Format : Sheet music
Description Anthem for soprano solo, SATB chorus and organ. English words by William Bartholomew. Songlist Hear My Prayer
SKU: HL.49020883
ISBN 9783254002433. German.
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy gehort zu den Komponisten, deren Rang nicht immer nach unvoreingenommenen Massstaben bestimmt wurde und die einem Schubladendenken zum Opfer fielen. In jungerer Zeit allerdings entdecken kompetente Autoren bislang unberucksichtigt gebliebene Aspekte seines Wirkens, ohne die so mancher musikgeschichtliche Strang nicht hatte fortgefuhrt werden konnen.Mit neuen Kapiteln uber Mendelssohns Erziehung zum burgerlichen nichtjudischen Menschen, uber die kompositorische Wechselwirkung zwischen den Geschwistern Felix und Fanny, uber die Bedeutung der Sonntagsmusiken im Hause der Mendelssohns auf die kompositorische Entwicklung Felix', sowie neuen asthetischen und sozialhistorischen Erkenntnissen, aktualisierter Diskographie und aktualisiertem Werkverzeichnis unter Berucksichtigung der Funde neuer Autographe.
SKU: BR.SON-437
ISBN 9790004803158. 10 x 12.5 inches.
Nine variegated Sacred Vocal Works with Orchestra by Mendelssohn have been compiled in this volume. They stem not only from various creative phases of the composer, but also in view of their vocal settings show up marked differences and thus reflect the variety of Mendelssohns creative oeuvre. One shared aspect is that all nine works remained unprinted during the composers lifetime. Only the Lauda Sion achieved celebrity; it was published with the posthumously attributed opus number 73 and took its place next to other choral works by Mendelssohn already in the 19th century. Now published within the Mendelssohn Complete Edition, it boasts a text-critically revised score available in many cases for the first time, and from which impulses for musical practice are sure to arise.
SKU: BR.SON-419
ISBN 9790004803059. 10 x 12.5 inches.
The year 1828 was a Durer Year (300th anniversary of death), and the Berlin Durer Festival was looking for a suitable composer to write the festival cantata. The renowned Carl Friedrich Zelter turned down the offer and recommended his pupil instead, the 18-year-old Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. He accepted, and, within a few weeks, the Festmusik MWV D1, was finished, his first full-scored sacred vocal work. Mendelssohns Festmusik subsequently fell into oblivion despite its much-applauded world premiere. The specific context and the rather wooden libretto most likely proved too prohibitive even though the young composer had given his best. This can now be confirmed for the first time by consulting the new printed edition.
