Les Beatitudes Oratorio by Cesar Auguste Franck Choir - Sheet Music
By Cesar Auguste Franck
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Les Beatitudes
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Orchestra BarBMMATTBB vocal soli, SSTB choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 4 clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass
SKU: CA.1038003
Oratorio. Composed by Cesar Auguste Franck. This edition: Paperbound. French Sacred Music. German title: Les Beatitudes. Sacred vocal music, Oratorios. Vocal score. Composed 1879. FWV. 328 pages. Duration 130 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 10.380/03. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.1038003).ISBN 9790007089641. Language: German/French. Text: Colomb, Josephine. Text: Josephine Colomb.
Franck applied himself more than once to the task of writing music inspired by the Sermon on the Mount, because he regarded it as the quintessence of his ethical and religious ideals. The immediate impulse for the composition of the oratorio came from the libretto by Joseph Colomb, who was an adherent of the "Heart of Jesus" movement, which was widespread in France in the latter part of the 19th century, The first performance occurred on the 20th February 1879 with a small ensemble under the circumstances of unfavorable conditions.
