Choralvorspiele 2

Choralvorspiele
Johannes Brahms
Opus 122, for Organ, 1896
with earlier settings by Isaac, Bach and Praetorius
Arranged by Peter Billam for Recorders
Peter J Billam, 1996

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Three Chorale Preludes by Johannes Brahms

and earlier settings by Isaac, Bach and Praetorius
The three chorale preludes come from Johannes Brahms last work, Eleven
Chorale Preludes for Organ, Op. 122, composed in 1896. In a chorale prelude,
the composer takes a known hymn tune and weaves several contrapuntal voices
around it. The audience would be expected to recognise the hymn tune on which
it is based, and to know the text that it referred to; this edition therefore includes
settings of the tunes to which the preludes refer.
The Lutheran approach to popular songs was more sophisticated than that of the
Calvinists; instead of forbidding them outright, they wrote religious words to fit
the tunes, and forbade the singing of the old words. Thus the earlier song
Innsbruck, ich mu dich lassen (Innsbruck, I must leave you) by Heinrich Isaac
became the hymn O Welt, ich muss dich lassen (O world, I must leave you) with new
words by Johannes Hesse. In this form, it was harmonised ten seperate times by
J. S. Bach; the version offered here has three descant voices.
O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen was written as a hymn by Johann Crger in
1649 to words by Simon Dach; again, this harmonisation is by Bach. The text and
melody of the carol Es ist ein Ros entsprungen are from the sixteenth century; this
famous setting is by Michael Praetorius.
Brahms Eleven Chorale Preludes Op 122, the culmination of his lifetime study of
early music, were his farewell to his craft and art. They were written at Ischl, his
country retreat, shortly after the death of Clara Schumann, and shortly before his
own death of liver cancer. Six of them were transcribed for piano by Busoni in
1902. Number 3, O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, spacious and serene, is reminiscent
of the last movement of the Deutsches Requiem. Number 6, O wie selig seid ihr
doch, which also refers to Selig sind die Toten in the Requiem, is an paradisial
unbroken pastoral 12/8. The appeal of the tender number 8, Es ist ein Ros
entsprungen, is more harmonic.
These pieces let us marvel at the depth and the unity of this unbroken tradition
which spans already from Isaac through Bach and Brahms to Busoni, almost five
hundred years.
Peter J Billam
Heinrich Isaac (14501517)
Arranged for ATBB recorders
Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen
Inns
bruck, ich
muss dich las
sen,
ich
de Land
fahr
da
hin
mein Stras
sen
in
frem
da
hin
mein Freud ist
mir
ge nom
men
die
ich
nit
weiss be kom
men, wo
ich
in
lend
bin.
Arranged and typeset 1998 Peter Billam
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Text: Johannes Hesse
Harmonisation: J. S. Bach, BWV 97
O Welt, ich muss dich lassen
4
4
4
4
4
4
O
Welt,
ich
muss dich
las
sen,
ich
fahr
da hin
mein
Stras
sen
ins
4
4
4
4
8
4
4
e wig
Va
ter
land;
mein
Geist
will
ich
auf
ge
ben,
Got
tes
da
zu
mein
Leib
und
Le
ben
setz
gnae
dig
in
Hand.
Transcribed for sSASATB recorders: Peter Billam, June 1998
Harmonisation: J. S. Bach, BWV 405
Melody: Johann Crger, 1649
O wie selig seid ihr doch
4
4
O
wie
se lig
zu
Gott
seid
ihr
doch, ihr
From
men,
die
ihr
gan
durch
den
4
4
4
4
8
4
4
Tod
ge
kom
men !
Ihr
seid
ent
gen
al
ler
Not,
die
uns
noch
halt
ge
fan
gen.
Text Simon Dach; Transcribed for SATB recorders, Peter Billam, 1998
Michael Praetorius (1571 1621)
Arranged for ATBB recorders
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
4
4
Es
ist
ein
Ros
ent sprun
gen
aus
ei ner
Wur
zel
4
4
8
4
4
4
4
zart,
wie
uns die
Alten
sun
ein
Blmlein
gen,
von
Jesse
kam
die
Art
und
hat
bracht
mit
ten
im
kalten
Win
ter
wohl
zu
der
hal
ben
Nacht.
Arranged and typeset 1999 by Peter J Billam.
Johannes Brahms
Nr. 3 O Welt, ich muss dich lassen
Arranged for SATBG Recorders
4
2
3
2
f ma dolce . . .
4
2
3
2
f ma dolce . . .
4
2
3
2
8 f ma dolce . . .
4
2
3
2
8 f ma dolce . . .
4
2
3
2
f ma dolce . . .
4
2
3
2
4
2
3
2
4
2
3
2
4
2
3
2
4
2
3
2
Arranged and Typeset 1996 by Peter J Billam.
J. Brahms, O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, arranged for SATBG Recorders
4
2
4
2
4
2
8
4
2
4
2
10
3
2
3
2
3
2
8
3
2
3
2
4
2
3
2
4
2
3
2
4
2
3
2
4
2
3
2
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2
3
2
J. Brahms, O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, arranged for SATBG Recorders
4
2
4
2
4
2
8
4
2
4
2
15
3
2
4
2
3
2
4
2
3
2
4
2
3
2
4
2
3
2
4
2
Johannes Brahms
Nr. 6 O wie selig seid ihr doch
Molto moderato
Arranged for SATBG Recorders
12
8
