Solo voices, SATB double chorus, piano or organ - Grade 3 SKU: CA.2331150
The Seven Words of Christ on the Cross. Composed by Charles Francois Gounod. Edited by Hazel Rowland. Carus digital: Extra digital products. Full Score. Composed 1855. CG 147. 24 pages. Duration 15 minutes. Carus Verlag #2331150. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2331150). ISBN 9790007301712. Latin.
Spoken during his final hours, the “seven words” have been taken as a profound insight into Jesus‘s final suffering on the cross. These words, or rather statements, have been set by numerous composers in different languages. Charles Gounod’s setting of The Seven Words of Christ on the Cross returns to the Latin text and explicitly recalls the music of Palestrina, but with an added nineteenth-century harmonic twist. The edition of this a cappella work comes with a piano reduction for rehearsal purposes. Score available separately - see item CA.2331100.
