Word: herrn
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Schutz' Jauchzet dem Herren, was a little square, for the performers ignored Schutz' constant shifts of meter. But the anti-phonal choruses had an excitement in their tone and enunciation, and gave a bouvancy to their lines, that prefigured the best qualities of the concert. Bach's Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, however, was disappointing in just these respects. The tempo was too slow, the words were totally inaudible in the women's parts, and the sopranos lost their nerve half-way through. Their tone lost all conviction, and the pitch, already shaky, deteriorated...
...September 27, the German, or at least the West German, character was laid bare to me, when I bought what has yet to be recognized as one of the more influential volumes of our time: German--unassuming title--by the two greatest students of national numina since Hegel, Herrn Helmut Rehder and Freeman Twaddell...