Athalie, Op.74 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

		Movements/Sections 7 pieces: Overture (F major) 1. Chorus: "Herr, durch die ganze Welt ist deine Macht " (C major) 2. Recitatives: "O seht, welch ein Stern uns erschienen "' (G minor) 3. Double Chorus: "Lasst uns dem heil'gen Wort des Höchsten lauschen" (E♭ major) 4a. Chorus: "Ist es Glück, ist es Leid"' (C minor) 4b. Kriegsmarsch der Priester (C major) 5. Chorus: "So geht, so geht ihr Kinder Aarons" (F major) 6. Chorus: "Ja durch die ganze Welt" (C major) Composition Year 1845 Genre Categories Incidental music; Stage Works; For narrator, 4 voices, 2 mixed choruses, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring a narrator; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; German language; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the piano 4 hands; For 2 players; For piano (arr); For 1 player; For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ

Sheet Music

• Full Scores (10)
• Vocal Scores (4)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (8)

Full Scores

Complete

 Cover
*#51694 - 0.85MB, 4 pp. -  8.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 392x⇩

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 Ouverture
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 1. Chor: Herr, durch die ganze Welt ist deine Macht
*#51696 - 14.78MB, 39 (#39–77) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 455x⇩

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 2. Chor: O seht, welch ein Stern uns erschienen
*#51697 - 12.69MB, 37 (#78–114) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 330x⇩

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 3. Doppel-Chor: Lasst uns dem heil'gen Wort
*#51698 - 4.06MB, 12 (#115–126) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 277x⇩

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 4. Chor: Ist es Glück, ist es Leid
*#51699 - 6.37MB, 19 (#127–145) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 269x⇩

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 Kriegsmarsch der Priester
*#51700 - 4.53MB, 13 (#146–158) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 1458x⇩

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 5. Chor: So geht, ihr Kinder Aarons
*#51701 - 7.65MB, 22 (#159–180) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 250x⇩

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 6. Schluss-Chor: Ja durch die ganze Welt
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Editor:

Julius Rietz (1812–1877)

Publisher Info.:

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 15
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1874–77. Plate M.B. 115.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Ouverture previously printed as Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 2
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1874–77. Plate M.B. 12.

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Overture

 Complete score
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Publisher Info.:

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 2
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1874–77. Plate M.B. 12.

Reprinted:

Breitkopf & Härtel's Partiturbibliothek, n.d. Plate Part. B. 198

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Vocal Scores

 Incomplete sketch score (2 pages) and letter to the publisher
*#62341 - 3.07MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 129x⇩

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Squin (2010/4/22)

Publisher Info.:

Autograph manuscript, 1844

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Autograph manuscript, comprising the whole of the section, beginning: “Comment en un plomb vil”, in vocal score, text in French with instructions in German (“…Wenn der Chor aufhort spricht Joad…”), with an autograph letter boldly signed (“Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy”), to the publisher Kistner, London, 4 June 1844.

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 Cover
*#10883 - 0.08MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 77x⇩

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 Complete score
*#11501 - 19.81MB, 79 pp. -  3.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 354x⇩

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Editor:

Julius Rietz (1812–1877)

Language:

German

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: C.F. Peters Ed.1754, n.d.(ca.1880), plates 6013, 6117

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This score is missing pages 18 and 19 (No. 1).

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 Complete score
*#30413 - 6.78MB, 89 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 306x⇩

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Hobbypianist (2009/4/14)

Language:

German / French

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. (ca.1895), plate 8418

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Piano 4 hands (Kogel)

 Complete score
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Morel (2007/8/11)

Arranger:

Gustav Friedrich Kogel (1849–1921)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: C. F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1880). Plates 6058

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Overture

For Piano 4 hands (Kogel)

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Hobbypianist (2009/3/15)

Arranger:

Gustav Friedrich Kogel (1849–1921)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. (ca.1870). Plate 6040

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For Piano solo (Rietz)

 Complete scoore
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Arranger:

Julius Rietz (1812–1877)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: C.F. Peters. Edition No.1754, n.d.(ca.1880). Plates 6013, 6117

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Misc. Notes:

Excerpted from vocal score.

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Allegretto

For Piano 4 hands

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Morel (2007/8/11)

Publisher Info.:

Paris: Armand Colin, (1893). Plate A.C. & Cie. 48

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Allegro non troppo O wie selig ist das Kind (Ever blessed child)

For Organ (Boyse)

 Complete Score
*#96919 - 0.92MB, 6 (2 tp, 4 music) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/C - 531x⇩

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Ralph Theo Misch (2011/3/21)

Arranger:

Arthur Boyse (1858/59–fl.1917)

Publisher Info.:

London: J. & W. Chester, 1917. Plate J. & W.C. 3006.

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Scanned at 600dpi grayscale, improved, converted to monochrome.

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Kriegsmarsch der Priester (War March)

For Piano 4 hands (de Lorme)

 Primo and Secondo parts (color)
*#56920 - 2.82MB, 15 (title, 14 music) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 316x⇩

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 Primo and Secondo parts (grayscale)
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Arranger:

Adrian de Lorme

Publisher Info.:

Melbourne: Allan & Co., n.d. (ca.1895). Plate D. & S. 5464

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For Organ solo (Steggall)

 Complete Score
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Massenetique (2012/7/11)

Arranger:

Charles Steggall (1826-1905)

Publisher Info.:

London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d.

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General Information

Work Title	Athalie
Alternative Title	Musik zu Athalia von Racine

Composer	Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue Number	Op.74 ; MWV M 16
Movements/Sections	7 pieces: Overture (F major) 1. Chorus: "Herr, durch die ganze Welt ist deine Macht " (C major) 2. Recitatives: "O seht, welch ein Stern uns erschienen "' (G minor) 3. Double Chorus: "Lasst uns dem heil'gen Wort des Höchsten lauschen" (E♭ major) 4a. Chorus: "Ist es Glück, ist es Leid"' (C minor) 4b. Kriegsmarsch der Priester (C major) 5. Chorus: "So geht, so geht ihr Kinder Aarons" (F major) 6. Chorus: "Ja durch die ganze Welt" (C major)
Year/Date of Composition	1845
First Performance	1845-12-01 in Berlin, Königliches Charlottenburg-Schloßtheater
Librettist	Ernst Raupach (1784–1852), after Jean Racine (1639–1699)
Language	German
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voices: narrator, 2 sopranos, 2 altos + 2 choruses (SATB) Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons + 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones + timpani + harp, strings