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  [http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/hd_downloads.php?k=2&w=Schroeder%2C+H]
  Hermann Schroeder, ''In dulci jubilo,'' performed by James Welch [http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/hd_downloads.php?k=2&w=Schroeder%2C+H]


====Pay to Listen====
====Pay to Listen====

Revision as of 02:39, 17 January 2015

Background

"In Sweetest Rejoicing," commonly sung as "Good Christian Men, Rejoicing," is a traditional carol. The melody is played in the left hand with a lyrical descant singing above it. 
The Pedal contains a slow moving melodic fragment of the hymn tune "Vom Himmel hoch."[1]

Organ and Registration

For two manuals and pedal.

Fingering and Pedaling

The pedal notes consist of half and dotted-half notes that generally move by step or small interval, with a rest between each pedal note.

Articulation and Phrasing

Ornamentation

Tempo and Meter

The tempo indication is: Leicht und fröhlich bewegt.  The English translation is: Easily and cheerfully moved.
The meter is 6/4, alternating a couple times with 9/4.

Resources

Scores

Recordings

Free Online

Hermann Schroeder, In dulci jubilo, performed by James Welch [1]

Pay to Listen

Music for Christmas: James Welch in Concert at Stanford Memorial Church, MP3 Album $11.99 or purchase the single MP3 for Hermann Schroeder, In dulci jubilo, $0.99 [2]

Notes

  1. "A Page for the Part-Time Musician," Yeager, James A. The American Organist44.11 (Nov 2010): 54-55.