Lerchengesang, Op. 48, No. 4 (Felix Mendelssohn)

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• (Posted 2009-07-19)  CPDL #19798:   

Editor: Santiago Sebastián Suárez (submitted 2009-07-19).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 92 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Also available an edition of the whole Op. 48. Any suggestion or comment on this edition, please contact me through the email given in the pdf file. This edition can be distributed and copied. Not to be commercially used. [Updated 2011-01-12. Errors fixed]

• (Posted 2002-07-12)  CPDL #03837:        (Finale 2001)

Editor: David K. Means (submitted 2002-07-12).   'Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 144 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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• (Posted 1999-05-22)  CPDL #00245:        (Finale 1998)

Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 1999-05-22).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 61 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Lerchengesang, Op. 48, No. 4
Work: Sechs Lieder, Op. 48
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: German
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1840 in Der erste Frühlingstag Op. 48, no. 4
    2nd published: 1868 in Sammlung von Volksgesängen für den gemischten Chor (Ignaz Heim), no. 225
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Original text and translations

German text Lerchengesang Wie lieblicher Klang, o Lerche, dein Sang! er hebt sich, er schwingt sich in Wonne. Du nimmst mich von hier, ich singe mit dir, wir steigen durch Wolken zur Sonne.

English translation Lark's Song How lovely a sound, O lark, your song! It rises, it soars in bliss. You take me from here, I sing with you, We ascend through the clouds to the sun.