Canzuns Choralas

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Double page of the hymn book; on the left a song about following Jesus , on the right about the Christian way of life

Canzuns Choralas ( Rhaeto-Romanic in the idiom Sursilvan for "chorale songs"; Canzuns emphasizes on the second syllable, Choralas on the middle) is the official hymn book in the parishes of Surselva , which belong to the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Graubünden .

distribution

In the traditional Rhaeto-Romanic language area , in addition to the Bündner Oberland, the Reformed communities in which Sutsilvan is spoken also use the hymnbook, especially the villages on the Schamserberg . In the Engadin and Val Müstair, however, Ladin coral is used.

editor

The hymn book was published in 1965 by the Colloquium Ob dem Wald and the Anton Cadonau Foundation (Rom .: Fundaziun Anton Cadonau per il romontsch in Baselgia), which promotes the use of Romansh in the Church . Benedikt Dolf was one of the staff .

attachment

In 1989 a 59-page appendix was added (Psalms e Chorals), which contains selected psalm chants and other songs, especially from the Reformation period . It was translated by Pastor Ulrich Caflisch from Trins .

output

  • Canzuns Choralas. Per la baselgia evangelica romontscha. (Subtitle German: For the Protestant Romanesque Church. ) Ed. Of the Colloquium Ob dem Wald (Rom .: Colloqui Sur il Uaul) and the Fundaziun Anton Cadonau, Zurich 1965.