Herzlich tut mich erfreuen by Michael Praetorius
Here's a quick and absolutely wonderful song for the day. It's not exactly a chorale--
it's a contrafactum (re-texting) of a chorale. (Or perhaps the other way around.)
It's topical (about the delights of summer); it has a great, catchy melody;
the harmonization (by Michael Praetorius) is perfect; and the recording (by Stimmwerck) is pure gold!
Here's a quick and absolutely wonderful song for the day. It's not exactly a chorale--
it's a contrafactum (re-texting) of a chorale. (Or perhaps the other way around.)
It's topical (about the delights of summer); it has a great, catchy melody;
the harmonization (by Michael Praetorius) is perfect; and the recording (by Stimmwerck) is pure gold!