The clouds of night are passed away / Surrexit Christus hodie
( The offspring of the virgin womb ; Death's arrows keen are snapped in twain ; Though heaviness endure a night )
Arr.: Praetorius, Michael (1571-1621) [ Germany ]
Edition
Published by
Concordia
[USA]
, 1955
; in Six settings from "Musae Sioniae, 1609"
(19 p.)
Ref. :
97-7571
(2 p.)
Editor or author of the restitution:
Wienhorst, Richard
Type of material:
Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
Description
Text in:
English
Epoque:
17th century
(1600-1649)
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Chorale ; Chorale arrangement
Mood of the piece:
joyous ; dancing
Type of Choir:
SAB (3 mixed voices )
Instrumentation:
Instruments (optional)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
E flat major
Duration:
2.0 min.
Liturgical Use:
Easter
Number of verses:
5
Musicological Sources:
Musae Sioniae, 1609 ; Tune: "Surrexit Christus hodie," 14th cent.
Source of text:
12th cent., tr. 1910, alt.
LOCATION(s) in LIBRARIES that are member of MUSICA
Princeton, USA
Talbott Library, Westminster Choir College of Rider University
101 Walnut Lane, PRINCETON, NJ 08540; Ph. (+1) 609-921-7100
Consultable under :
Perf. Coll. # 910A (38 copies)