Mitten wir im Leben sind, Op. 23, No. 3 (Felix Mendelssohn)

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• (Posted 2021-12-11)  CPDL #67109:       

Editor: Seth Engel (submitted 2021-12-11).   Score information: A4, 9 pages, 233 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: 8 staves per group. Aside from the note values and time signature being cut in half, the following edits have taken place:

• B1: m. 43-44 high D and E flat notes have been lowered down an octave

• A2: m. 61-62 and m. 137-138 “Kyrie” have been raised up an octave to match A1

• B1: m. 69-72 “Kyrie eleison” and m. 148-149 “Kyrie” have been lowered down an octave to match B2

• m. 197-198 Hairpin segments have been removed

• m. 226-229 Accents and swells have been removed

• (Posted 2021-11-09)  CPDL #66646:       

Editor: Seth Engel (submitted 2021-11-09).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 206 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: 4 staves per group. Aside from the note values and time signature being cut in half, the following edits have taken place:

• B1: m. 43-44 high D and E flat notes have been lowered down an octave

• A2: m. 61-62 and m. 137-138 “Kyrie” have been raised up an octave to match A1

• B1: m. 69-72 “Kyrie eleison” and m. 148-149 “Kyrie” have been lowered down an octave to match B2

• m. 197-198 Hairpin segments have been removed

• m. 226-229 Accents and swells have been removed

• (Posted 2011-07-28)  CPDL #24017:       

Editor: Robert Urmann (submitted 2011-07-28).   Score information: Executive, 14 pages, 376 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

• (Posted 2007-08-02)  CPDL #14651:     

Editor: Arie Fokkens (submitted 2007-08-02).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 284 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: partly condensed score: where possible written on 4 staves

Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: Lyric variation from other editions in measures 9 and 13. --Ab73 19:39, 1 February 2012 (CST) See the discussion page for full description.

• (Posted 2007-08-02)  CPDL #14652:   

Editor: Arie Fokkens (submitted 2007-08-02).   Score information: A4, 11 pages, 350 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: full 8-staff score

Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: Lyric variation from other editions in measures 9 and 13. --Ab73 19:39, 1 February 2012 (CST) See the discussion page for full description.

General Information

Title: Mitten wir im Leben sind, MWV B 21 (Op. 23, No. 3)
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Lyricist: Martin Luther, the first stanza from Media vita in morte sumus. Notker, A.D. 912

Number of voices: 8vv   Voicing: SSAATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: German
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1830 in Kirchenmusik, Op. 23, no. 3
    2nd published: Mendelssohn’s Werke, Vol. 14/B
Description: Text: Dr. Martin Luther’s Deutsche Geistliche Lieder. The Hymns of Martin Luther set to their original Melodies with an English version, ed. Leonard Woolsey Bacon and Nathan H. Allen (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1884).

External websites:

• digitized score at MDZ
• The Hymns of Martin Luther on The Online Library of Liberty

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Mitten wir im Leben sind.