String Symphony No.8 in D major, MWV N 8 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

		Movements/Sections 4 movements Adagio e Grave – Allegro Adagio Menuetto – Trio (Presto) Allegro molto – Più presto Composition Year 1822 Genre Categories Sinfonias; For strings; Scores featuring string ensemble; For orchestra (arr); For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra

Sheet Music

• Full Score (1)
• Parts (5)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (1)

Full Score

 Complete score
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Hellmuth Christian Wolff (1906–1988)
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Leipziger Ausgabe der Werke von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Serie I: Orchesterwerke, Bd.2. Jugendsinfonie VIII (Streicherfassung / Bläserfassung)
Leipzig: Deutscher Verlag für Musik, 1965. [DVfM 1768]

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Parts

 Violin I
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 Violin II
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 Viola I, II, III
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 Violoncello
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 Contrabass
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Philip Legge (2011/6/17)

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Philip Legge (1972*)

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IMSLP, 31 May and 17 June 2011

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Orchestra (Mendelssohn)

 Complete score
*#102119 - 29.97MB, 74 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - C*/V*/V* - 658x⇩

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Editor:

Hellmuth Christian Wolff (1906–1988)
First edition

Publisher Info.:

Leipziger Ausgabe der Werke von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Serie I: Orchesterwerke, Bd.2. Jugendsinfonie VIII (Streicherfassung / Bläserfassung)
Leipzig: Deutscher Verlag für Musik, 1965. [DVfM 1768]

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Misc. Notes:

Instrumentation : 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings

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General Information

Work Title	String Symphony No.8 in D major
Alternative Title	Sinfonia VIII

Composer	Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue Number	MWV N 8
Key	D major
Movements/Sections	4 movements Adagio e Grave – Allegro Adagio Menuetto – Trio (Presto) Allegro molto – Più presto
Year/Date of Composition	1822
First Publication	1965
Average Duration	25 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	String Orchestra

Misc. Comments

Symphonies by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Early Sinfonias for strings Sinfonia I in C major (1821) Sinfonia II in D major (1821) Sinfonia III in E minor (1821) Sinfonia IV in C minor (1821) Sinfonia V in B♭ major (1821) Sinfonia VI in E♭ major (1821) Sinfonia VII in D minor (1821–22)	Early Sinfonias for strings Sinfonia VIII in D major (1822) Sinfonia IX in C major (1823) Sinfonia X in B minor (1823) Sinfonia XI in F major (1823) Sinfonia XII in G minor (1823) Sinfoniesatz in C minor (1823)	Symphonies for full orchestra Symphony in D major (rev. of Sinfonia VIII, 1822) Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.11 (orig. titled Sinfonia XIII, 1824) Symphony No.2 in B♭ major, Op.52 (“Lobgesang”, 1840) Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.56 (“Scottish”, 1841–42) Symphony No.4 in A major, Op.90 (“Italian”, 1833) Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.107 (“Reformation”, 1829–30) Symphony in B♭ major (unfinished fragment, 1839) Symphony in C major (unfinished fragment, 1845)