Abendlied (evening song) josef rheinberger op

Abendlied (Evening song), Op. 69/3, is a sacred motet by Josef Rheinberger for a six-part mixed choir (SSATTB).

It has been regarded as his best-known sacred composition.^[1] He wrote the first version in 1855 at the age of 15.

Our final virtual choir piece of the season is Josef Rheinberger's “Abendlied.” With this video, we wish to express our thanks to.

Abendlied, Op. 69 No. 3 (Evening Song) [Arr.

Abendlied (Evening song), Op. 69/3, is a sacred motet by Josef Rheinberger for a six-part mixed choir (SSATTB).

Abendlied by Josef Rheinberger Sung by The Gesualdo Six Audio by Josh Cooter Now it's your turn!

Josef Rheinberger, The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter ·

The text is a verse from the biblical narration of the Road to Emmaus appearance according to Luke 24:29 in Martin Luther's German version of the bible:

Bleib bei uns,
denn es will Abend werden,
und der Tag hat sich geneiget.

Rheinberger wrote a first version on 9 March 1855, one month before Easter and two weeks before his 16th birthday. At age 24, he revised the motet, for example eliminating repetition of notes and changing the marking.

He published it in 1873 by N. Simrock in Berlin as No. 3 of his Opus 69, Drei geistliche Gesänge für gemischten Chor (Three sacred songs for mixed choir, the others being Morgenlied (morning song), on a poem by Hoffmann von Fallersleben, and Dein sind die Himmel (Yours are