber musician and organist at the court of Duke Wilhelm Ernst in Weimar, was promoted to concertmaster and commissioned to co...

The cantata O Ewigkeit, o Donnerwort BWV 20 for the 1st Sunday after Trinity 1724 marks the beginning of Bach's second Leipzig year, which will go down in history as the choral cantata year and is gen...

The present edition allows the cantata to be performed in the various scorings used by Bach. In the scoring indications for the solo parts for high voice, Bach's assignment in Leipzig is given first,...

The Leipzig council election cantata "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir" from 1731 is one of Bach's cantatas in which the organ is given an obbligato role. In the introductory Sinfonia (an arrangem...

The genesis of the cantata Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten BWV 59 is somewhat enigmatic. The surviving parts attest to a performance on 1 Whitsun 1724, but the score was written well before...

The cantata "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort" BWV 60 for the 24th Sunday after Trinity, which belongs to Bach's first Leipzig cycle, is one of Bach's few dialog cantatas. It deals with the conflict between...