Shepherds’ Farewell

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Shepherds’ Farewell is a gentle, pastoral chorus from Hector Berlioz’s oratorio *L’Enfance du Christ*, depicting the shepherds bidding goodbye to the Holy Family.

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Shepherds’ Farewell canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral work ⓘ
chorus ⓘ
accompaniment chamber orchestra ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
associatedWith Holy Family ⓘ
shepherds ⓘ
basedOn biblical narrative of the Holy Family ⓘ
catalogueNumber H.130 (as part of L’Enfance du Christ) ⓘ
commonUse Christmas concerts ⓘ
church services at Christmas ⓘ
composer Hector Berlioz ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
depicts shepherds bidding farewell to the Holy Family ⓘ
emotionalCharacter consoling ⓘ
tender ⓘ
firstPerformanceContext within the oratorio L’Enfance du Christ ⓘ
genre oratorio chorus ⓘ
pastoral ⓘ
sacred music ⓘ
hasForm strophic-like chorus ⓘ
hasInstrumentation chorus SATB ⓘ
strings ⓘ
woodwinds ⓘ
hasKey F major ⓘ
isFrequentlyRecorded true ⓘ
isPopularExcerptFrom L’Enfance du Christ ⓘ
language French ⓘ
liturgicalContext Christmas ⓘ
movementOf L’Enfance du Christ ⓘ
notableFeature homophonic choral writing ⓘ
lyrical melodic lines ⓘ
soft orchestral accompaniment ⓘ
partOf L’Enfance du Christ ⓘ
period 19th century ⓘ
style Romantic ⓘ
subject Flight into Egypt ⓘ
Nativity of Jesus ⓘ
linked to: Nativity of Christ
tempoCharacter gentle ⓘ
pastoral ⓘ
textAuthor Hector Berlioz ⓘ
timeSignature 3/4 ⓘ
titleInFrench L’Adieu des bergers ⓘ
typicalDuration about 4 minutes ⓘ
vocalForces mixed chorus ⓘ

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L’Enfance du Christ → includesMovement → Shepherds’ Farewell ⓘ