Weihnachtslieder, Op.8 (Cornelius, Peter)

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Performer Pages Cantores Carmeli Linz (chorus)
Michael Stenov (director)
Publisher Info. Michael Stenov
Performers Cantores Carmeli Linz, Michael Stenov, Michaela Diermeier-Alt
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Misc. Notes Live recording from the Karmelitenkirche Linz 2012
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Publisher Info. Hans-Peter Beer
Performers Hans-Peter Beer
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Christbaum (No.1)

For Mixed Chorus (Knuth)
Publisher Info. Altena: Jürgen Knuth
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For 2 Trumpets and 2 Trombones (Rondeau)
Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
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Sheet Music

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Editor Max Hasse (1859-1935)
Language German / English
Translator Mabelle Shapleigh (fl.1898-1929?), English text
Publisher. Info. Peter Cornelius: Musikalische Werke, Vol.1
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. Plate P.C. 43-50.
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7 more: 2i. Die Hirten • 2iii. Die Hirten • 3i. Die Könige • 3ii. Die Könige • 4. Simeon • 5. Christus der Kinderfreund • 6. Christkind

Language German / English
Publisher. Info. Unidentified publisher, n.d.
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Editor Henry Clough-Leighter (1874–1956)
Publisher. Info. Boston: The Boston Music Co., 1914. Plates B.M. Co. 4430-4435
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Editor Hans-Peter Beer
Publisher. Info. Hans-Peter Beer
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5 more: 2. Les Bergers / Die Hirten • 3. Les Rois / Die Könige • 4. Siméon • 5. Christ l'ami des enfants / Christus der Kinderfreund • 6. L'enfant Jésus / Christkind

Editor Jane Arger (26.08.1873−1960), French text
Language French / German
Publisher. Info. Paris: Rouart, Lerolle & Cie., n.d.[1910]. Plate R.L. 9654−9659 & Cie.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Christbaum (No.1)

For Mixed Chorus (Knuth)
Arranger Jürgen Knuth
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For 2 Trumpets and 2 Trombones (Rondeau)
Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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Die Könige (No.3)

For Voice and Orchestra (Höss)
Arranger Werner Höss
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For 2 Violins, Viola and Cello (Büntzly)
Arranger Gerd Büntzly
Publisher. Info. Gerd Büntzly
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General Information

Work Title Weihnachtslieder
Alternative. Title Christmas songs
Name Translations Weihnachtslieder : ein Cyklus für eine Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung : Op. 8; Weihnachtslieder, Op. 8
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Composer Cornelius, Peter
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.8
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IPC 64
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 6 songs
1. Christbaum
2a. Die Hirten
2b. Die Hirten
3a. Die Könige
3b. Die Könige
4. Simeon
5. Christus der Kinderfreund
6. Christkind
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1856-1870
Librettist Composer
Language German
Dedication Meiner lieben Schwester Frau Elisabeth Schily
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voice, piano
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Some songs seem to have appeared in print before 1870. The alternate settings of Die Hirten (No. II a) and Die Könige (No. III a) were composed in 1856 but published posthumously according to the (1905?) Max Hasse edition.