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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Hymn of Praise canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral-orchestral work ⓘ
symphony-cantata ⓘ
catalogueNumber MWV A 18 ⓘ
Op. 52 ⓘ
combinesGenre sacred vocal music ⓘ
symphonic writing ⓘ
commissionedFor 400th anniversary of the invention of printing ⓘ
composer Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
dateOfPremiere 1840 ⓘ
dedicatedTo King Friedrich August II of Saxony ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Lobgesang ⓘ
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” ⓘ
hasPerformanceForces large orchestra ⓘ
mixed chorus ⓘ
soprano solo ⓘ
tenor solo ⓘ
hasSacredCharacter true ⓘ
hasSecondPartForm cantata ⓘ
hasSectionType instrumental symphonic section ⓘ
vocal cantata section ⓘ
hasTitleInGerman Lobgesang ⓘ
hasVocalComponent chorus ⓘ
solo voices ⓘ
hasWorkType symphony-cantata ⓘ
isAlsoKnownAs Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major "Lobgesang" ⓘ
isForEnsemble choir ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
vocal soloists ⓘ
isRelatedWorkOfComposer Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 52 ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
numberOfMovements 10 ⓘ
originalLanguageOfTitle German ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
placeOfPremiere Leipzig ⓘ
premiereConductor Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ
usesBiblicalSource New Testament ⓘ
Psalms ⓘ
usesTextLanguage German ⓘ
usesTextType biblical texts ⓘ

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Mendelssohn Lobgesang → alsoKnownAs → Hymn of Praise ⓘ
Symphony No. 2 → translatedTitle → Hymn of Praise ⓘ