20 chorales for Advent and Christmas set for 4 trombones (op. 87f)
1 Awake, the voice calls to us, 2 O come, O come Emmanuel, 3 O Saviour, open the heavens, 4 Come, O Saviour of the nations, 5 From heaven on high, 6 Open wide the door, 7 From hard woe mankind laments, 8 Mary was alone, 9 In dulci jubilo, 10 From heaven on high, ye angels, 11 Born in Bethlehem, 12 How beautifully the morning star shines, 13 We greet thee, O Child Jesus, 15 From heaven on high, ye angels, 11 From heaven on high, ye angels, 11 From heaven on high, ye angels, 11 From heaven on high, ye angels, 11 O Child, O true Son of God, 12. Born in Bethlehem, 13. How beautifully the morning star shines for us, 13. We greet you, O Child Jesus, 15. A rose has sprung, 16. Praise God, all you Christians, 17. O you joyful one, 18. Praised be you, Jesus Christ, 19. Let us lull the little child, 20. Silent night
4 trombones
Title: 20 chorales for Advent and Christmas set for 4 trombones by Bertold Hummel - Length: 11 pages - Date: - - Location: Bavarian State Library, Munich
Zimmermann Verlag Frankfurt ZM 25240 / ISMN M-010-25240-7
This practical literature is well set for this quartet form and the keys are skilfully chosen. However, the 1st part requires a good wind player with a constant high register. The 4th part requires an instrument with a fourth valve or a high tuba ad lib. The playing material and score are exemplary. Easy to moderately difficult.
They are intended as tower music: simply set chorally, without flourishes or ornamentation, without contrapuntal gimmicks - a homophonic movement that everyone enjoys listening to.
The forgotten tradition of blowing from the tower at Christmas time is experiencing a rebirth today thanks to various wind ensembles. In individual towns and villages, they blow from the tower at Christmas and New Year. Bertold Hummel composed 20 chorales for four trombones for these and other festive occasions around Christmas time. The arrangements are relatively easy to play, as Hummel wrote a simple movement and transferred it well to the trombones. He usually plays the parts in the middle register so that the instruments sound good.
Eugen Hubrich