ALBINUS VARIATIONS - Parts & Score, TEST PIECES (Major Works), NEW & RECENT Publications
Availability Available Published 10th October 2021
Cat No.JM105753 Price
£118.99 Composer: Etienne Crausaz Categories: TEST PIECES (Major Works), NEW & RECENT Publications
Grade 4.5 Duration
Johann Georg Albinus wrote a number of Lutheran hymns set to music by various composers. Johann Sebastian Bach reworked and inserted some of these hymns into his cantatas, particularly the chorale “Alle Menschen müssen sterben” in BWV 162. Albinus Variations opens with a solemn cadenza followed by five contrasted variations on this chorale. Both versions of the chorale, in major and minor keys, were used as a reference for this work.