Work Title
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Festgesang
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Alternative. Title
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Festgesang für Männerchor und Orchester, WoO 9
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Composer
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Mendelssohn, Felix
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Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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WoO 9, MWV D 4
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IFM 38
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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4 sections:
- Choral. Begeht mit heil’gem Lobgesang (34 bars)
- Lied. Vaterland, in deinen Gauen (46 bars)
- Allegro molto. Der Herr, der sprach: Es werde Licht! (145 bars)
- Choral. Heil ihm! Heil uns! (16 bars)
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1840
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First Performance.
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1840-06-24 in Leipzig, open air (Gutenberg-Festival)
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First Publication.
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1840 - Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel
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Librettist
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Adolf Eduard Prölss (1803-1882)
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Language
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German
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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Piece Style
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Romantic
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Instrumentation
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male chorus, 2 brass choirs
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InstrDetail
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[more...] 'Voices: male chorus (TTBB) Brass Choir I: 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, ophicleide, timpani Brass Choir II: 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani
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Related Works
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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing by William Hayman Cummings
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External Links
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Wikipedia article
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Extra Information
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In 1855 the English organist William Hayman Cummings adapted part of the second movement to Charles Wesley’s Christmas hymn text, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.
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