Intermediate Sheet Music from Carus-Verlag

Coro SST, Org

First version in c! / Bach reworked the cantata "Ich habe genung" several times for different instrumentations. There is a version in c for bass solo (BWV3 82.1) or mezzo-soprano solo (BWV3 82.3). The...

Danish composer John Høybye enjoys great acclaim at home and abroad, not just for his music but also for his work as a (choral) conductor and arranger. Presenting a medium level of difficulty, Hope. E...

The "Gloria in D" RV 589 is one of Vivaldi's best-known sacred works. The musically representative work in the style of a so-called "cantata mass" is divided into 12 parts, which differ in instrumenta...

The "Gloria in D" RV 589 is one of Vivaldi's best-known sacred works. The musically representative work in the style of a so-called "cantata mass" is divided into 12 parts, which differ in instrumenta...

What does the early Bruckner sound like? The Magnificat in B flat major sheds an unexpected light on the young composer on the threshold of his great church works. The approximately 5-minute work in t...

The best-known requiem mass before Mozart's unfinished Requiem was written by the opera composer Niccolò Jommelli, who was celebrated in his day. The Missa pro defunctis was composed in 1756 during hi...

Tango Argentino meets Classic! The Argentine composer Martín Palmeri, whose Misatango is beloved by many choirs, has set Psalm 127 Nisi Dominus for solo soprano and mixed choir, accompanied by bandone...

The alto cantata 'Geist und Seele wird verwirret' has seven movements; in the opening movements of the two parts of the cantata, a lost concerto by Bach survives in its original form, which he had arr...

It only became apparent a few years ago that the text of the soprano cantata 'Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht'' came from the collection Gott-geheiligten Sabbaths-Zehnden by the Leipzig theology stud...

The Reformation cantata Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BWV 80b, published by Carus-Verlag for the first time in a practical performing edition, remained unknown to Bach scholars until well into the 20t...

The first version of the Reformation cantata "Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott" BWV 80b, published for the first time in a practical edition by Carus-Verlag, remained unknown to Bach scholars until well...

Immerse yourself in one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s most comforting and profound masterworks: The chorale cantata "Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten" BWV 93, composed for the 5th Sunday after Trinity...

This six-movement chorale cantata was first performed on 26 December 1724. The text is based on the Lutheran translation of the early Christian hymn A solis ortus cardinem. The outer movements frame t...

Thanks to its popular choral text, Bach's choral cantata "Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren" BWV 137 has long been one of the St. Thomas cantor's most frequently performed works. Unlike t...

The cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity. 'Ah! I see now, as I to the wedding bidden', BWV 162 was first performed on 25 October 1716 in the Castle church at Weimar. During the first year in his...

This six-movement cantata BWV 164 was performed for the first time on 26 August 1725 in Leipzig. The text was written by Bach's Weimar cantata poet Salomon Franck and had been published earlier in 171...

The cantata 'O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad'' (O Holy spirit's solemn rite) BWV 165 is one of Bach's earliest cantata compositions and was presumably first performed in the Weimar Schlosskirche for Tr...

Bach was not able to use the Weimar Advent cantata 'Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht' BWV 186a in Leipzig, as there was no performance of church music there between the 1st Sunday of Advent and Christmas. B...

The two-part cantata from Bach's third cycle of cantatas was performed for the first time on 4 August 1726 (the 7th Sunday after Trinity). The large-scale opening chorus for full forces to a text from...

The cantata 'Ich habe meine Zuversicht' BWV 188 comes from the so-called 'Picander cycle' and was written for the 21st Sunday after Trinity in 1728 or 1729. There are some particular problems associat...

Neben der h-Moll-Messe existieren von Bach bekanntlich vier weitere, kleinere Messkompositionen, die sog. Lutherischen oder Kyrie-Gloria-Messen. Trotz ihrer hohen musikalischen Qualitäten, stehen sie...

In addition to the Mass in B minor, Bach is known to have composed four other, smaller masses, the so-called Lutheran or Kyrie Gloria masses. Despite their high musical qualities, they are often overs...

Eine Neue, textlich revidierte Ausgabe, die allen Kriterien der modernen historisch-kritischen Bach-Forschung entspricht und dabei das Werk in einem grosszügigen Notenbild präsentiert. Passend zur D-D...

Psalm 147 "Lauda Jerusalem" has an important place in the church year, among other things in vespers on Marian feasts. Antonio Vivaldi's only setting of this Vespers Psalm has some peculiarities: the...