A Symphony-Cantata after Texts from the Holy Scriptures
Bärenreiter Urtext
for | 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ |
Musical Editions | Piano reduction (Urtext edition) |
Item no. | 695978 |
Author / Composer | Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy |
Editor | John Michael Cooper |
Languages | german, english |
Scope | 128 pages; 19 × 27 cm |
Release year | 2020 |
Publisher / Producer | Bärenreiter |
Producer No. | BA 9092-90 |
ISMN | 9790006565801 |
For the first time the piano reduction includes Mendelssohn’s authorised version of the “Sinfonia”, based on the first edition of No. 1 for piano solo.
2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 - Timp - Org - Str
English Text by Charles Henry Monicke as approved by the composer
Mendelssohn’s contemporaries frequently mentioned his Hymn of Praise (Lobgesang) in the same breath as Beethoven’s Ninth – and often enough viewed it as an imitation. Mendelssohn authority John Michael Cooper, in his extensive Introduction to this new Urtext edition, shows that the comparison is completely unfounded: with this work Mendelssohn created a new genre to which he gave the name “symphony-cantata”. Later he added a secular counterpart with Die Erste Walpurgisnacht.
Drawing on all relevant sources, Cooper provides a detailed account of the genesis and structure of this monumental work. Rounding off his scholarly performing edition are notes on the work’s performance, e.g. tempo, articulation and dynamics.