Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 – 1847)
Hymn of Praise Op. 52 MWV A 18
Symphony-Cantata Breitkopf Urtext Edition
3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
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Details
- For
- 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
- Product Type
- Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
- Author / Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
- Editor
- Wulf Konold
- Product number
- 229353
- Languages
- german, english
Description
solos: SST – choir: SATB(SATB) – 2.2.2.2 – 4.2.3.0 – timp – org – str
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy was commissioned by the city of Leipzig to write the Symphony Cantata Lobgesang for the 400th anniversary of the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg. The work was given its first performance in Leipzigs Thomaskirche on 25 June 1840. Another performance took place at the Birmingham Music Festival on 23 September 1840.
The composer created a hybrid genre here, a formal designa...