German composer Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) created one of the most beloved works in the operatic repertoire when he transformed a favorite Brothers Grimm fairy tale into his operatic masterpiece,

German composer Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) created one of the most beloved works in the operatic repertoire when he transformed a favorite Brothers Grimm fairy tale into his operatic masterpiece,

This work for eight-part double choir, composed in 1878, is one of Rheinberger's most admired works of unaccompanied choral music. Mostly homophonic in texture, it employs polyphony to highlight specific