“Shchedrik,” a composition based on a Ukrainian Christmas melody, was first performed in 1916 by the Student Choir at the University of Kiev. Renamed “Carol of the Bells”, the piece has become immensely popular in the United States. Little information about the tumultuous life of the composer is available. The...
Straightforward arrangments that can be easily sight read. Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Lo, how a rose e'er blooming) En Natus est Emanuel (This Day Is Born Emanuel) Uns ist ein Kindlein heut geborn (A little child was born to us today) Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (How beautifully the...
Jacob Handl was Bohemia’s most famous Counter-Reformation musician. He was born Jakob Petelin in Reifnitz sometime between April 15 and July 31, 1550. Jacob Handl was the German form of his name. A devout Catholic, his life and music were burnished in the fire of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation. His early musical training...
