Details
- Genres:
- Christian Baroque Period Christmas Carols
- Composers:
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Publishers:
- Carus Verlag
- ISBN:
- 9790007262013
- Format:
- Score
- Item types:
- Physical
- Musical forms:
- Mass
- Artist:
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Usages:
- Christmas Eve Mass
- Size:
- 8.27 x 11.69 inches
- Shipping Weight:
- 0.41 pounds
SKU: CA.2102945
Arrangement for soloists, choir and organ (arr. A. Gräsle). Composed by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Arranged by Andreas Gräsle. Bearbeitungen: Arrangements of choral symphonic works. Gattungen vokal: Sacred vocal music. Score. Composed ca. 1694. H 9. Duration 25 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 21.029/45. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2102945).ISBN 9790007262013. 8.27 x 11.69 inches. Latin.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Christmas mass, the Messe de Minuit, stands fully in the French tradition of celebrating the happy message of Christ's birth with exuberant cheerfulness. Composed around 1694, this midnight mass incorporates ten old French Christmas carols, giving it both a dance-like swing and special tonal colors. For this edition Andreas Grasle has transcribed the orchestral writing for organ. His distribution of the parts between manuals and pedals allows the distinctive tonal and dynamic gradations of the work to be transferred to the organ in an ideal way. So this version with reduced scoring offers a delightful alternative to the original version. The vocal parts (for soloists and choir) are identical with the edition of the original version, so that the vocal score and chorus score of that version can be used.
Also available in the original scoring (Carus 21.029/00).
Score available separately - see item CA.2102900.
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- Marc-Antoine Charpentier Marc-Antoine Charpentier Choir Marc-Antoine Charpentier Flute Marc-Antoine Charpentier Piano Accompaniment
- Artists:
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Publisher:
- Carus Verlag