Terra tremuit
Offertory for the Easter Sunday
by Johann Ernst Eberlin
4-Part - Sheet Music

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 clarinos/trumpets, timpani, [3 trombones], 2 violins, basso continuo

SKU: CA.2711009

Offertory for the Easter Sunday. Composed by Johann Ernst Eberlin. Edited by Armin Kircher. Arranged by Paul Horn. 1x 27.110/31 clarino, 1x 27.110/32 trombone 1, 1x 27.110/33 trombone 2, 1x 27.110/34 trombone 3. Sacred music from Salzburg. Terra Tremuit /Offertorium Ostersonntag. Sacred vocal music, Easter and Eastertide. Set of Orchestra Parts. 20 pages. Duration 4 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 27.110/09. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2711009).

ISBN 9790007200510. Key: C major. Language: Latin.

Eberlin's programmatic setting of the offertory "Terra tremuit" was written for the festive liturgy of Easter Sunday at Salzburg Cathedral, which in the 17th and 18th centuries was a center of the cultivation of the polyphonic offertory. Verses 9 and 10 of Psalm 76 (Vulgata 75), with their vivid description of the earth trembling and falling silent are Eberlin's basis for the offertory. Eberlin depicts the earthquake by means of a written-out tremolo of the strings, and by staccato singing of the syllables of the word "tremuit". The Resurrection is depicted musically by ascending figures at the words "dum resurgere". An Alleluia concludes the work. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.2711000.