Sechs Spruche zum Kirchenjahr op. 79
by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn
Score - Sheet Music

Item Number: 531389
5 out of 5 Customer Rating
$12.95
Order On Demand
  • Ships in 2 to 3 weeks

Taxes/VAT calculated at checkout.

Share Share

SKU: CA.4012700

Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Edited by Gunter Graulich. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Mendelssohn. German title: Sechs Spruche. Sacred, Motets, Psalms, German; Stuttgart Urtext editions; Occasions: Praise and thanks; Use during church year: Advent, Lent and Passiontide, Ascension, New Year, Holy Week, Christmas. Full score. 24 pages. Carus Verlag #CV 40.127/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.4012700).

ISBN 9790007062545.

In setting the texts, Mendelssohn made use of a style much like that of Palestrina as it was understood by the Cathedral organist Eduard August Grell who was interested in the revival of the motet, which, as historically an already trandscended genre, he sought to enrich with the stylistic means of his day.

  • Lasset uns frohlocken, Op. 79 no. 1 (Let ua all be joyful) - G-Dur/G major
  • Frohlocket, ihr Volker auf Erden, Op. 79 no. 2 (Rejoice, O ye lands and ye peoples) - G-Dur/G major
  • Herr Gott, du bist unsre Zuflucht fur und fur, Op. 79 no. 3 (O Lord, thou art our strong refuge) - d-Moll/D minor
  • Herr, gedenke nicht unsrer ubeltaten, Op. 79 no. 4 (Lord, take no remembrance of our misdoings) - d-Moll/D minor
  • Um unsrer Sunden willen, Op. 79 no. 5 (Because of our transgressions) - e-Moll/E minor
  • Erhaben, o Herr, uber alles Lob, Op. 79 no. 6 (Exalted, O Lord, over all our praise) - B-Dur/B-flat major