This is the first printing of my little choral prelude on Christ the Life
of All the Living from 1983 on sturdy 105 pound
acid-free paper. 2 pages. This tune is known by two different names, and you
know one or the other because of your first association with it. If you
learned it through Bach’s
Orgelbüchlein, you know it
as
Alle Menschen müssen sterben, meaning “all men (mankind)
must die” but usually sung as “all men living are but mortal.” If you learned it
as a hymn, you probably know it as
Jesu, meines Lebens
Leben, translated by Catherine Winkworth as “Christ,
the life of all the living.” I used the version of the tune that
Bach used because it is simple and clearly understood in a a polyphonic
setting. Highest quality. Graphics below are reduced in size and quality
for faster loading. Quality guaranteed. Size of music is
9.5" x 12.5". $4.00.
Michael Johnston (b 1956) studied piano (Flora Neeley) and
composition (Michael Pittard) from early ages with the intent to learn the
organ. He is a graduate of Mars Hill College (Donna Nagey Robertson) and
Westminster Choir College (William Hays) and with John Apple began
Michael's
Music Service.
Christ the Life of All the Living has been his most often
performed piece of music. It is simple in form and harmony, contains no
page turns or registration changes, and it is somewhat brighter than the
typical music for Lent. The entire piece is moderately easy and requires
minimal scale and arpeggio skills.