Benutzer:Seth Engel/Mitten wir im Leben sind (Mendelssohn)
Vorlage:Short description Vorlage:Italic title Vorlage:Infobox musical composition Mitten wir im Leben sind a motet by Felix Mendelssohn as the third and final part of his Kirchenmusik, Op. 23,[1] described as a "small choral work",[2] for SSAATTBB choir, a cappella in the key of C minor in cut time. The text was written by Martin Luther, based on the Latin antiphon "Media vita in morte sumus" (in the midst of life we are in death). The motet was published in 1830.[3]
Music
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Mendelssohn wrote to his sister Fanny on November 22, 1830 that the motet was one of the best church pieces that he had ever written, and that it "growls angrily, or whistles, dark blue."[4]
For the first and second verses, the tenors and basses begin by contemplating a question, the sopranos and altos answering, and the tenors and basses finishing the answer. The tempo then speeds up, with a plea for mercy as the choir builds into a repeated "Kyrie eleison" sung at fortissimo. The third verse is structured differently, having all the parts sing throughout the verse. There is also no tempo change, but a few dynamic changes.
References
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]External links
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]- [[scores:Category:{{{id}}}|Noten und Audiodateien von Kirchenmusik, Op. 23 (Mendelssohn)]] im International Music Score Library Project
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Category:Motets by Felix Mendelssohn Category:1830 compositions
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- ↑ John Michael Cooper, Julie D. Prandi: The Mendelssohns: Their Music in History. Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-19-816723-5 (google.com).
- ↑ Paul Griffiths: The Penguin Companion to Classical Music. Penguin UK, 2004, ISBN 978-0-14-190976-9 (google.com).
- ↑ John Michael Cooper: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Guide to Research : With an Introduction to Research Concerning Fanny Hensel. Routledge, 2001, ISBN 978-0-8153-1513-1 (google.com).
- ↑ Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Mitten wir im Leben sind - Noten | Chormusik kaufen. In: Carus-Verlag. Abgerufen am 7. November 2023.