Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Schumann: Ein Choral (From Album für die Jugend, Op. 68)

 

I've been recording a series of chorales by Carl Nielsen by multi-tracking my Moog, and initially, I thought of doing the same with the chorale from Schumann's Album für die Jugend, but I ended up learning it on my keyboard without having to use multi-tracking.  (It's probably better this way, anyway.)  There's an-other piece from the Album für die Jugend (Kleine Studie, No. 14) on the Hohner Pianet demonstration record, so I felt I had to do this one.  I also used a tremolo effect, which was available on some of the Pianet models (notably the N, which is the basis for Nord's Pianet sample).

I don't know if this is anything more than coincidence, but the intervals of the melody (not so much the rhythm) are very similar to the hymn tune "Freu dich sehr," probably best known as the tune to which "Comfort, Comfort Ye My People" is sung.