Orchestra SKU: BR.SON-443
Complete Works. Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Edited by Thomas Schmidt. Linen. Complete Works. Romantic period. Complete Works. 252 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #SON 443. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.SON-443). ISBN 9790004803516. 10 x 12.5 inches.
Mendelssohn's ConfessionThe Reformation Symphony, misleadingly numbered posthumously as 5 by its publishers, was Mendelssohn's first confrontation with the large symphonic form in Beethoven's wake. Linking it conceptually with the 300th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession in 1830 seems to have first occurred late in the progress of its composition, yet the premiere did not take place until 1832 and ultimately even enabled the composer to distance himself completely from his work and its concept. Thanks to access to a new source [or, ... new access to sources... or ...new access to a source...?], this edition can now finally refute the legend that a separate original or early version of the symphony once existed.
