Casals: Choir - Volume 5 (Els Mesos)
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- Composer: Pablo Casals (1876-1973)
- Instrumentation: SATB Choir
- Work: Els mesos (The Months) (1897)
- Work Language: Spanish
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- Size: 8.9 x 12.0 inches
- Urtext / Critical Edition
Description
Work for male voice choir or mixed choir (in this edition), signed in 1897, on text by Apel·les Mestres y Oñós (1852-1936), draftsman, poet, playwright, composer and horticulturist, a man highly appreciated in those years at the end of the 19th century, whose texts often served as inspiration for musicians.
The work, of which two manuscripts survive, 68 and 72 pages respectively, follows a program linked to the passage of the year, as other composers such as Vivaldi, Haydn, and Tchaikovsky had done. Written for male choir, like Clar de lluna, it was probably conceived with the same intention: to provide repertoire for the Claverian choir of its local population. It frequently includes vocal effects typical of this choral context. It is organized in a particular way for each of the parts corresponding to the months, proposing a variable distribution of voices and appropriate tonalities for each expressive moment, although it maintains a predominantly homophonic character, alternating use of voices to enhance expressiveness, and relative simplicity of interpretation.
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Cançó de gener [January Song], originally written in the key of in E Major (now in E-flat Major) and time signature 6/8. Completed on June 21, 1897. Originally for tenors I and II and basses.
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Cançó de febrer [February Song], originally in A Minor (now, E Minor) and 4/4 time. Completed in July 1897. in the first manuscript, for tenors I and II and basses.
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Cançó de març [March Song], written in the key of F Major and in 2/2 time. It has no end-marking; the original score—from the archives of La Lira Vendrellense—has been heavily revised, in some cases with fragments of paper pasted over the previous ones. It was conceived for solo tenor, first and second tenors, baritones, and basses.
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Cançó d'abril [April Song], initially in F-sharp Minor (transposed to G Minor) and in 4/4, 3/4 and 2/4 time signatures. Completed in September 1897. Originally it was for solo baritone, tenors I and II, baritones and basses.
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Cançó de maig [May Song], written in B-flat Major and 4/4 time. It was finished in October 1897. It was for tenors I and II, baritones and basses.
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Cançó de juny [Song of June], written in D-flat Major (transposed to C Major) and 6/8 time. It was completed in December 1897. Intended for double tenors, second tenors, baritones and basses.
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Cançó de juliol [July Song], written in G Major and 6/8 time. Completed in January 1898. It was originally written for tenors I and II, baritones and basses.
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Cançó d'agost [August Song], originally written in A-flat Major and 3/4 time, was completed in January 1898. It has been transposed to G Major. It was initially for first and second tenors, baritones, and basses.
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Cançó de setembre [September Song], written in C Major (transposed to B-flat Major) and 6/8 time, was finished in February 1898. It was for tenors I and II, baritones and basses.
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Cançó d'octubre [October Song], written in G Major and 2/4 time, was completed in October 1897. Primarily for tenors I and II, baritones and basses.
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Cançó de novembre [November Song], written in D Major (in the mixed choir version in C Major), in 6/8 time and finished in November 1897. It was for tenors I and II, baritones and basses.
The work for the month of December was not composed.
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Casals: Choir - Volume 5 (Els Mesos)
