Content
- Vorwort
- Hinweise zur Aufführungspraxis
- Preface
- Notes on Performance Practice
- Préface
- Indications pour l’interprétation
- Übersetzung / Translation / Traduction
- Super flumina Babylonis
- Critical Commentary
Bärenreiter Urtext
Psalm 137 "Super flumina Babylonis" also known as "By the rivers of Babylon" was an inspiration for many composers including Camille Saint-Saëns. He repeatedly occupied himself with his psalm motet for solo soprano, mixed choir, saxophone quartet, string orchestra and organ, originally composed in 1854. Two of the four versions – the first version in Latin and a much later version in English for alto solo, SATB choir and piano – are now available for the first time in Urtext performing editions taking a meticulous account of all the sources.
Saint-Saëns lived up to his reputation as an innovative composer by exploring the use of the saxophone family in sacred music just a few years after the invention of these instruments. The successful combination of voice and saxophone creates a special sound experience.
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 4 saxophones (SATBar), string orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582655
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 4 saxophones (SATBar), string orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1582662
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 4 saxophones (SATBar), string orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1582660
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 4 saxophones (SATBar), string orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1582659
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 4 saxophones (SATBar), string orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1582658
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 4 saxophones (SATBar), string orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1582657
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 4 saxophones (SATBar), string orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1582656
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 4 saxophones (SATBar), string orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1582661