My soul, now bless thy Maker (Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren)
a 2 & a 3 in quartam. Chorale concerto
by Michael Praetorius
3-Part - Sheet Music

Solo Voices/Choir SAB, Bc, ad lib: 3 Instr

SKU: CA.103400

A 2 & a 3 in quartam. Chorale concerto. Composed by Michael Praetorius. Edited by Uwe Wolf. Sacred vocal music, Psalms, German. Sacred vocal music, Psalms, German. Full score. Composed 1619. Duration 3 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 01.034/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.103400).

ISBN 9790007188825. Language: German.

The collection Polyhymnia Caduceatrix & Panegyrica of 1619 is rightly regarded as the high point in Michael Praetorius's output. It combines "Solennische Friedt- und Frewden-Concert:" which Praetorius as a travelling musician had composed largely for festive occasions - he writes of "Kayser: Konig: Chur: vnd Furstlichen zusammen Kunfften" - and also for "furnehme Capellen vnd Kirchen". In these chorale concerti the highly modern, Italian style and the Protestant chorale combine and form a symbiosis which showed the way forward for the history of German music. Even in the small-scale form of the chorale arrangement for two to three voices and basso continuo, Praetorius gives hints of the range of sound textures he is to use: the alternation between contrapuntal and homophonic styles of setting, duple and triple meter, and different dynamic. Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren is available on the CD Praetorius: Gloria sei dir gesungen. Choralkonzerte (Carus 83.482).