| Composition Year | 2019 |
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Edition with German text [B]
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Edition with English text [B]
*#1017387 - 0.05MB, 2 pp. - U/U/U - Cd2
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| Work Title | Bei stiller Nacht a 4 |
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| Alternative. Title | In quiet night a4 |
| Composer | Dalitz, Christoph |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | None [force assignment] |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 2019 |
| First Publication. | 2019 |
| Librettist | Friedrich v. Spee (1591-1635) (German) and Christoph Dalitz & Terry MacArthur (English) |
| Language | German, English |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Modern |
| Piece Style | Renaissance |
| Instrumentation | mixed choir (SATB) a capella |
| External Links | https://music.dalitio.de/choir/dalitz/bei-stiller-nacht/ |
| Extra Information | A song describing Christ's prayer in the garden Gethsemane before his suffering. The setting uses the original melody as a cantus firmus. Of the original 15 stanzas, six are selected such that the duo in the middle stanzas represents Christ, and the four part choir represents a commenter. |
