Johannes Brahms

Fest- und Gedenksprüche, op. 109

Motets

Op. 109

Vocal

Fest- und Gedenksprüche (Festival and Commemoration Sentences), Op. 109, is a cycle of three motets for mixed double choir by Johannes Brahms. He completed the work, setting biblical verses to music, in 1889 and dedicated it to Carl Petersen. It was published in 1890 by Simrock.
Its topic is related to the then-recent unification of Germany in 1871, and the music is suitable for commemorative national festivities.

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Movements

  1. Unsere Väter hofften auf dich
  2. Wenn ein starker Gewappneter
  3. Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk

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