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==Music files==
==Music files==
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*{{PostedDate|2021-11-09}} {{CPDLno|66646}} [[Media:Mitten wir im Leben Sind Felix Mendelssohn.pdf|{{pdf}}]]
{{Editor|Seth Engel|2021-11-09}}{{ScoreInfo|Unknown||}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
:{{EdNotes|Editor’s notes: Aside from the note values and time signature being cut in half, the following edits have taken place:
:*B1: All of m. 43 and the first note of m. 44 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}}


*{{CPDLno|24017}} [{{filepath:Mendelssohn-Kirchenmusik-op23-3.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Mendelssohn-Kirchenmusik-op23-3.mid}} {{mid}}]  
*{{PostedDate|2011-07-28}} {{CPDLno|24017}} [[Media:Mendelssohn-Kirchenmusik-op23-3.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:Mendelssohn-Kirchenmusik-op23-3.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:Mendelssohn-Kirchenmusik-op23-3.mxl|{{XML}}]]
{{Editor|Robert Urmann|2011-07-28}}{{ScoreInfo|Executive|14|376}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
{{Editor|Robert Urmann|2011-07-28}}{{ScoreInfo|Executive|14|376}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
:'''Edition notes:'''
:{{EdNotes|}}
{{ScoreError|Lyric variation from other editions in measures 9 and 13. --[[User:Ab73|Ab73]] 19:39, 1 February 2012 (CST)}}


*{{CPDLno|14651}} [{{filepath:Mendelssohn_MittenWirImLebenSind_8pages.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Mendelssohn_MittenWirImLebenSind.mid}} {{mid}}]
*{{PostedDate|2007-08-02}} {{CPDLno|14651}} [[Media:Mendelssohn_MittenWirImLebenSind_8pages.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:Mendelssohn_MittenWirImLebenSind.mid|{{mid}}]]
{{Editor|Arie Fokkens|2007-08-02}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|8|284}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
{{Editor|Arie Fokkens|2007-08-02}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|8|284}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
:'''Edition notes:''' partly condensed score: where possible written on 4 staves
:{{EdNotes|partly condensed score: where possible written on 4 staves}}
 
:{{ScoreError|Lyric variation from other editions in measures 9 and 13. --{{User|Ab73}} 19:39, 1 February 2012 (CST)}}
*{{CPDLno|14652}} [{{filepath:Mendelssohn_MittenWirImLebenSind_11pages.pdf}} {{pdf}}]
*{{PostedDate|2007-08-02}} {{CPDLno|14652}} [[Media:Mendelssohn_MittenWirImLebenSind_11pages.pdf|{{pdf}}]]
{{Editor|Arie Fokkens|2007-08-02}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|11|350}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
{{Editor|Arie Fokkens|2007-08-02}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|11|350}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
:'''Edition notes:''' full 8-staff score
:{{EdNotes|full 8-staff score}}
{{ScoreError|Lyric variation from other editions in measures 9 and 13. --{{User|Ab73}} 19:39, 1 February 2012 (CST)}}


==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Mitten wir im Leben sind, MWV B 21 (Op. 23, No. 3)''<br>
'''Title:''' Mitten wir im Leben sind, MWV B 21 (Op. 23, No. 3)<br>
{{Composer|Felix Mendelssohn}}
{{Composer|Felix Mendelssohn}}
{{Lyricist|Martin Luther|, the first stanza from ''[[Media vita in morte sumus]]. Notker, A.D. 912''}}
{{Lyricist|Martin Luther|, the first stanza from ''[[Media vita in morte sumus]]. Notker, A.D. 912''}}


{{Voicing|8|SSAATTBB}}<br>
{{Voicing|8|SSAATTBB}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Motets}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Motets}}
{{Language|German}}
{{Language|German}}
'''Instruments:''' {{acap}}<br>
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
'''Published:''' ''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)''
{{Pub|1|1830|in {{NoComp|Kirchenmusik, Op. 23|Felix Mendelssohn}}|no=3}}
 
