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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821484103321

Autore

Meyerbeer Giacomo <1791-1864.>

Titolo

Sacred works / / Giacomo Meyerbeer ;  introduced and edited by Robert Ignatius Letellier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Newcastle upon Tyne], : Cambridge Scholars, c2010

ISBN

1-4438-2235-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (152 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LetellierRobert Ignatius

MeyerbeerGiacomo <1791-1864.>

Disciplina

782.2

782.22092

Soggetti

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 4 parts), Unaccompanied

Psalms (Music)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Musica a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprints of 19th- and 20th-century publications.

Texts in German, French, and Latin, with English translations precede score.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; "AN GOTT"; SIEBEN GEISTLICHE GESANGE; PSALM 91; PATER NOSTER; "ASPIRATION"

Sommario/riassunto

The fame of Giacomo Meyerbeer is associated preeminently with the operatic stage, but he wrote for the voice extensively in other genres as well, and produced a small body of carefully crafted religious works throughout his life that reveal the depth of his religious convictions, and also his ecumenical openness to all forms of religious devotion. While studying with the Abbé Vogler in Darmstadt, the young composer had opportunities to show off his skills and serious endeavours. These were ...