dolce . . .
12
8
dolce . . .
12
8
dolce . . .
12
8
dolce . . .
11
J. Brahms, O wie selig seid ihr doch, arranged for SATB Recorders
10
cresc . . .
cresc . . .
cresc . . .
cresc . . .
... f
... f
... f
8
... f
Arranged for SATB Recorders 1996 (c) Peter J Billam.
Johannes Brahms
Arranged for SATB Recorders
Nr. 8 Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
6
4
p dolce . . .
6
4
p dolce . . .
6
4
p dolce . . .
6
4
p dolce . . .
10
pp
13
J. Brahms, Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, arranged for SATB Recorders
15
pp
,
p
14
Chorale Preludes Op 122, Johannes Brahms
Soprano Recorder
4
2
3
2
4
2
f ma dolce . . .
5
3
2
10
4
2
4
2
15
3
2
4
2
3
2
4
2
O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen
12
8
Molto moderato
dolce . . .
10
cresc . . .
... f
15
Soprano Recorder part, Choralvorspiele, Johannes Brahms
6
4
p dolce . . .
pp
10
pp
15
16
Choralvorspiele, Johannes Brahms
Alto Recorder
4
2
3
2
4
2
f ma dolce . . .
5
3
2
4
2
10
3
2
4
2
3
2
15
4
2
3
2
4
2
12
8
Molto moderato
dolce . . .
17
Alto Recorder part, O wie selig seid ihr doch, Johannes Brahms
10
cresc . . .
... f
6
4
p dolce . . .
10
15
18
Tenor Recorder
4
2
3
2
f ma dolce . . .
4
2
3
2
4
2
10
3
2
4
2
3
2
15
4
2
3
2
4
2
12
8
Molto moderato dolce . . .
19
Tenor Recorder part, O wie selig seid ihr doch, Johannes Brahms
10
cresc . . .
... f
6
4
p dolce . . .
10
15
20
Johannes Brahms
Bass Recorder
4
2
3
2
f ma dolce . . .
4
2
3
2
4
2
10
3
2
4
2
3
2
15
4
2
3
2
4
2
12
8
Molto moderato
dolce . . .
21
Bass Recorder part, O wie selig seid ihr doch, Johannes Brahms
10
cresc . . .
. . f.
6
4
p dolce . . .
10
15
22
Great Bass (C) part
4
2
3
2
4
2
3
2
f ma dolce . . .
5
4
2
3
2
10
4
2
3
2
4
2
15
3
2
4
2
Part for Contrabass (F) recorder or Cello or Gamba
4
2
3
2
4
2
3
2
f ma dolce . . .
5
4
2
3
2
10
4
2
3
2
4
2
15
3
2
4
2
Peter Billam was born in London in 1948, studied piano, and lived in Switzerland from 1973 to
1983, where he studied composition, classical guitar, flute and voice, worked as Musical Director
of the Thtre Populaire Romand, and as recording engineer, record producer and computer
programmer. He moved to Tasmania in 1983, lectured in composition at the Conservatorium,
conducted recorder ensembles and choirs, studied recorder, voice and harpsichord. He founded
www.pjb.com.au, becoming the first composer to sell scores on-line, with on-line delivery,
taking scores from Composer to Performer in one immediate step. Www.pjb.com.au offers a new
approach to music publishing. These pieces are written to be read, made to be played !
Compositions at www.pjb.com.au include: Five Short Pieces, guitar, 1979; Divisions on an Italian
Ground, flute and guitar, 1980; De Profundis and Nacht, on poems by Lama Anagarika Govinda, voice and
piano, 1980; Fnf Bagatellen, piano, 1980; Five Rounds, choir, 1986; Go Forth and Multiply, choir, 1986;
Three Violin Duets, 1987; Fable, for piano, 1987; To Erich Jantsch, SAATTB recorders, 1988; A Suite of
Curves, trombone (or horn) and piano, 1990; Two Recorder Duets, alto recorders, or other melody
instruments, 1991; Trombone Quintet, trombone, flute, piano, bass, and percussion, 1994; Three Songs, on
poems by Jack Kerouac, Vikram Seth and Dylan Thomas, voice and piano (only the first and third of these are
available), 1994; Piano Study, piano, 1994; Four Dances, various ensembles including recorder quartet,
string quartet, 1995; The Poet in the Clouds, on a poem by S. T. Coleridge, SATB choir, 1995; Tres Casidas
del Divn del Tamarit, on poems by Federico Garca Lorca, voice and piano, 1997; Three Suites, for the
solo line, piano, and piano and a solo line, 2000; Die Zeiten, on poems by Kstner, Bachman and Jnger,
choir (only the second and third of these are available), 2000; Three Duets for flutes, 2001; For Four Hands for
piano four hands, 2002; Three Preludes for piano, 2003; Second Solo Suite for flute, violin, viola or cello,
2003; Guitar Duet for two guitars, 2006; We Who Mourn for choir, 2007; Trio With Guitar for guitar and
two clarinets or two recorders or two violas, 2008; Canons for two- and four-hand piano, 2009; Flute Trio,
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piano; Fugue in F minor BWV 689, SATB recorders; Four Duets BWV 802-5, keyboard; Flute Sonata BWV
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for melody instrument and piano; Cello Suites I, II and III for flute or alto recorder, Forty Chorales for
piano, Der Geist hilft for SATB-SATB recorders. By Johannes Brahms: Fugue in Ab minor for organ, for
SATB recorders and gamba, in A minor; Choralvorspiele for organ plus settings by Isaac, Bach, Praetorius,
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Choralvorspiele

