Passion music based on the Gospel of Luke
The Passion according to the Gospel of Luke (short: Luke Passion ) ( RMWV 9) is a choral work of Rudolf Mauersberger for words of the Bible and hymnal for two separately installed choirs. It is Mauersberger's first full-length composition for a cappella choir . In contrast to other major works, such as the Dresden Requiem , he did not change them significantly later. The Passion Music was written within twelve days, the autograph is from January 22, 1947. Unlike Mauersberger's Dresden Te Deum , the St. Luke Passion was well received.
history
The work was premiered on April 1, 1947 in the Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Dresden. In 1959 Mauersberger created an abridged version in which chorales and text sections were reduced. This was performed in the Dresden Kreuzkirche . During the Kreuzchor Vespers, the work could be performed with organ piece, congregational singing, reading, prayer and blessing. Matthias Herrmann assumes that Mauersberger found the deleted parts to be an obstacle to the dramatic progression of the Passion story.
Mauersberger saw his work as a “suggestion to revive the evangelical liturgy”.
Musical implementation and structure
The St. Luke Passion is a well-composed motet choir passion, as it can be found in the Protestant area in the 16th and 17th centuries with Joachim a Burck , Leonhard Lechner and later with Johann Christoph Demantius . In contrast to this, Mauersberger occupies the turbae with the main choir, the words of Christ are performed by an altar choir.
Use of the choirs
Two separate mixed choirs perform the passion music. The larger, four to eight- part main choir performs the Passion Report and the chorals . It is placed on the organ or choir gallery. The words of Christ, which Bach entrusted to the bass as Vox Christi (voice of Christ) in his Passions , are taken over by a four- to six-part altar chorus. He wears liturgical vestments in the tradition of the caroling robes . The altar choir moves in to the sounds of the entrance choir, which is performed by the main choir.
Text selection
Mauersberger divided the work into three sections. Part I (Luke 22, 39-71 LUT ) tells about the imprisonment of Jesus in Gethsemane , the denial by Peter and the first questioning by the high council. Part II (Luke 23, 1-32 LUT ) begins with the interrogation by Pontius Pilate and leads through Jesus' condemnation to go to Golgotha . Part III (Luke 23, 33-56 LUT ) describes crucifixion, death and burial. There is no "satisfactory explanation" why Mauersberger renounces important parts of the Passion story such as the betrayal of Judas , the Last Supper and the prophecy of denial by Peter. Matthias Grün suspects that Mauersberger is only concerned with the time of suffering that begins with the night on the Mount of Olives.
Musical system
The dramatic events of the Passion are put into the main choir full of tension. Chants and Christ words are kept homophonic and even.
The Christ words have a floating effect due to their simple harmony and cantable voice guidance. For them, pianissimo predominates as the performance designation. In the words of Christ, each syllable is assigned a tone in the rhythm of speech .
The chorales are set to music in the conventional manner and are often overwritten with very soft notes. Mauersberger uses the counterfacture already used by Bach for the chorales . For example, a melody by Johann Crüger is transferred to songs by Johann Heermann or Christian Fürchtegott Gellert . The chorales offer resting points and structure the course of action.
structure
The structure follows the Rudolf Mauersberger works directory.
