Mendelssohn: Psalm 114 - "Da Israel aus Ägypten zog", MWV A 17, Op. 51
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- Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
- Instrumentation: SATB Choir, Orchestra
- Work: Psalm 114 ("Da Israel aus Ägypten zog"), MWV A 17, Op. 51
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- Size: 9.1 x 12.0 inches
- Pages: 40
- Urtext / Critical Edition
Description
"I had really become especially fond of this piece, although it is hardly appropriate for the so-called public; but I liked it...", wrote Mendelssohn about his setting of Psalm CXIV.
Felix set the 114th Psalm to music during a summer holiday in Horchheim near Koblenz in 1839. After the world premiere at the Leipzig Gewandhaus, he subjected the score to a thorough revision, altered all the tempo markings and, above all, added a considerable amount of new measures. The result satisfied even the notoriously self-critical Mendelssohn: "I had really become particularly fond of this piece, even though it is hardly appropriate for the so-called public; but I liked it…"
Mendelssohn: Psalm 114 - "Da Israel aus Ägypten zog", MWV...
