By Ruth Elaine Schram. For 2-part choir, any combination of voices (with optional triangle, mark tree, finger cymbals). Sacred Anthem: Christmas, Epiphany. Octavo. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company

SSA choir, organ - Level 2

SKU: CA.4070310

Aus: Drei Motetten. Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Edited by Gunter Graulich. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Mendelssohn. German title: Veni Domine. Sacred, Motets; Stuttgart Urtext editions; Use during church year: Advent. Full score. Composed 1830. Op. 39, No. 1, MWV B 24. Duration 4 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 40.703/10. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.4070310).

ISBN 9790007076818. Key: G minor. Language: Latin/English.

Insp iration for the Three Motets op. 39 was a visit to the romanesque church of Trinita dei Monti. On 20 Dec 1830 Mendelssohn wrote to his parents: The French nuns sing there, and it is wonderfully lovely. ... Now, one should know one more thing: that one is not allowed to see the singers. Therefore I have come to an unusual decision: I will compose something for their voices, which I rememer exactly.... Score available separately - see item CA.4070300.