Performances
Recordings
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Vox, 1961. DL 780.
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| Performers
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Soloists, Schwäbischer Singkreis (choir), Hans Grischkat (director)
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| Misc. Notes
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Collection personnelle. Version masterisée.
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Sheet Music
Full Scores
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Fritz Stein (1879-1961)
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| Publisher. Info.
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London: Eulenburg, 1933.
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Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A2725.
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10x13 inches.
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| Editor
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Friedrich Schöneich (b. 1907)
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Neue Schütz-Ausgabe, Band 1
Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1955. Plate BA 1709.URTEXT EDITION
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Selections
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First edition
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Dresden: Alexander Hering, 1664.
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Only the recitatives were included in this first edition.
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Julian Bennett Holmes (b. 1991)
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Julian Bennett Holmes, 2021.
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Parts
⇒ 5 more: Trombone 1, Violas I • Trombone 2, Violas II • Violins I, Violettas I • Violins II, Violettas II • Continuo (Cello, Double Bass, Keyboard)
| Editor
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Friedrich Schöneich (b. 1907)
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| Publisher. Info.
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Neue Schütz-Ausgabe, Band 1
Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1955. Plate BA 1709.URTEXT EDITION
This is an urtext/critical/scholarly/scientific edition (or a simple re-engraving). Any commentary or critical apparatus, if protected by copyright, should not be included in the scan(s) available here. This edition was published by Bärenreiter in Germany over 25 years ago and is in the public domain in its country of origin.
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⇒ 8 more: Bassoon • Trumpet 1, 2 (C) • Trombone 1, 2 • Violins I • Violins II • Violas I • Violas II • Cellos/Basses/Organ
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Manuscript, n.d.
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Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A2725.
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Parts are 10 x 13 scans.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
For Voices, Mixed Chorus and Ensemble (Lambert)
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Edward Lambert (b. 1951)
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Newbury: Edward Lambert
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This version adapts the music of Schütz to the text of the King James Bible (apart from the Introduction and the Conclusion whose texts are free translations). The recitatives have thus been considerably re-written while attempting to adhere to the inflections of Schütz' melodies. The concerted movements have been rescored for a modern ensemble and the music transposed on occasion to suit a mixed-voice choir, otherwise with the minimum of alteration. Nevertheless, the aim was not to mimic the original but to create a new, complementary version of a masterpiece that would be accessible to English speaking performers and audiences.
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For Horn, 2 Trumpets and Trombone (Cunha)
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Flávio Régis Cunha (b. 1979)
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Flávio Régis Cunha
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This arrangement of "The Christmas Story" (Historia von der geburt Jesu Christi) was modified in instrumentation, articulation and in the indications of time. This song is brilliant and sounds great for a brass quartet. If your quartet is looking for a great baroque music option, playing this song is a great option, as well as offering the audience a specially selected song from the great German master.
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General Information
| Work Title
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Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi
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| Alternative. Title
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Weihnachtshistorie
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| Composer
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Schütz, Heinrich
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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SWV 435
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IHS 63
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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10 movements plus recitatives
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| First Publication.
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1664
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| Language
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German
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| Dedication
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Christmas Day
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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35-40 minutes
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Baroque
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| Piece Style
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Baroque
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| Instrumentation
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solo voices (minimum of 2 sopranos, 3 altos, 3 tenors, 4 basses), SATB chorus, orchestra
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| InstrDetail
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2 violins, 2 violas (also called violettas), 2 recorders, 2 clarini/cornetti, 2 trombones, bassoon, violone, continuo
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Navigation etc.
Instrumentation of the individual movements:
- Exordium: ch sop alt ten bass bsn 2trb 2vn 2va vlne org
- Recitatives (between each subsequent movement): ten bc
- Intermedium 1: sop 2vdg bc
- Intermedium 2: 2ch 2sop alt 2ten bass bsn 2vn 2va vlne org
- Intermedium 3: ch 3alt 2fl bsn bc ; ch 2alt ten 2fl bsn bc (3rd alto may be sung by tenors)
- Intermedium 4: ch 3ten bsn 2vl bc
- Intermedium 5: ch 4bass 2trb bc
- Intermedium 6: bass 2tpt bc (and we don't have a tag for cornettos, which are not cornets!)
- Intermedium 7, 8: sop 2vdg bc
- Beschluß: ch sop alt ten bass bsn 2trb 2vn 2va vlne org
Schütz specially asks for recorders (flutes), cornettos (or clarini, i.e. trumpets), violettas (alto violins of the gamba family), and if you didn’t happen to have those, then you’d make do with the more common violins and violas which are used in the opening and closing choruses. This gives rise to there apparently being several different versions, when it is simply the relative elaboration of the music depending on what obbligato instruments you have to hand.
Notes from Philip Legge.
