Mendelssohn: Psalm 42 - "Wie der Hirsch schreit", Op. 42
MWV A 15
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- Composer: Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
- Instrumentation: SATB Choir, Orchestra
- Work: Wie der Hirsch schreit (Psalm 42), MWV A 15, Op. 42
- Work Language: German
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- Size: 7.5 x 10.6 inches
- Pages: 56
Description
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, who was so frequently self-critical, apparently held his setting of the 42nd Psalm in very high esteem, as can be inferred from a letter of 5 August 1837 to Breitkopf & Härtel. The composers wish was fulfilled: after a fundamental expansion of the work and the first performance of this final version on 8 February 1838 at Leipzigs Gewandhaus, the 42nd Psalm was first printed that same year by Breitkopf & Härtel.