| RMWV 9 | Beginning of text | Choir | information | short version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| to the entrance | ||||
| 1 | O help, Christ, the Son of God | Main choir | Entrance choir Text: Michael Weiße (1531) from: Christ who makes us happy (EG 77, stanza 8) |
Yes |
| part One | ||||
| Jesus in Gethsemane | ||||
| 2 | And he went out according to his custom | Main choir, altar choir | Yes | |
| 3 | I'll have my house ordered for now | Main choir | Choral, edited Text: Aemilie Juliane von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1686) from: Who knows how close my end is to me (EG 530, verse 4) |
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| 4th | But an angel appears to him | Main choir, altar choir | Yes | |
| 5 | Get ready, my ghost | Main choir | Choral, edited Text: Johann Burchard Freystein (1695) from the song of the same name (EG 387, verse 1) |
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| The capture | ||||
| 6th | But since he was still talking | Main choir, altar choir | Yes | |
| 7th | But then those around him saw | Main choir, altar choir | revised in May 1947 | Yes |
| 8th | But Jesus spoke to the high priests | Main choir, altar choir | Yes | |
| Denial of Peter | ||||
| 9 | But they attacked him | Main choir | Yes | |
| 10 | Jesus, teach, consider me | Main choir | Choral, edited text: Sigmund von Birken (1663), melody: Melchior Vulpius (1609) from: Jesu, your Passion (EG 88, verse 4) |
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| The mockery of Jesus | ||||
| 11 | But the men who kept Jesus | Main choir | revised in May 1947 | Yes |
| 12 | You noble face | Main choir | Choral, edited text: Paul Gerhardt (1656), melody: Hans Leo Haßler (1601) from: O head full of blood and wounds (EG 85, verse 2) |
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| Jesus before the council | ||||
| 13 | And when it was day | Main choir, altar choir | revised in May 1947 | Yes |
| 14th | Christ, you Lamb of God | Main choir | Choral, arranged melody: Martin Luther (1528) from the song of the same name (EG 190.2) |
Yes |
| Part II | ||||
| 15th | I see your cross for the wise of this earth | Main choir | Choral, edited text: Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1757), melody Johann Crüger (1640) from: Lord, strengthen me to consider your suffering (EG 91, verse 5) |
Yes |
| Jesus before Pilate | ||||
| 16 | And the whole crowd got up | Main choir, altar choir | Yes | |
| 17th | But when Pilate heard Galilee | Main choir | ||
| 18th | Pilate called the high priests | Main choir | Yes | |
| 19th | And when they led him there | Main choir | Yes | |
| 20th | Also give, Jesus, that I will gladly carry the cross after you | Main choir | Choral, edited text: Sigmund von Birken (1663), melody: Melchior Vulpius (1609) from: Jesu, your Passion (EG 88, verse 6) |
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| On the way to Golgotha | ||||
| 21st | But a great crowd followed him | Main choir, altar choir | Yes | |
| 22nd | A little lamb goes and is to blame | Main choir | Choral, arranged text: Paul Gerhardt (1647), melody: Wolfgang Dachstein (1525) from the song of the same name (EG 83, verse 1) |
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| Part III | ||||
| The crucifixion | ||||
| 23 | And when they came to the place | Main choir, altar choir | Yes | |
| 24 | I can't reach it with my senses | Main choir | Choral, edited text: Johann Heermann (1630), melody Johann Crüger (1640) from: Herzliebster Jesu, what have you broken (EG 81, verse 8) |
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| 25th | And they shared his clothes | Main choir | Yes | |
| 26th | O world, see your life here | Main choir | Choral, arranged text: Paul Gerhardt (1647), melody: Heinrich Isaac (15th century) from the song of the same name (EG 84, verse 1) |
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| 27 | And the rulers and them mocked his | Main choir | Yes | |
| 28 | I want to hold your feet | Main choir | Choral, edited text: Paul Gerhardt (1647), melody: Loys Bourgeois (1551) (= rejoice very much, o my soul [EG 524]) from: Greetings to me a thousand times (verse 5) |
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| Jesus and the evildoers | ||||
| 29 | But the culprit is one | Main choir, altar choir | Yes | |
| 30th | Well I can't give much | Main choir | Choral, edited text: Paul Gerhardt (1647), melody: Heinrich Isaac (15th century) from: O world, see your life here (EG 84, verse 8) |
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| The hour of death | ||||
| 31 | And it was about the sixth hour | Main choir, altar choir | Yes | |
| 32 | Do it to me, God, according to your kindness | Main choir | Choral, arranged text: Johann Hermann Schein (1628), melody: Bartholomäus Gesius (1605) from the song of the same name (EG 525, verse 1) |
Yes |
| The Entombment | ||||
| 33 | But then the captain saw | Main choir | Yes | |
| 34 | O sadness! O heartache! | Altar choir | Choral (text: edited text: Friedrich Spee (1628) from the song of the same name (EG 80, verse 1); also in the Easter mass of the Dresden Kreuzchor (RMWV 74/4) |
Yes |
| The Sabbath | ||||
| 35 | And it was set-up day | Main choir | Yes | |
| decision | ||||
| 36 | Faithful Savior, thank you for your bitter suffering | Main choir, altar choir | like opening choir text after Joachim Weickmann (? - 1736) |
Yes |
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
- ^ A b 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 .
- ↑ Rudolf Mauersberger, introductory words to the St. Luke Passion quoted from Matthias Herrmann: Kreuzkantor zu Dresden Rudolf Mauersberger . 1st edition. Mauersberger Museum, 2004, ISBN 3-00-015131-1 .