MENDELSSOHN, Felix 1809-1847

[Op. 39 No. 3]. Drei Motetten für weibliche Stimmen mit Begleitung der Orgel [Score and parts]

für die Nonnen auf Trinitá de Monti in Rom ... Op. 39 No. [3]. Preis No. I. 2 Fr: ... II. 3 " 50 ... III 4 "

Bonn: N. Simrock [PN 3441], [after 1838].

Folio. 21 pp. + 4 parts of 4 pp. each, title and price to Soprano I part. Engraved. Text in Latin and German.

SSAA with organ.

From the library of composer E.J. Biedermann (1849-1933), with his signature in pencil to head of score and each part; small oval handstamp of G. Schirmer to foot of title and each part.

Split at spine; minor creasing; edges slightly worn and cockled.

First Edition, later issue. Wehner MWV B 23, p. 51. Not in Krause. Ward Jones III, 488, 490. Hoboken 10, 193.

One of the most gifted and versatile prodigies, Mendelssohn stood at the forefront of German music during the 1830s and 40s, as conductor, pianist, organist and, above all, composer. His musical style, fully developed before he was 20, drew upon a variety of influences, including the complex chromatic counterpoint of Bach, the formal clarity and gracefulness of Mozart and the dramatic power of Beethoven and Weber.

Mendelssohn’s emergence into the first rank of 19th-century German composers coincided with efforts by music historiographers to develop the concept of a Classic–Romantic dialectic in 18th and 19th-century music. To a large degree, his music reflects a fundamental tension between Classicism and Romanticism in the generation of German composers after Beethoven." R. Larry Todd in Grove Music Online.

Item #35281

Price: $125.00  other currencies