First published with the text in the Cologne Gesangbuch of 1599 (see above), ES IST EIN ROS is a rounded bar form tune (AABA). The tune has characteristics of a Renaissance madrigal; it invites performance by an unaccompanied choir so that all the fine part writing and subtle rhythms can be clearly…
Display Title: I know a rose-tree springing Forth from an ancient rootFirst Line: I know a rose-tree springing Forth from an ancient rootTune Title: ES IST EIN' ROS'Meter: 7.6.7.6.6.7.6Date: 2019Subject: Advent 2 | Epistle; Christmas 1 | Gospel; Jesus | Incarnation ofSource: Speier Gebetbuch, 1599; tr. The Hymnal (1940)
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