MENDELSSOHN - PSALM OP 31 VOCAL SCORE

For almost six years Mendelssohn worked on his first great orchestral psalm, from the initial sketches and the first version of 1830 to the final version of 1835. Its premiere at the Leipzig Gewandhaus did not take place until 1838.

For almost six years Mendelssohn worked on his first great orchestral psalm, from the initial sketches and the first version of 1830 to the final version of 1835. Its premiere at the Leipzig Gewandhaus did not take place until 1838.

This edition by the leading Mendelssohn authority John Michael Cooper incorporates all the relevant sources. In accordance with the work's genesis, the vocal parts are underlaid with the Latin text and the German text underneath.