This Passion oratorio Gethsemane und Golgatha was premiered on Good Friday, 29 March 1839, in the Dessau Castle and City Church under the composers direction. Schneider himself took utmost control of how his work was to be used and also most effectively involved the listening congregation in the performances by using for the chorales melodies that were sufficiently familiar from the worship service. At the same time, he points out that the work was to be performed only in an ecclesiastical context. Purely as a Passion oratorio, Gethsemane und Golgatha fits in between the Johann Sebastian Bach Passions and Carl Loewes Das Shnopfer des neuen Bundes.

Publisher

Breitkopf & Härtel

Composer

Friedrich Schneider

Instrument

Voice

Format

Vocal Score

Pages

96

ISBN

9790004186305

Stock code

EB32004

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