Joseph Eybler: Sperate in Deo, Gradual, HV 41

This gradual – catalogued as HV 41 by Herrmann – was
composed by the Viennese Hofkapellmeister
Joseph Eybler in 1822 together with the Missa Sti. Ferdinandi (HV 26)
for the celebration of the birthdays of the two majesties. Both Emperor Franz I.
as well as his wife, Empress Karoline Auguste, were born on the same day
(February 8) and typically celebrated the occasion among other festivities with a
festive mass on the following sunday. As in most years, Hofkapellmeister Eybler
composed a new mass for this service, together with an appropriate gradual and
offertory.

According to the archives of the Hofkapelle, the gradual was
performed more than 30 times during the remainder of the 19th century in
the Hofkapelle at the imperial court in Vienna.

Several reviews by the leading weekly music magazines of the time testify to its
popularity. For instance, the (Leipzig) "Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung"
(AMZ No.30, October 3, 1827) wrote:

»The gradual:
Sperate in Deo, omnis congregation populi (Andante con moto, C major, alla breve)
is an exquisitely well-sounding chorus, full of the purest harmonies, through which
the oboe concertante is charmingly meandering like a silver ribbon.«

Composer

Joseph Eybler (1765-1846)

Subtitle

Graduale, HV 41

Catalogue number

HV 41

Scoring

Coro SATB, Org, 2Vl, Va, Vc/Cb, 2Ob, 2Fag, 2Cor, 2Trb, Tim

Key

C-Dur

Editor

Reinhold Kainhofer

Publisher

Edition Kainhofer, Vienna

Language

Latin

Year

1823

Score information

Urtext

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