Begrüßung, MWV D 2 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	7 sections
Composition Year	1828
Genre Categories	Secular cantatas; Cantatas; For 2 voices, male chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring male chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; German language

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Clarinets 1, 2 (A)
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Timpani
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Cellos
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Cello solo
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Basses
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Work Title	Begrüßung
Alternative. Title	Humboldt-Kantate (for male chorus and winds)
Composer	Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	MWV D 2
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IFM 11
Key	D major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	7 sections: 1. Chorus: Willkommen rufen wir euch froh entgegen (55 bars) 1a. Recitative (bass): Aus alter grauser Nacht (46 bars) 2. Chorus: Laut tobt des wilden Krampfes Wut (101 bars) 3. Recitative (tenor): Halt ein! (7 bars) 4. Arioso (tenor): Da bricht des Lichtes wunderbare Klarheit (34 bars) 5. Chorus and Tenor solo: Jetzt wirken und schaffen (139 bars) 6. Recitative (bass and tenor): Und wie der große Bau der Welt (18 bars) 7. Chorus: Ja segne Herr, was wir bereiten (147 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1828
First Performance.	1828-09-18 in Berlin
First Publication.	1930 - Leipzig
Librettist	Ludwig Rellstab (1799-1860)
Language	German
Average DurationAvg. Duration	25 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	male choir and solos, low orchestra
InstrDetail	Voices: tenor, bass; male choir (TTBB) Orchestra: 2 clarinets (A), 2 horns (D), 2 trumpets (D), timpani, cellos, basses
External Links	Wikipedia article (German)

Composed at the request of Alexander von Humboldt for the opening ceremony of a conference of naturalists and medics held in Berlin in 1828.