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TripleChoirMotetJESAIA,DEMPROPHETENXXIVfromUrania,1603
byMichaelPraetorius
(1571-1621)
for3antiphonalgroupsofwinds
transcribedbyJeffHeld,2016
Group1:2trumpets,horn,tromboneGroup2: ugelhorn,2horns,2clarinets,bassoon
Group3:2trumpets,2trombones
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HistoricalContext:ItwastheVenetiancathedralsinthe1540sthatfirstrangoutwithmusicforcorispezzati(separatedchoirs).AdrianWillaertpioneeredthetechnique,agrandstylethatplacechoirsondifferentbalconiestocreateasurroundsoundeffect.GiovanniGabrielibroughtittoitsheightinthe1590sbyaddingnginstruments,notablyincludingwindinstrumentswhichpreviouslyhadlittle,ifany,roleinthechurch.ManycomposerstraveledtoVenicetohearthisfestivechurchmusic.MichaelPraetorius(1571-1621)wasnotoneofthose,buthezestfullyabsorbedthestylefromthosethatdid.
MichaelPraetoriuswasoneoftheleadingmusiciansinGermanyintheearly1600s.Hewasaprolificcomposer,pubishingover2000works-aremarkablefeatforaperiodwhentheprintingprocesswassolaborious.Manyofhispublishedworkswereinthepolychoralstyle(corispezzati)andwereusedinLutheranworshippractice.ThepredominanceofthechoraleinLutheranworshipledtohisusageofthemastheunderlyingmusicalmaterialforhispolychoralworks.ThisisadifferentcontributiontochurchmusicthanfoundinVenice,wheretheItalianstylewouldutilizeitsancientplainchantmelodiesororiginalmelodies.Praetorius'scompositionaltechniqueallowedthechoraletextstoremainunobscuredbymusicalcomplexities,anidealthatwasalsoprominentinCatholicchurchmusicatthetime(theCounter-Reformation).Notsurprisingly,thesecompositionswereinfluencedbythemusicofhiscontemporary,Palestrina,whowasthemusicalchampionoftheCounter-Reformation.Praetorius,though,wasadedicatedLutheran-heregrettedneverbecomingordained-who,likeLuther,sawacloseconnectionbetweenpreachingandsingingtheGospel.
Praetorius’splaceinmusichistoryliesinadirectlinefromMartinLutherandhismusicalcollaborator,JohannWalter(hisfatherwasacolleagueofWalterandMichaelstudiedinthepedagogicalsystemcreatedbyWalterattheLatinSchoolinTorgau).HisprolificexpositionofLutheranchoralessolidifiedtheirartisticandspiritualvalueforuseinworship,whichsetthetableforfuturegenerationsofLutherancantorssuchasBuxtehudeandJ.S.Bach.Healsowasknowasamusictheoristwhopublishedwritingsonthetheoryandpracticeofmusic,particularlyinchurchsettings.
Aboutthissetting:Conductorsmaywishtoadaptthesepartstofitaparticularinstrumentationfortheirensembles.Thisisperfectlyacceptable.Thissettinghasbeengeneratedoutofasenseofparticularadaptation(usingthewindsathandduringaGermanytouroftheConcordiaSinfonietta).Pleasenotethatsomeadditionalalternate/doubledwindpartshavebeengeneratedandincludedinthepartsetalready,althoughtheyarenotincludedinthescore.
Dynamicshavebeeninsertedbytheeditor.Thismusicwasnotpublishedoriginallywithdynamics,soconductorsshouldfeelfreetoalterthem.Also,someaccentshavebeenadded.Thesetypicallydenotewhereinstrumentalistsshouldparticularlycometotheforewhenthefullensembleisplaying.Usually,theyareaddedwhereaninstrumenthasalonemovingpartthatneedstocutthroughacomparativelystaticensemble.Theseaccentsshouldbedistinguishedfromtheensemble.Theirlengthshouldbemoderatedasindicatedwithtenutoorstaccatomarks:allaccentswithstaccatoshouldbeseparated,notnecessarilyshort,andallaccentswithtenutoshouldbelonger,butnotconnected.Often,Praetoriusassignedoneortwopartsofrhythmicinterestatanygivenmoment,evenamidsttuttisections.Theymustbeheard!
JeffHeld
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I:Trombone
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II:Bassoon
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BassTrombone
Urania,XXIV(1613)JESAIA,DEMPROPHETEN
(c)2017Allrightsreserved.Usermayadaptthisarrangementto tensembleneedsbutmaynotdistributeadaptationtootherensembles.
OriginalchoralebyMartinLuther,1526MichaelPraetorius(1571-1621)
tr.JeffHeld
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