Christmas cycle of the crucians
The Christmas cycle of the Kruzians ( RMWV 2) is a secular and spiritual choir cycle by the Dresden Kreuzkantor Rudolf Mauersberger . The work is composed for solos and choirs of different groups a cappella or piano.
History and texts
Mauersberger composed the cycle in 1944 in the last year of the Second World War, adding further parts until 1946.
The reason for the composition was the relocation of Mauersberger's large collection of Ore Mountains carvings and the model of the village of Mauersberg from the apartment on Johann-Georgen-Allee in Dresden during the last months of the war. According to Mauersberger, his heart became so heavy that the need arose to deal with the local customs, stories and songs about Christmas events. As a result, the three parts of the cycle were created. In the first part, Mauersberger set the Erzgebirge legend The Little Melchior and the Christmas Child (RMWV 2/4) to music . In the second part he musically described the nutcracker and the incense cone man . These pieces were serenely set to music. In part 3 he brings a Christmas mass in a happy and serious light . The musicologist Matthias Herrmann sees islands in the pieces he created ... [which for Mauersberger] ... meant an immovable, ideal world, regardless of external circumstances. All texts, except No. 13, come from the Golden Christmas Book of the Erzgebirge local poet Kurt Arnold Findeisen , The Nutcracker Company (No. 13) comes from Kurt Lohmeyer .
structure
The structure follows the Rudolf Mauersberger works directory. The order of the pieces in the directory is based on the program sheets for performances by the Dresden Kreuzchor on December 22, 1953 and December 12, 1970.
| RMWV 2 | Work title | Remarks | occupation | Autograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part I. Children's Christmas from a bygone era | ||||
| Three cheerful pieces from the children's scenes (No. 2 / 1–3) | ||||
| 1 | Carolers: We roam the streets |
also RMWV 3/1 | three-part boys' choir | |
| 2 | Striezelmarkt children: plum potatoes, jumping jacks! | 2nd version also as RMWV 3/2 | 1st version for two boy solo voices 2nd version for two boy solo voices and piano |
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| 3 | Sale due to business closure | 2nd version also as RMWV 3/3 | 1st version for two boy solo voices and three-part boy choir 2. Version for two boy solo voices and three-part boy choir and piano |
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| 4th | Little Melchior and the Christmas child: To Schneeberg in Sankt Wolfgang's room |
for 4-8-part mixed choir, boy solo voices and piano | 1945–46 / Christmas 1945 - Jan. 7, 1946 | |
| Part II. Elevation of the toy figures | ||||
| 5 | A small wooden figure as an announcer: the toy from the Seiffner Land |
for 4-8-part mixed choir | ||
| 6th | Miner and angel: The miner speaks. The angel speaks |
for four-part male choir and boy solo part (Bergmann) for four-part boy choir and two boy solo voices (angel) |
1944 / February 44 | |
| 7th | The incense cone man: You think he is smoking tobacco |
for 4-5 part mixed choir | 1944 / February 44 | |
| 8th | The Nutcracker: I've packed quite a few nuts |
2nd version also as RMWV 3/4 | 1st version for 5-6-part mixed choir 2nd version for 5-6-part mixed choir and piano |
1st version 1944 / March 1944 |
| 9 | Fidget man: Someone pulls my rope |
2nd version also as RMWV 3/5 | 1st version for 4-5-part mixed choir 2nd version for 4-5-part mixed choir and piano |
1st version 1944 / March 1944 |
| 10 | In front of a small riding school: four little wooden riders |
1st version for four-part male choir 2nd version for four-part mixed choir and piano |
Version 1 1944 / February 1944 | |
| 11 | Pflaumentoffel: There is no shortage of potatoes in the beloved German Empire |
for 4-8-part mixed choir | 1944 / March 1944 | |
| 12 | Parade of wooden soldiers: left, right, bear hats, mustache tips |
1st version for four-part boys' choir 2nd version for four-part mixed choir |
Version 1 1944 / February 1944 | |
| 13 | March of the Christmas Dolls: The Nutcracker Company |
for 4-6-part mixed choir | 1944 | |
| 14th | Get the pyramid going | 2nd version also as RMWV 3/6 | 1st version for 4-8-part mixed choir 2nd version for 4-8-part mixed choir, piano and celesta ad libitum |
1st version autograph lost 2nd version 1944 / February 1944 |
| Part III. Christmas mass in happy and serious light | ||||
| 15th | The old lace maker: She's sitting in the twilight late in her day |
for 4-8-part mixed choir | 1944 / Christmas 1944 | |
| 16 | Mettengang: When I go to mass early with my Christlatern |
for four-part mixed choir | 1944 / Jan. 1944 | |
| 17th | Bornkindel: Bornkindel stands in the church |
for 4-6-part mixed choir | 1944 / Christmas days 1944 | |
| 18th | The Christmas mass of the dead: It sat on Christmas Eve like in a nest |
for two mixed choirs and piano | 1945 / Christmas 1945, ended: Dec. 29, 1945 in Mauersberg | |
| 19th | Nativity scene in the snow: the little organ sang softly |
for 4-6-part mixed choir | 1944 / February 1944 | |
| 20th | Nativity light: When we come out of the Mette |
for 4-8-part mixed choir | 1944 / February 1944 | |
| 21st | Invocation to the resolution: Alter poverty Mettenlicht |
for two mixed choirs (main choir: 4-6 voices, distant choir: four voices) | 1946 | |
RMWV 3 - Small Dresden Christmas Cycle
The Little Dresden Christmas Cycle (RMWV 3) was put together in 1950/1951 from six pieces from the Christmas cycle. The piece is composed for two solo voices, boys and women choir, mixed choir and piano. The texts come from Kurt Arnold Findeisen throughout.
structure
| RMWV 3 | Work title | occupation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolers: We roam the streets |
three-part boys' choir |
| 2 | Striezelmarkt children: plum potatoes, jumping jacks! | for two boy solo voices and piano |
| 3 | Sale due to business closure | for two boy solo voices and three-part boy choir and piano |
| 4th | The Nutcracker: I've packed quite a few nuts |
for 5-6-part mixed choir and piano |
| 5 | Fidget man: Someone pulls my rope |
for 4-5 part mixed choir and piano |
| 6th | Get the pyramid going | for 4-8-part mixed choir, piano and celesta ad libitum |
literature
- Matthias Herrmann: Rudolf Mauersberger catalog raisonné . 2nd Edition. Saxon State Library, Dresden 1991.
- Matthias Grün: Rudolf Mauersberger studies on life and work . 1st edition. Gustav Bosse Verlag, Regensburg 1986, ISBN 3-7649-2319-9 .
- Matthias Herrmann: Kreuzkantor zu Dresden Rudolf Mauersberger . 1st edition. Mauersberger Museum, 2004, ISBN 3-00-015131-1 .
Individual evidence and note
- ^ A b Matthias Herrmann: Kreuzkantor zu Dresden Rudolf Mauersberger . 1st edition. Mauersberger Museum, 2004, ISBN 3-00-015131-1 .
- ^ Matthias Grün: Rudolf Mauersberger studies on life and work . 1st edition. Gustav Bosse Verlag, Regensburg 1986, ISBN 3-7649-2319-9 .