Neujahrstage, Op. 79, No. 2 (Felix Mendelssohn)

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• (Posted 2019-11-16)  CPDL #55930:  (PDF & MIDI files) (LilyPond files)

Editor: Jonathan Scholbach (submitted 2019-11-16).   Score information: A4, 3 pages   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: This is part of the public domain edition of a capella christmas music Nun singet und seid froh.

• (Posted 2015-05-09)  CPDL #35361:       

Editor: Robert Urmann (submitted 2015-05-09).   Score information: Executive, 2 pages, 183 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: 8 staves per staff group.

• (Posted 2014-08-28)  CPDL #32795:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2014-08-28).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 47 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from the Church Anthem Book of the Church of Scotland (OUP, 1933). Arranged for SATB.

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• (Posted 1999-08-15)  CPDL #00256:        (Finale 1998)

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Title: Am Neujahrstage, MWV B 44 (Op. 79, No. 2)
Work: Sechs Sprüche, MWV SD 42 (Op. 79)
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

Number of voices: 8vv   Voicing: SSAATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Anthem

Language: German
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1874-1877 in Mendelssohn’s Werke
    2nd published: 1933 in The Church Anthem Book, no. 89
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Original text and translations

Based on Psalm 90 vv. 1-2

German text Am Neujahrstage Herr, Gott, du bist unsre Zuflucht für und für. Ehe denn die Berge worden, und die Erde und die Welt erschaffen worden, bist du Gott von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit. Hallelujah!

English translation On New Year’s Day Lord, God, you are our refuge for evermore. You are our God from age to age, from before the mountains were made, and the lands and the world were created. Hallelujah!