ASPIRATION (Mendelssohn)

ASPIRATION (Mendelssohn)

Composer: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Published in 5 hymnals


Composer: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (b. Hamburg, Germany, 1809; d. Leipzig, Germany, 1847) was the son of banker Abraham Mendelssohn and the grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His Jewish family became Christian and took the Bartholdy name (name of the estate of Mendelssohn's uncle) when baptized into the Lutheran church. The children all received an excellent musical education. Mendelssohn had his first public performance at the age of nine and by the age of sixteen had written several symphonies. Profoundly influenced by J. S. Bach's music, he conducted a performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829 (at age 20!) – the first performance since Bach's death, thus reintroducing Bach to the world. Mendelssohn organized the Domchor in Berlin… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: ASPIRATION (Mendelssohn)
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Incipit: 33214 32171 3222
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

As Pants the Wearied Hart for Cooling Springs

As pants the wearied hart for cooling springs,
That sinks exhausted in the summer's chase,
So pants my soul for Thee, great King of kings,
So thirsts to reach Thy sacred dwelling place.

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Ô Mon Sauveur

Come, and Let Us Drink of That New River

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Les Chants du Pèlerin #76

Include 4 pre-1979 instances
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