Vaterland, in deinen Gauen (Felix Mendelssohn)

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• (Posted 2021-03-06)  CPDL #63325:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2021-03-06).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 126 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Series 15, ca. 1885.

General Information

Title: Vaterland, in deinen Gauen
Larger work: Festgesang zum Gutenbergfest, WoO 9
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Lyricist: Felix Mendelssohn

Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: TB
Genre: Secular, Lied

Language: German
Instruments: Brass ensemble: 2 trumpets, 2 horns in C, 2 horns in G, 3 trombones, Ophecleide

First published: 1840
    2nd published: ca. 1885 in Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Series 15
Description: Part 2 of Festgesäng zum Gutenbergfest, WoO 9, written for the celebrations to mark the 400th anniversary of the invention of printing with movable type by Johannes Gutenberg, for performance in Leipzig.

See also:

• Hark! the herald angels sing, derived from this song.
  

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Festgesäng zum Gutenbergfest, WoO 9 (Felix Mendelssohn).