Hymn of Praise

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"Hymn of Praise" is the English title of Felix Mendelssohn’s symphony-cantata "Lobgesang," a large-scale choral-orchestral work that combines symphonic writing with sacred vocal music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral-orchestral work
symphony-cantata
catalogueNumber MWV A 18 NERFINISHED
Op. 52
combinesGenre sacred vocal music
symphonic writing
commissionedFor 400th anniversary of the invention of printing
composer Felix Mendelssohn NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Germany
dateOfPremiere 1840
dedicatedTo King Friedrich August II of Saxony NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeTitle Lobgesang NERFINISHED
hasApproximateDuration about 60 minutes
hasFirstPartForm symphonic
hasGenre orchestral music
sacred choral music
symphonic cantata
hasInstrumentalComponent orchestra
hasKey B-flat major
hasMovementStructure multi-movement
hasNotableMovement “All men, all things, all that have life and breath”
“Now thank we all our God” NERFINISHED
hasPerformanceForces large orchestra
mixed chorus
soprano solo
tenor solo
hasSacredCharacter true
hasSecondPartForm cantata
hasSectionType instrumental symphonic section
vocal cantata section
hasTitleInGerman Lobgesang NERFINISHED
hasVocalComponent chorus
solo voices
hasWorkType symphony-cantata
isAlsoKnownAs Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major "Lobgesang" NERFINISHED
isForEnsemble choir
orchestra
vocal soloists
isRelatedWorkOfComposer Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 52 NERFINISHED
languageOfTitle English
numberOfMovements 10
originalLanguageOfTitle German
period Romantic era
placeOfPremiere Leipzig NERFINISHED
premiereConductor Felix Mendelssohn NERFINISHED
usesBiblicalSource New Testament NERFINISHED
Psalms NERFINISHED
usesTextLanguage German
usesTextType biblical texts

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Mendelssohn Lobgesang alsoKnownAs Hymn of Praise