Weihnachtslied
Opus 2 (1870)
by Richard Strauss
Concert Band - Sheet Music

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Instruments
Voice
Ensembles
Concert Band
Genres
Christmas Carols
20th Century
Composers
Richard Strauss
Arrangers
Jos van de Braak
Publishers
Baton Music
Formats
Set of Parts
Score and Parts
Item Types
Physical
Usages
Christmas
School and Community
Concert band Voice, 2 Clarinets and Bassoon

SKU: BF.BM1094-SET

Opus 2 (1870). Composed by Richard Strauss. Arranged by Jos van de Braak. Baton Music christmas series. Full Score and set of parts. Baton Music #BM1094-SET. Published by Baton Music (BF.BM1094-SET).

Strauss’s very first ‘Lied’ - in fact his very first attempt as a composer - was a Christmas song, 'Weihnachtslied', to a poem by Christian Schubart, most famous as the poet of Schubert’s 'Die Forelle'. The six-year-old composer was just able to ‘paint in the notes’ (as he put it), but because he ‘could not write small enough’ the words were inscribed into the manuscript by his mother. Melody and accompaniment are both simple and unadorned, but the harmonization is far from elementary, with an unexpectedly touching modulation at the end. Dutch arranger Jos van de Braak arranged this 'Weihnachtslied' in a small setting for Voice, two Clarinets and Bassoon.