Quodlibet  on
Brother James Air & Mit Freuden Zart
in rondo with
Aria on St. James

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Notes

The carillon setting of Quodlibet on Brother James’ Air and Mit Freuden Zart ― in rondo with Aria on St. James ― sets three familiar hymn tunes. Brother James’ Air comes from Scotland; written by James Leith MacBeth Bain, or ‘Brother James'’, as an accompaniment for the 23rd Psalm, it was first printed in London in 1915. Originally titled Marosa to honor the seventh daughter of a friend whom he had christened, Bain's melody eventually came to be known by its present name. The melody of Mit Freuden zart is derived from “Une pastourelle  gentille,” 1529; its adaptation first appeared in Pseaumes cinquante de Davide, 1547, and again in Kirchengeseng darinnen die Heubtartickel des Christlichen Glaubens gefasset, 1566. The quodlibet simultaneously combines these two hymn tunes in two registers, accompanied by loosely imitative counterpoint. The pedal part is minimal, used to assist the manuals for occasional sustained pitches. The aria on St. James provides a gentle arrangement of a hymn tune composed by Raphael Courteville (d. 1735); it offers a gentle setting in both minor and major modes before returning to an abbreviated presentation of the preceding quodlibet.

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