World's Largest Sheet Music Selection

18905251
Elgar: Litany for SATB Chorus with Organ or Piano acc.
18905251
18905251

Elgar: Litany for SATB Chorus with Organ or Piano acc. by Edward Elgar 4-Part - Sheet Music

By Edward Elgar
Elgar: Litany for SATB Chorus with Organ or Piano acc. 4-Part scores gallery preview page 1
Elgar: Litany for SATB Chorus with Organ or Piano acc. by Edward Elgar 4-Part - Sheet Music
Piano SATB Organ Accompaniment

SKU: HL.14009646

Composed by Edward Elgar. Music Sales America. Classical. Choral Score. Music Sales #NOV340790. Published by Music Sales (HL.14009646).

Litany is the first chorus from Edward Elgar's 'The Dream of Gerontius', scored for SATB Voices and Organ or Piano accompaniment in this Novello edition.

The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, is a work for Voices and orchestra in two parts composed by Edward Elgar in 1900, to text from the poem by John Henry Newman. It relates the journey of a pious man's soul from his deathbed to his judgment before God and settling into Purgatory. Litany is sung by the chorus ('Assistants') after Gerontius' deathbed prayer. Elgar disapproved of the use of theterm 'oratorio' for the work, though his wishes are not always followed. The piece is widely regarded as Elgar's finest choral work, and some consider it his masterpiece.

Sir Edward Elgar was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos for Violin and Cello, and two symphonies. He was appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1924.

Close X

By signing up you consent with the terms in our Privacy Policy

I am a music teacher.