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Email to PurchaseThe Vanities of Life, op. 30
Official edition of "The Vanities of Life, op. 30" by Miklós Rózsa, published by Breitkopf & Härtel (9790004414033), scored for 混声合唱 女高音，女中音，男高音，男低音, Organ 可选的. Edition includes 1 part, 72 pages.
- Composer
- Miklós Rózsa
- Publisher
- Breitkopf & Härtel
- Catalog No.
- 9790004414033
- Opus
- op. 30
- Instrumentation
- 混声合唱 女高音，女中音，男高音，男低音, Organ 可选的
- Instruments
- Specifications
- 1 parts · 72 pages (Single Score)
- Purchase Orders
- cdiyao@gmail.com (Email to Purchase)
Parts & Score Materials
| Part Name | Instrument | Pages |
|---|---|---|
| 混声合唱 女高音，女中音，男高音，男低音, Organ 可选的 | Chorus, Organ | 72 pages |
Work & Edition Details
The motet “The Vanities of Life” op. 30 was written by Miklós Rózsa in 1964 as a commissioned work for the Pacific Lutheran University Choir in Tacoma, Washington. The choir performed the work for the first time in the same year, together with the motet “To Everything There Is a Season” op. 21, composed in 1945, which is also based on a text from the Book of Ecclesiastes. In the edition published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1967, Rózsa therefore recommends performing the two works together in concert.
The work is also about fifteen minutes long and similar in style and expressiveness to the earlier motet, with the voices often divided into two parts each. Rózsa himself, however, describes it as harmonically more demanding, which is why a well-trained choir is also required here. An organ accompaniment is set ad lib. to support the choir, and the edition also contains the German text, which was added later.
