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The cantata is based on the hymn in three stanzas " Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" (1599) by Philipp Nicolai, which covers the prescribed reading for the Sunday, the parable of the Ten Virgins. The text and tune of the three stanzas of the hymn appears unchanged in three of seven movements (1, 4 and 7).
Fantasy: opens with the "Ad nos" theme and then turns quiet and contemplative. The theme returns and eventually a climax is reached. A second climactic passage follows, after which this section ends. Adagio: serves as a development section, beginning quietly, the theme moving to major keys now from the minor keys of the preceding section.
His choral poetry was known only through quotations by other Greek authors until 1855, when a discovery of a papyrus was found in a tomb at the Saqqara ancient burial ground in Egypt. This papyrus, now displayed at the Louvre in Paris, held the fragment with approximately 100 verses of his Partheneion (a poem sung by a chorus of adolescent girls).
The Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL), also known as the ChoralWiki, is an online database for choral and vocal music. Its contents primarily include sheet music in the public domain or otherwise freely available for printing and performing (such as via permission from the copyright holder).
All Glory be to God on high ("Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr – Gloria in excelsis Deo")To You, to You, God, will I sing ("Dir, dir, Jehova, will ich singen")On earth has dawned this day of days ("Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag")
"The Morning Stars" (movement 2) is a choral movement that draws from the work of Joseph the Hymnographer. [ 11 ] Part 2, "Angels in Holy Scripture", begins with a spoken passage "Angels were the first creatures God made" by Thomas Heywood , followed by two biblical meetings with an angel, of Jacob in movement 3a ( Genesis 28:10–12, 16–17 ...
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Notably in 1918, the Rev. Eric Milner-White the new dean of King's College, Cambridge, introduced the service to the college chapel, taking advantage of the established choral tradition of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. It proved highly successful, and began an annual tradition — albeit with some alterations to Benson's original ...