Dresden cycle
The Dresden cycle ( RMWV 4) is a secular and sacred choral work by the Dresden Kreuzkantor Rudolf Mauersberger . It was created from 1945 to 1950, and the final extensions were made in 1955. The twelve movements of the cycle are divided into three parts. The work is composed for mixed choir a cappella , solo parts are added in individual movements, movement 5 is accompanied by the piano.
History of origin
The Dresden cycle was the first of Mauersberger's major works to deal with the events of the destruction of Dresden from February 13-14, 1945 . The work was created in Mauersberger's fourth creative period both in Dresden and in Mauersberg in the Ore Mountains. The total premiere took place on July 7, 1951 in Dresden by the Dresdner Kreuzchor .
Text selection
The work begins with the motet How is the city so desolate , which Mauersberger composed under the impression of the destruction of Dresden on Holy Saturday 1945. For this he chose texts from the Lamentations of Jeremiah . In response to the funeral motets , he lets Paul Gerhardt's song of consolation from the Thirty Years' War. And yet you don't have to follow it completely sinking into sadness . Ten four- to eight-part motets from the years of the new beginning after the war follow.
structure
The structure follows the Rudolf Mauersberger works directory.
RMW 4 | Work title and beginning of text | text | occupation | Autograph |
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part One | ||||
1 |
How is the city so desolate funeral hymn |
Lamentations of Jeremiah | four to eight voices | 1945 / Holy Saturday 1945 |
2 | Solace song from the 30 Years War And yet you don't have to sink completely into sadness with the final chorale. You have to stand on God's love |
Paul Gerhardt | 4-6 voices | 1945 / Easter 1945 |
3 | The thirteenth of February: “Fight to the end! We do not surrender! Every house a fortress! ”So came the thirteenth of February |
Rudolf Decker | four to eight voices | 1947 / 18. – 22. August 47 in Mauersberg |
4th | Dresden in spring 1945: On your grave, beloved city, the cherry tree blossoms white |
Esther von Kirchbach | for 2 boy solo voices and four-part choir | 1947 / May 31, 1947 |
Part II | ||||
5 | The old Dresden dance of death: This is the Dresden Mummenschanz |
Kurt Arnold Findeisen | Bass solo , four- to eight-part choir and piano | 1947 / 3rd – 5th August 1947 in Mauersberg |
6th | Kreuzkirche: Fire fell from the sky on Mardi Gras The legend of Dresden Kreuzkirche |
Kurt Arnold Findeisen | four to nine voices | 1947 / 3rd – 5th August 1947 in Mauersberg |
7th | Hymn on two pillar remains On two pillar remains of the school of the cross / pillar hymn 1st version: O eternally unforgettable, horrible night 2nd version Shrouded by the night of death |
Paul Dittrich | for boy solo voice and four to eight-part choir | 1st version: 1947 / May 1947 2nd version Date of the 2nd copy of the score 9 July 1963 |
Part III | ||||
8th | Schola Crucis: Schola crucis, schola lucis, Imus, Domine, quo ducis |
Motto of the Kreuzschule Dresden | four to eight voices | 1946 / August 46 i. Mauersberg |
9 | Chronica musica cruciana: The Kreuzchor is old |
Rudolf Decker | four to eight voices | 1947 / 6. – 9. August 47 in Mauersberg |
10 | Stadt am Strom: And I always want to look at you |
Friedrich Lüning | for four- to eight-part choir and solo (soprano 1/2, alto) | 1st version: 1950 / 19. – 20. October in Dresden 2nd version: 1951 / 7.5.51 |
Out of order | ||||
11 | Dresden 1945: thirst for revenge overthrew the flourishing city |
Hans Jesora | four to seven voices | 1955, August |
12 | Prayer: Our Father, God of old worlds! For laying the foundation stone or consecration of a church 2nd version with final chorale: The Ewgen forecourt is in this place |
Felix Menschel 2nd version: Text / Weise (Choral): Based on a Latin hymn from the 8th century by Johann Crüger |
1st version: four to five parts 2nd version: for 3 choirs (main choir: four to five parts, altar choir: four parts, long choir: four parts) |
1st version: 1947 / 8. – 10. August 1947 in Mauersberg 2nd version: Date of the copy of the score: September 25, 1961 |
reception
The musicologist Matthias Herrmann sees the work, like the Erzgebirge cycle, more as a vocal collection [...] on a specific topic [...] than as a convincing complete work [...] .
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 .
- Mauersberger, Rudolf: Cycle Dresden - Mus.11302-C-500 (handwriting) as a digital copy of the SLUB , 1945–1955
Individual evidence and note
- ↑ a b c The information on the number of votes in the structure table is based on the RMWV; Green, on the other hand, speaks of ten four- to eight-part motets.
- ↑ autograph not available; Dating after Matthias Herrmann
- ^ Matthias Herrmann: Kreuzkantor zu Dresden Rudolf Mauersberger . 1st edition. Mauersberger Museum, 2004, ISBN 3-00-015131-1 .