Lobgesang: Eine Symphonie-Cantate nach Worten der Heiligen Schrift - Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix 1809-1847 (Leipzig Breitkopf & Härtel, 1841)
Composed 1840 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Gutenberg Bible
also known as the Second Symphony in B-flat major
The text consists of Psalm verses and some other Biblical texts
Contains notes/markings in pencil: rehearsal marks (letters), tempi in metronome numbers, dynamics, articulations, etc.
A separate sheet of music paper is inserted with the Chorale "Nun danket alle Gott" (page 182), on which the chorale has been partly transcribed in different clefs (manuscript).
Ex libris R.B.vanden Bosch (manuscript) and A.J. Wetrens (stamp)
Keywords: 19th Century (1801-1900); Symphony; Cantata; Psalm; Germany