Weltliche Musik für Männerchor a cappella R. Schumann and steered away from predictability

and steered away from predictability by constantly varying bar- and phrase-lengths

like hardly any of his other oratorios

The editor

autograph instructions concerning the use of the organ)

these works were originally intended for the Catholic Court Church in Dresden

Weltliche Musik für Männerchor a cappella R. Schumann and steered away from predictabilityDuring his lifetime, Rheinbergers works for mens choir were a mainstay for various kinds of gatherings of singing societies and today the works are just waiting to be discovered. This volume, which contains 13 songs, offers a representative cross section from his more than 90 works for mens choir a cappella. Songs have been chosen whose texts still speak to us today: songs that evoke nature, or that contain convivial and humorous, as well as songs