Symphony No. 2

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Symphony No. 2 is Felix Mendelssohn’s large-scale choral symphony, commonly known as "Lobgesang" ("Hymn of Praise"), which combines orchestral movements with vocal and choral sections.

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Symphony No. 2 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral symphony ⓘ
symphony ⓘ
alternateName Lobgesang Symphony ⓘ
associatedCity Leipzig Gewandhaus tradition ⓘ
basedOnText Biblical texts ⓘ
biblicalBookReferenced Isaiah ⓘ
Psalms ⓘ
Romans ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 52 ⓘ
cityAssociated Leipzig ⓘ
composer Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ
composerNationality German ⓘ
compositionPeriod early Romantic ⓘ
dateComposed 1840 ⓘ
dedicationContext celebration of printing and dissemination of the Bible ⓘ
genre symphonic cantata ⓘ
symphony-cantata hybrid ⓘ
key B-flat major ⓘ
language German ⓘ
movementCountDescription three purely orchestral movements and seven vocal movements ⓘ
notableAria Ich will dir ein neues Lied singen ⓘ
notableChorus Alles, was Odem hat, lobe den Herrn ⓘ
numberOfMovements 10 ⓘ
openingMovementType Sinfonia ⓘ
opusNumber 52 ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
placeOfPremiere Leipzig ⓘ
premiereConductor Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ
premiereOccasion 400th anniversary of the invention of printing ⓘ
publisher Breitkopf & Härtel ⓘ
requires large chorus ⓘ
large orchestra ⓘ
vocal soloists ⓘ
scoring chorus ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
solo voices ⓘ
structure three orchestral movements followed by vocal and choral movements ⓘ
style late Classical and early Romantic synthesis ⓘ
textLanguage German ⓘ
textSource Luther Bible ⓘ
title Lobgesang ⓘ
translatedTitle Hymn of Praise ⓘ
vocalForces mixed chorus ⓘ
soprano solo ⓘ
tenor solo ⓘ
workNumberInComposerOutput second numbered symphony by Mendelssohn ⓘ
workType symphony with chorus ⓘ
yearOfPremiere 1840 ⓘ

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Mendelssohn Lobgesang → workNumbering → Symphony No. 2 ⓘ