Arranged by Peter Billam for Recorders

Peter J Billam, 1996

Three Chorale Preludes by Johannes Brahms

Heinrich Isaac (14501517)

Arranged for ATBB recorders

Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen

muss dich las

mein Freud ist

Arranged and typeset 1998 Peter Billam

Free from www.pjb.com.au !

Text: Johannes Hesse

Harmonisation: J. S. Bach, BWV 97

O Welt, ich muss dich lassen

Transcribed for sSASATB recorders: Peter Billam, June 1998

Free from www.pjb.com.au !

Harmonisation: J. S. Bach, BWV 405

Melody: Johann Crger, 1649

O wie selig seid ihr doch

Free from www.pjb.com.au !

Michael Praetorius (1571 1621)

Arranged for ATBB recorders

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

Arranged and typeset 1999 by Peter J Billam.

Free from www.pjb.com.au !

Nr. 3 O Welt, ich muss dich lassen

Arranged for SATBG Recorders

Arranged and Typeset 1996 by Peter J Billam.

Free from www.pjb.com.au !

Arranged and Typeset 1996 by Peter J Billam.

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Arranged and Typeset 1996 by Peter J Billam.

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Nr. 6 O wie selig seid ihr doch

Arranged for SATBG Recorders

Arranged and Typeset 1996 by Peter J Billam.

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Arranged for SATB Recorders

Nr. 8 Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

Arranged and Typeset 1996 by Peter J Billam.

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J. Brahms, Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, arranged for SATB Recorders

Arranged and Typeset 1996 by Peter J Billam.

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Chorale Preludes Op 122, Johannes Brahms

O Welt, ich muss dich lassen

O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen

Soprano Recorder part, Choralvorspiele, Johannes Brahms

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

Arranged and Typeset 1996 by Peter J Billam.

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Choralvorspiele, Johannes Brahms

O Welt, ich muss dich lassen

O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen

Arranged and Typeset 1998 by Peter J Billam.

Free from www.pjb.com.au !

Arranged and Typeset 1998 by Peter J Billam.

Free from www.pjb.com.au !

Choralvorspiele, Johannes Brahms

O Welt, ich muss dich lassen

O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen

Arranged and Typeset 1998 by Peter J Billam.