Psalm op. 31 (MWV A 9)
Non nobis Domine - Not to our name, Lord
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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Psalm op. 31 (MWV A 9)
Non nobis Domine - Not to our name, Lord

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Psalm op. 31 (MWV A 9)

Non nobis Domine - Not to our name, Lord

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Description:

  • Language: Latin German
  • Pages: 54
  • Release: 29.09.2025
  • Opus: 31
  • Genre: Classical Music, Classical Music (Romantic), Sacred & Church Music
  • ISMN: 9790006637867
Mendelssohn's first large orchestral psalm took almost six years to compose, from the first sketches to the first version of 1830 to the final version of 1835. The work was not premiered until 1838 in the Leipzig Gewandhaus.

In contrast to his other orchestral psalms, the composer used the Latin text of the Vulgate as the main text here. While this comes from Psalm 113, Mendelssohn drew on elements from Psalm 115 from the Luther Bible for his German translation, which he subsequently produced himself.

This edition by renowned Mendelssohn specialist John Michael Cooper includes all the important sources. The order of the text underlay in Latin and German follows the compositional history of the work.
An informative preface and the detailed critical report round off the Urtext edition.

The piano reduction (BA 9079-90) is by Mendelssohn himself.