Ne0Wolf7
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Just yesterday, I sang my final all county concert. All the groups were amazing, and the mixed choir conductor (my conductor) was absolutely superb. That being said, even though it was certainly the best concert I've ever sung, one song from last year really remains with me. That song is Abendied by Joeseph Reinberger.
It's based off a simple but lovely verse from a German translation of the Bible:
Bleib bei uns,
denn es will Abend werden,
und der Tag hat sich geneiget.
Which translates to:
Bide with us,
for evening shadows darken,
And the day will soon be over.
The piece is full of beautiful harmonies and dissonances, and he wrote it at the age of 15. Sadly, being a baritone, I can't sing the soprano part, but I do have an alto and tenor saxophone, which is (almost) enough to cover the entire range of the choir in this song (not quite low enough). Abendied is in the public domain now, so I found the notes online, transposed them accordingly, and gave the first part a sightread today.
Here is my first take and the score I created if you decide you like it enough to play it too. Do excuse my intonation with alto, I need to work on that, and yes, I edited out a beat at some point. Also, this is a wonderful choir singing it.
I'll revisit this eventually with a recording of everything being played to the best of my ability.
It's based off a simple but lovely verse from a German translation of the Bible:
Bleib bei uns,
denn es will Abend werden,
und der Tag hat sich geneiget.
Which translates to:
Bide with us,
for evening shadows darken,
And the day will soon be over.
The piece is full of beautiful harmonies and dissonances, and he wrote it at the age of 15. Sadly, being a baritone, I can't sing the soprano part, but I do have an alto and tenor saxophone, which is (almost) enough to cover the entire range of the choir in this song (not quite low enough). Abendied is in the public domain now, so I found the notes online, transposed them accordingly, and gave the first part a sightread today.
Here is my first take and the score I created if you decide you like it enough to play it too. Do excuse my intonation with alto, I need to work on that, and yes, I edited out a beat at some point. Also, this is a wonderful choir singing it.
I'll revisit this eventually with a recording of everything being played to the best of my ability.
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