The collection . . . is welcome in opening up an area that remains special diet in Britain but which provides staple food for many a German Madrigalchor. Presentation, notes, and editing are well up to the usual high OUP standard.

Klappentext

for SATB unaccompanied40 of the best 19th-century examples of the genre, from the country where partsongs caught the imagination of most major composers and delighted their audiences. All the material appears with thoroughly idiomatic English singing translations as well as prose translations, and notes on the composers and their pieces. The majority of the items are in short-score format, for the convenience of the rehearsal accompanist.

Zusammenfassung
Intended for SATB unaccompanied, 40 of the best 19th-century examples of the genre, from the country where partsongs caught the imagination of most major composers. This work includes material that appear with idiomatic English singing translations as well as prose translations, and notes on the composers and their pieces.

Inhalt

Da unten im Tale; Dein Herzlein mild; Dem dunkeln Schoss der heilgen Erde; Erlaube mir; Im Herbst; In stiller Nacht; Das edle Herz; Du bist wie eine Blume; Wahlspruch; Aetherische Geisterstimmen; Der Fichtenbaum; Der Traum; Die Sternlein; Fruhlingsglaube; Nichts ohne Liebe; So weich und warm; Ave Maria; Er ist's!; Es ist ein Schnee gefallen; Die Wasserrose; Ritter Fruhling; Im Vorubergehn; In der Marienkirche; Abschied vom Wald; Fruhzeitiger Fruhling; Herbstlied; Morgengebet; Ruhetal; Ei, du Lutte; Chor der Engel; Das Grab; Der Rekrut; Der Schmidt; Jagerlied; John Anderson; Sommerlied; Des Menschen Trost; Froliche Fahrt; Gottvertrauen; Grablied