Scheidt, Samuel: Nun komm der Heyden Heyland
for 8 voices or instruments in 2 choirs.
Samuel Scheidt´s double-choir setting of the Advent chorale “Nu(n) komm der Heiden Heiland” comes from his Cantiones Sacrae Octo Vocum, Hamburg, 1620. As in much of the music in his collection, Scheidt develops motives from the melody with great resourcefulness, without ever losing clarity of diction: melismas are used only where they will not obscure the melody. In the opening section the first phrase appears first in the cantus of chorus I, then the tenor of chorus II, then is developed in simple imitation in several parts.
The original note values have been retained throughout. A few editorial accidentals are printed small above the stave.
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