Find me a work by Brahms
September 8, 2009 6:30 PM Subscribe
Looking for a sacred choral work by Brahms
In memorial service planning, I was asked to find a work by Brahms which was referred to as "Praise Ye the Lord". I was told that it was only heard sung in English (chorus and organ) and the lyrics are:
My instinct is to question to source (maybe not Brahms), but she's usually sound in that...
In memorial service planning, I was asked to find a work by Brahms which was referred to as "Praise Ye the Lord". I was told that it was only heard sung in English (chorus and organ) and the lyrics are:
Praise Ye the Lord in His sanctuary; Praise Ye the Lord in the firmament of the earth. Praise Ye Him for his mighty powers ........ praise ye Him, praise ye Him ... according to His majesty. Praise ye Him, praise ye Him with the sound of the drum...which is Psalm 150 (as far as I can tell). Going the other direction, I couldn't find a Brahms work based on Psalm 150. The closest I could find was maybe one of the Triumphlied (Lobe den Herren, Meine Seele), but my knowledge of German is about as good as my knowledge of Brahms.
My instinct is to question to source (maybe not Brahms), but she's usually sound in that...
Response by poster: In fact, in my searching I found that Schutz or Bruckner were possible other composers and have posited that to her, but as I said, I believe her to be fairly sound in getting the composer right.
posted by plinth at 6:58 PM on September 8, 2009
posted by plinth at 6:58 PM on September 8, 2009
I'm pretty sure that I have every vocal work by Brahms in my iTunes, and I just searched for 'Gott' and 'Herr.' The only thing close that I see is the second movement of Triumphlied (Lobet unsern Gott, alle seine Knechte), which does not appear to be Psalm 150, although it's not far off base.
My quickie translation:
Praise our God, all his servants.
Fear Him, both small and large,
For our God has taken his realm.
Let us be pleased and merry
and give Him honour.
The original is for chorus and orchestra with an optional organ part, so if it is indeed and it didn't have an orchestral part when the person heard it, chances are it's been arranged specifically for use in church. It could very well be that the arranger just went with Psalm 150 because they felt like it. That's pretty common in music that's arranged for church.
Memail me if you want to hear it.
posted by nosila at 9:16 PM on September 8, 2009
My quickie translation:
Praise our God, all his servants.
Fear Him, both small and large,
For our God has taken his realm.
Let us be pleased and merry
and give Him honour.
The original is for chorus and orchestra with an optional organ part, so if it is indeed and it didn't have an orchestral part when the person heard it, chances are it's been arranged specifically for use in church. It could very well be that the arranger just went with Psalm 150 because they felt like it. That's pretty common in music that's arranged for church.
Memail me if you want to hear it.
posted by nosila at 9:16 PM on September 8, 2009
Best answer: It is by César Franck - complete mistake on the composer. Thanks for the help!
posted by plinth at 10:07 AM on September 11, 2009
posted by plinth at 10:07 AM on September 11, 2009
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Period/styles are similar and I could see someone confusing them.
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 6:51 PM on September 8, 2009