Orchestra SSATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoo...(+)
Orchestra SSATB vocal
soli, SATB choir, 2
flutes, 2 oboes, 2
clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2
horns, 2 trumpets,
timpani, 2 violins,
viola, cello/contrabass -
Grade 3
SKU:
CA.4048314
Composed
by Felix Bartholdy
Mendelssohn. Edited by
Pietro Zappala. This
edition: urtext.
Stuttgart Urtext Edition:
Mendelssohn.
Violoncello/double bass.
Innovative practice aids,
Sacred vocal music, Mass
sections, Christmas.
Single Part, Cello/Double
Bass. Composed 1821/22.
MWV A 1. 8 pages.
Duration 21 minutes.
Carus Verlag #CV
40.483/14. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.4048314).
ISBN
9790007218799. Key: E
flat major. Language:
Latin.
The Gloria,
composed in early 1822 at
the age of 13, is
Mendelssohn's first
creative venture in the
field of church music on
a larger scale. It is a
direct result of his
composition studies under
the director of the
Berlin Singakademie Carl
Friedrich Zelter, but was
no longer wholly a
student work because the
young composer hoped that
Zelter would provide him
with an opportunity to
perform this work with
the Singakademie. The
enthusiasm for Handel and
Bach which was sustained
by the performances at
the Singakademie
influenced Mendelssohn's
early creative style. In
the Gloria Mendelssohn
sought to emulate the
model of the large-scale
baroque cantata. The
concluding fugue, the
mysterious Qui tollis and
lyrical solos ensembles
in the place of solo
arias give testimony to
Mendelssohn's great
talent and willingness to
experiment. Score and
part available separately
- see item
CA.4048300.