{{Pub|2| |Mendelssohn’s Werke, Vol. 14/B}}
'''Description:'''
{{Descr|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).}}
 
{{#ExtWeb:
'''External websites:'''
*[http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=754 The Hymns of Martin Luther] on The Online Library of Liberty
*digitized score at [http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0002/bsb00026598/images/index.html?seite=24&pdfseitex= MDZ]
*digitized score at [http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0002/bsb00026598/images/index.html?seite=24&pdfseitex= MDZ]
*[http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=754 The Hymns of Martin Luther] on The Online Library of Liberty}}


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
 
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{{text|German}}
''after: Erfurter Enchiridien, 1524''
<poem>
Mitten wir im Leben sind
Mit dem Tod umfangen.
Wen seh’n wir, der Hülfe tu’,
Dess’ wir Gnad erlangen?
Das bist du, Herr, alleine.
Uns reuet unser Missetat,
Die dich, Herr, erzürnet hat.
:Heiliger Herre Gott,
:Heiliger, starker Gott,
:Heiliger, barmherziger Heiland,
:du ewiger Gott,
Laß uns nicht versinken
in des bittern Todes Not!
:Kyrie eleison.
 
Mitten in dem Tod anficht
Uns der Höllen Rachen.
Wer will uns aus solcher Not
Frei und ledig machen?
Das tust du, Herr, alleine.
Es jammert dein Barmherzigkeit
Unser Sünd’ und großes Leid.
:Heiliger Herre Gott,
:Heiliger, starker Gott,
:Heiliger, barmherziger Heiland,
:du ewiger Gott,
Laß uns nicht verzagen
vor der tiefen Höllen Glut!
:Kyrie eleison.
 
Mitten in der Höllen Angst
Unser Sünd’ uns treiben.
Wo soll’n wir denn fliehen hin,
Da wir mögen bleiben?
Zu dir, Herr Christ, alleine.
Vergossen ist dein teures Blut,
Das g’nug für die Sünde tut.
:Heiliger Herre Gott,
:Heiliger, starker Gott,
:Heiliger, barmherziger Heiland,
:du ewiger Gott,
Laß uns nicht entfallen
von des rechten Glaubens Trost!
:Kyrie eleison.
</poem>
 
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{{translation|English}}
''Translation by R. Massie (1884)''
<poem>
Though in midst of life we be,
Snares of death surround us;
Where shall we for succor flee,
Lest our foes confound us?
To thee alone, our Saviour.
We mourn our grievous sin which hath
Stirr’d the fire of thy fierce wrath.
:Holy and gracious God!
:Holy and mighty God!
:Holy and all-merciful Saviour!
:Thou eternal God!
Save us, Lord, from sinking
In the deep and bitter flood.
:Kyrie eleison.
 
Whilst in midst of death we be,
Hell’s grim jaws o’ertake us;
Who from such distress will free.
Who secure will make us?
Thou only, Lord, canst do it!
It moves thy tender heart to see
Our great sin and misery.
:Holy and gracious God!
:Holy and mighty God!
:Holy and all merciful Saviour!
:Thou eternal God!
Let not hell dismay us
With its deep and burning flood.
:Kyrie eleison.
 
Into hell’s fierce agony
Sin doth headlong drive us:
Where shall we for succor flee,
Who, O, who will hide us?
Thou only, blesséd Saviour.
Thy precious blood was shed to win
Peace and pardon for our sin.
:Holy and gracious God!
:Holy and mighty God!
:Holy and all-merciful Saviour!
:Let us not, we pray,
From the true faith’s comfort
Fall in our last need away.
:Kyrie eleison.
</poem>
 
|}
 
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Editor: Seth Engel (submitted 2021-11-09).   Score information: Unknown   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Editor’s notes: Aside from the note values and time signature being cut in half, the following edits have taken place:
  • B1: All of m. 43 and the first note of m. 44 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
Error.gif 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
Error.gif 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: SacredMotet

Language: German
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1830 in Kirchenmusik, Op. 23, no. 3
    2nd published:
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:

Original text and translations

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