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Leise rieselt der Schnee
German Folksong (arr. Wieland Welzel)
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General Info
Year: 1895 /
Duration: c. 2:10
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Song
Publisher: Unpublished
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
Full Score
Timpani I-II
Percussion I-VI (6 players)
(percussion detail desired)
Chorus
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Leise rieselt der Schnee is one of the most famous Christmas songs in the German language. It was composed in 1895 in Graudenz by the Protestant pastor Eduard Ebel (1839-1905) and published under the title Weihnachtsgruß in his volume Gesammelte Gedichte. The composition of the melody is also often attributed to Ebel, but this statement is uncertain and apparently unsupported, especially since Ebel's own publication contains only the text. According to other sources, the melody is a folk tune, which Ebel himself possibly adopted for his song. Other sources again suggest that the melody is based on a musette (1792) by Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750-1813); however, the similarity of the melodies only applies to the first one and a half bars.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Berliner Philharmoniker (Germany) Percussion Section – 2 December 2018
Works for Winds by This Arranger
- Brazileira (as arranger) (1937/?)
- Leise rieselt der Schnee (as arranger) (1895/?)
Resources
- Leise rieselt der Schnee, Wikipedia. Accessed 24 November 2020