Lauda Sion, Op.73 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1846 (February 6).
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Misc. Notes Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków (PL-Kj): Mus. ms. autogr. Mendelssohn 41/1
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Editor Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 14A
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1874-82. Plate M.B. 94.
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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.[1846].
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Misc. Notes Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków (PL-Kj): Mus. ms. autogr. Mendelssohn 41/6
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Arranger Julius Rietz (1812–1877), piano reduction
Language Latin / German
Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, n.d.[1847]. Plate 9917
Reprinted Stuttgart: Carus-Verlag, 1982. Plate CV 40.077/03
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Arranger Julius Rietz (1812–1877), piano reduction
Language Latin / German
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d. Plate M.B.94.Kl.A.
Reprinted Wiesbaden, No.8271, 1982.
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Publisher. Info. London: Novello, n.d. Plate 8094.
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Work Title Lauda Sion
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Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.73 ; MWV A 24
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFM 73
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 8 sections:
  1. Lauda Sion Salvatorem (114 bars)
  2. Laudis thema specialis (69 bars)
  3. Sit laus plena (45 bars)
  4. In hac mensa (76 bars)
  5. Docti sacris institutis (82 bars)
  6. Sub diversis speciebus (58 bars)
  7. Caro cibus (65 bars)
  8. Sumit unus (213 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1845-46
First Performance. 1846-06-11 in Liège, St Martin's Basilica
First Publication. 1848/49 - Mainz // London
Librettist Thomas Aquinas
Language Latin / German
Average DurationAvg. Duration 26-27 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra
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SATB soli, SATB chorus
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings
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Written for the 600th anniversary of the first Corpus Christi celebrations in Liège, at the request of Belgian musician Henri-Gillaume-Marie-Jean-Pierre Magis-Ghysens.