Fest- und Gedenksprüche
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Fest- und Gedenksprüche (Festival and Commemoration Sentences),[1] Op. 109, is a cycle of three motets for mixed double choir by Johannes Brahms. He completed the work, setting biblical verses to music, in 1889 and dedicated it to Carl Petersen. It was published in 1890 by Simrock.
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Fest- und Gedenksprüche | |
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Motets by Johannes Brahms | |
English | Festival and Commemoration Sentences |
Opus | 109 |
Occasion | Honorary citizen of Hamburg ceremony |
Text | Bible |
Language | German |
Composed | 1888 (1888) |
Dedication | Carl Petersen |
Performed | 9 September 1889 (1889-09-09): Hamburg |
Movements | three |
Scoring | mixed double choir |
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Its topic is related to the then-recent unification of Germany in 1871, and the music is suitable for commemorative national festivities.