O komm, o komm, Emanuel (Verspoell) (Christoph Dalitz)

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CPDL #14836: with German Text:  with English Text: 

Editor: Christoph Dalitz (added 2007-09-07).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 52 kbytes   Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike

Edition notes: The edition includes an optional embellished version that can be sung by a smaller ensemble (one or two voices per part) alternating with simpler version for the full choir.

General Information

Title: O komm, o komm, Emanuel or O come, O come, Emmanuel
Composer: Christoph Dalitz

Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: SAB
Genre: Sacred, Chorales
Language: German
Instruments: a capella
Published: 1989

Description: Three part setting with an alternating cantus firmus between soprano and baritone. Note that this is not based on the well known 15th century melody of the "Veni Emanuel", but a newer melody by Verspoell.

Original text and translations

Both the German and English text version are based on the late medieval hymn Veni, veni Emanuel. The German translation is by C.B. Verspoell from 1810 and the English translation by J.M. Neale from 1851.