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Cor, Vol. V

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Coro mixto

CASALS, Pau; CASALS, Pablo

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  • Arrangement: COHÍ I GRAU, Agustí
  • Review: CASALS ISTOMIN, Marta
  • Ensemble: Choir: ; Mixt.
  • Genres: Classical / contemporary: Arrangements and Transcripts; Choir.
    Religious music: Masses.
  • Lyric author: MESTRES, Apel·les
  • Language: Catalán
  • Product format: Partitura
  • Difficulty level: Intermediate
  • Period: 1st half S. XX
  • Publishing house: Editorial Boileau
  • Collection: Pau Casals
  • No. of pages: 88
  • Measure: 32,00 x 23,00 cm
  • Lenght: 25'00"
  • ISBN: 978-84-17199-94-4
  • ISMN: 979-0-3503-4318-6
  • Available in digital: No
  • Available for rent: No

A choral work for male voices or mixed chorus (in this edition), dated 1897, based on a text by Apel·les Mestres i Oñós (1852-1936), whose writings have frequently been a set to music.  He was an artist, poet, playwright and horticulturist who was highly respected at the end of the 19th Century. 

There are two extant manuscripts of the work, the first of 68 pages and the second contains 72 pages.  The work was inspired by the months of the year, a subject which has inspired various composers such as Vivaldi, Haydn and Tchaikovsky.  Composed for male chorus, just as was Clar de lluna [Moonlight], this work was probably conceived to provide repertoire for the Clavé chorus of the town where the composer lived. It includes various vocal effects used by the Clavé choruses.  The composition is organized into a work for each month, with the exception of December which was not composed, and uses a variable distribution of the voices and appropriate tonalities for the expression of each month.  The work is relatively simple to perform and is homophonic throughout.  The voices are alternated in order to intensify the expression.   

1. Cançó de gener [January Song], originally written in E Major (now in E Flat Major) with a time signature of 6/8. Completed 
on June 21, 1897. It was originally scored for Tenors I and II 
and Bases. 

2. Cançó de febrer [February Song], originally written in a minor (now in e minor) with a time signature of 4/4. Completed in July, 1897. In the first manuscript it was scored for Tenors I and II and Bases. 

3. Cançó de març [March Song], written in Fa Major with a 2/2 time signature. There is no date of the completion for this work.  The original manuscript in the archive of La Lira Vendrellense has been much corrected and in some cases with small pieces of paper glued on the pages over the original notes.  It was scored for Tenor Soloist, Tenors I and II, Baritones and Bases. 

4. Cançó d’abril [April Song], originally in f Sharp minor (transposed to g minor) with time signatures of 4/4, 3/4 and 2/4.  Completed September, 1897. Originally scored for Baritone Solo, Tenors I and II, Baritones and Bases. 
5. Cançó de maig [May Song], written in B Flat Major with a time signature of 4/4. Completed in October, 1897. Scored for Tenors I and II, Baritones and Bases. 

6. Cançó de juny [June Song], written in D Flat Major (transposed to C Major) with a 6/8 time signature. Completed December, 1897. Scored for Tenors I and II, Baritones and Bases. 

7. Cançó de juliol [July Song], written in G Major with a time signature of 6/8. Completed in January, 1898. Originally scored for Tenors I and II, Baritones and Bases. 

8. Cançó d’agost [August Song], originally written in A Flat Major with a time signature of ¾.  Completed January, 1898. It has been transposed to G Major.  Scored for Tenors I and II, Baritones and Bases. 

9. Cançó de setembre [Spetember Song], written in C Major (transposed to B Flat Major) with a time signature of 6/8.  Completed February, 1898. Scored for Tenors I and II, Baritones and Bases. 

10. Cançó d’octubre [October Song], written in G Major with a time signature of 2/4.  Complted in October, 1897.  Scored for Tenors I and II, Baritones and Bases. 

11. Cançó de novembre [Novemeber Song], written in D Major (for mixed chorus in C Major) with a time signature of 6/8.  Completed November, 1897. Scored for Tenors I and II, Baritones and Bases. 

The work for the month of December was not composed.

1. Pau Casals, apunt biogràfic / Pau Casals, biographical notes / Pau Casals, apunte biográfico

2. Criteri de l’edició / Criteria for the publication / Criterio de la edición

3. Criteri de la documentació i catalogació / Documentation and cataloguing criteria / Criterio de la documentación y catalogación

4. Introducció a l’obra / Introduction to the work / Introducción a la obra

5. Partitures / Scores / Partituras. Els mesos:

  • Cançó de gener
  • Cançó de febrer
  • Cançó de març
  • Cançó d’abril
  • Cançó de maig
  • Cançó de juny
  • Cançó de juliol
  • Cançó d’agost
  • Cançó de setembre
  • Cançó d’octubre
  • Cançó de novembre


6. Catàleg / Catalog / Catálogo 

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