| Composition Year | 2019 |
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| Genre Categories | Sacred songs; Religious works; Songs; |
Complete Score (English) [B]
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| Work Title | Bei stiller Nacht a 4 |
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| Alternative. Title | In quiet night a4 |
| Composer | Dalitz, Christoph |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | None [force assignment] |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 2019 |
| First Publication. | 2019 |
| Librettist | Friedrich von Spee (1591–1635) (German) Composer (English) Terry MacArthur (English) |
| Language | German, English |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Modern |
| Piece Style | Renaissance |
| Instrumentation | mixed choir (SATB) a capella |
| External Links | music.dalitio.de |
| Extra Information | A song describing Christ's prayer in the garden Gethsemane before his suffering. The setting uses the original melody as a cantus firmus. Of the original 15 stanzas, six are selected such that the duo in the middle stanzas represents Christ, and the four part choir represents a commenter. |