6 Chorales, Op. 11

Description

Six organ chorales : based on old German religious folk songs, Opus 11


Schroeder's main accomplishments as a composer were in Catholic church music, where he attempted to break free of the lingering monopoly held by Romantic music. His works are characterized by the employment of medieval elements such as Gregorian chant, modal scales, and fauxbourdon which he combined with quintal and quartal harmonies and 20th-century polyphonic linear, sometimes atonal writing similar to that of Paul Hindemith. His catalog includes much organ music as well as folk-song settings, German settings of the Ordinary and Proper of the Mass, and chamber music (especially with the organ).

Contents:
• Es flog ein Täublein weiße (Advent)
• In dulci jubilo (Weihnachten)
• In stiller Nacht (Fastenzeit)
• Christ ist erstanden (Ostern)
• Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist (Pfingsten)
• Schönster Herr Jesu (Das Jahr hindurch)