Sechs Sprüche zum Kirchenjahr op. 79
In setting the texts, Mendelssohn made use of a style much like that of Palestrina as it was understood by the Cathedral organist Eduard August Grell who was interested in the revival of the motet, which, as historically an already trandscended genre, he sought to enrich with the stylistic means of his day.
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Composer
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
| 1809-1847
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Editor
Günter Graulich
| 1926The publisher, church musician and teacher Günter Graulich is one of the major personalities in German publishing of the post-war period. With his wife Waltraud he founded Carus-Verlag Stuttgart in 1972, which he built up from a 2-person family firm to a medium-sized business with around 60 employees. A trained church musician and Kantor for many years at the Matthäuskirche Stuttgart, he also directed the Motettenchor Stuttgart for 50 years. With his choir he made LP and CD recordings, and undertook numerous concert tours to other European countries and America. Personal details