Christmas Surprises - Volume 1 (German Carols)
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- Composers: Bamberger Gesangbuch, Piae Cantiones, Franz Gruber (1787-1863), Josef Annegarn, Johannes Daniel Falk
- Editor: Howard Arman
- Instrumentation (this edition): SATB Choir
- Originally for: Voice, SATB Choir, Guitar, Mixed Choir
- Work Languages: German, Latin
- ISMN:
- Size: 7.5 x 10.6 inches
- Pages: 40
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Description
As director of the Bavarian Radio Choir, Howard Arman has been actively engaged with international Christmas carols through various Christmas-related CD productions in the past years. This has resulted in a number of original arrangements for four- to eight-part mixed choir a cappella, shedding new light on well-known classics such as O du fröhliche[O, you joyful], Stille Nacht[Silent Night] and Lasst uns froh and munter sein[Let us be happy and cheerful]. The first volume includes five Christmas carols from the German-speaking regions. They range from simple but harmonically intriguing settings such as Lieb Nachtigall, wach auf[Dear nightingale, wake up] to eight-part sound paintings with bell-like chimes as in O du fröhliche and classical double choir settings such as Resonet in laudibus.
Works:
- Gruber: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night)
- Gesangbuch: Lieb Nachtigall, wach auf (1670)
- Cantiones: Resonet in laudibus (1582)
- Annegarn: Lasst uns froh and munter sein
- Falk: O du fröhliche
Christmas Surprises - Volume 1 (German Carols)
