| Lobgesang | |
|---|---|
| Choral symphony by Felix Mendelssohn | |
 Mendelssohn in 1846 | |
| English | Hymn of Praise |
| Other name | Symphony No. 2 |
| Key | B-flat major |
| Catalogue | MWV A 18 |
| Opus | 52 |
| Occasion | 400th anniversary of printing |
| Text | Psalms, other biblical verses, "Nun danket alle Gott" |
| Language | German |
| Composed | 1840 |
| Performed | 25 June 1840 |
| Movements | 10 |
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| External audio | |
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 You may hear Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 52 Hymn of Praise performed by the Gewandhaus Orchestra led by Kurt Masur in 1990 Here on Archive.org |
Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise), Op. 52 (MWV A 18[1]), is an 11-movement "Symphony-Cantata on Words of the Holy Bible for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra" by Felix Mendelssohn. After the composer's death it was published as his Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, a naming and a numbering that are not his. The required soloists are two sopranos and a tenor. The work lasts almost twice as long as any of Mendelssohn's purely instrumental symphonies.
- ^ Wehner, Ralph (2009). Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV). Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-3-7651-0317-9.