Lobgesang, eine Symphonie-Cantate

LOBGESANG, eine Symphonie-Cantate. A well-known work of Mendelssohn's (op. 52), composed for the Gutenberg festival, and first performed at the church of S. Thomas, Leipzig, in the afternoon of June 25, 1840. The form of the work is no doubt due to Beethoven's 9th Symphony, and in Germany it is taken as the third of his published symphonies. It was performed the second time at Birmingham, Sept. 23, 1840 (Mendelssohn conducting); and after this performance was considerably altered throughout...