SKU: CA.323150

ISBN 9790007178185. Key: E minor. Language: German.

SKU: CA.213100

ISBN 9790007142544.

SKU: GI.G-6851

UPC: 785147685104. English, German. Text Source: Trier Gesangbuch, 1847, st. 1 tr. Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., alt., st. 2 tr. Ronald F. Krisman.

A unison carol in German and English scored for unison choir, two violins, and a viola. The strings provide a lot of movement. Very festive. The instrumental parts, which add a festive character to the piece, are flexible: three violins, flute and two violins, flute or violin, violin and viola. It is possible to play the three instrumental parts on the organ, soft flute 8' and 4' are suggested. —William Tortolano.

SKU: CA.1232505

ISBN 9790007161026.

Score available separately - see item CA.1232500.

SKU: BT.DMP9220

SKU: CA.211605

ISBN 9790007094256.

Collection available separately - see item CA.211600.

SKU: CA.300400

ISBN 9790007097974.

SKU: CA.211505

ISBN 9790007094249.

Collection available separately - see item CA.211500.

SKU: CA.961105

ISBN 9790007111199.

Collection available separately - see item CA.961100.

SKU: CA.1241505

ISBN 9790007028190.

Score available separately - see item CA.1241500.

SKU: CA.202200

ISBN 9790007097844.

SKU: CA.209850

ISBN 9790007095581.

Score available separately - see item CA.209800.

SKU: CA.316390

ISBN 9790007154318.

SKU: BR.SON-442

ISBN 9790004803509. 10 x 12.5 inches.

This volume contains three reworkings and orchestrations of religious works by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy which were originally set for smaller ensembles (solo voices, four-part chorus and organ). They were composed at different times and for different occasions, two of them as commissions. The anthem ,,Why, o Lord, delay forever MWV A 19 was originally the sacred vocal piece MWV B 33, published in England in 1841 with the additional title ,,[…] The Thirteenth Psalm, and in Germany in the same year as ,,Lass, o Herr, mich Hilfe finden with the title ,,Drei geistliche Lieder which was composed at the suggestion of the English literature and music lover Charles B. Broadley who also provided the paraphrase of the psalm text. After Mendelssohn had refused an initial request by Broadley to furnish the anthem post festum with an organ prelude, the composer did not want to turn down a second request to orchestrate the work and he even expanded the existing material with a lengthy closing fugue involving additional trumpets and timpani. The ,,Ave Maria MWV B 19 was written in connection with Mendelssohn's appointment as municipal music director, a position which at the same time included the responsibility for the musical organization of church services. The instrumentation of the work with an accompaniment of two clarinets and two bassoons as well as low strings was due to the fact that the organ in Dusseldorf's principal church St. Lambertus was out of order for an extended period of time, and Mendelssohn considered this solution explicitly only as a surrogate for the organ should there be none. A further psalm paraphrase in English, this time by William Bartholomew, of the hymn ,,Hear my prayer MWV B 49 was set to music in early 1844; the orchestration of the organ part commissioned by the distinguished Dublin musician Joseph Robinson was not completed until 1847 so that the premiere finally only took place after Mendelssohn's death. In the further course of the century ,,Hear my prayer would, particularly in the version with organ accompaniment, come to enjoy great popularity in Great Britain and Ireland.