The Vanities of Life Op. 30
Motet
[mix ch,(org)] duration: 15′ To be published late janvier 2026
Description
The motet “The Vanities of Life” op. 30 was written by Miklós Rózsa in 1964 as a commissioned work for the Pacific Lutheran University Choir in Tacoma, Washington. The choir performed the work for the first time in the same year, together with the motet “To Everything There Is a Season” op. 21, composed in 1945, which is also based on a text from the Book of Ecclesiastes. In the edition published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1967, Rózsa therefore recommends performing the two works together in concert.
The work is also about fifteen minutes long and similar in style and expressiveness to the earlier motet, with the voices often divided into two parts each. Rózsa himself, however, describes it as harmonically more demanding, which is why a well-trained choir is also required here. An organ accompaniment is set ad lib. to support the choir, and the edition also contains the German text, which was added later.
ChB 5402
choral score
EAN: 9790004414033
68 pages / 19 x 27 cm / 205 g / stapled
ChB 5402D
choral score
EAN: 9790004823989
69 pages / 19 x 27 cm / digital edition
Description
Description
The motet “The Vanities of Life” op. 30 was written by Miklós Rózsa in 1964 as a commissioned work for the Pacific Lutheran University Choir in Tacoma, Washington. The choir performed the work for the first time in the same year, together with the motet “To Everything There Is a Season” op. 21, composed in 1945, which is also based on a text from the Book of Ecclesiastes. In the edition published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1967, Rózsa therefore recommends performing the two works together in concert.
The work is also about fifteen minutes long and similar in style and expressiveness to the earlier motet, with the voices often divided into two parts each. Rózsa himself, however, describes it as harmonically more demanding, which is why a well-trained choir is also required here. An organ accompaniment is set ad lib. to support the choir, and the edition also contains the German text, which was added later.