Wer sich die Musik erkiest for VMAC 70th Anniversary - CHORUS ONLY

"Wer sich die Musik erkiest" for Chorus and Orchestra
in celebration of the 70th Anniversary of
Vermont Music and Arts Center (VMAC), 2024
(in this Chorus-only video, rests are cut out, to save time; Choral Books have instrumental cues for the rests)
music by Randa Kirshbaum
Lyrics by Erdmann Neumeister, 1707
Wer sich die Musik erkiest
Hat ein himmlisch’ Gut bekommen,
Denn ihr erster Ursprung ist
Von dem Himmel hergenommen...
Weil die Engel ingemein
Selber Musikanten seyn.
- Erdmann Neumeister, 1707
Whosoever chooses music for themselves
Has received a heavenly gift,
Since from its beginnings
Music flowed down from heaven itself...
For, in truth, angels
Were the first musicians.
- translation by Rolf Schulte
Poem read by native German speaker:
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