Seven Last Words of Christ, Hob. XX/1B
Haydn Complete Edition with critical report, Series XXVII, Vol. 2
by Franz Joseph Haydn
Choir - Sheet Music

Choral

SKU: HL.51485823

Haydn Complete Edition with critical report, Series XXVII, Vol. 2. Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn. Edited by Heide Volckmar-Waschk. Complete Edition. Paperbound. Henle Complete Edition. Classical, German Edition, Sacred. Softcover. 156 pages. G. Henle #HN5823. Published by G. Henle (HL.51485823).

ISBN 9790201858234. UPC: 888680891718. 6.75x9.5 inches.

Written entirely in German.

When Haydn stopped in Passau on his second journey to England, he heard a vocal version of his own orchestral work “The Seven Last Words.” It had been made by the Kapellmeister at Passau cathedral Joseph Friebert and Haydn was quite impressed – except: “I believe I could have done the voice parts better.” He acquired a copy and set about making his own vocal version, taking over most of the text. Haydn particularly liked his own vocal work and it was also enthusiastically received by his contemporaries. The study edition is based on the volume (HN 5822) published as part of the Complete Edition by the Joseph Haydn Institute in Cologne.