Mitten wir im Leben sind, Op. 23, No. 3 (Felix Mendelssohn)

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  • (Posted 2021-11-09)  CPDL #66646:       
Editor: Seth Engel (submitted 2021-11-09).   Score information: Legal, 8 pages, 361 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: 4 staves per system. Note values cut in half, time signature changed to 2/4. Minor edits have also been made in regards to phrasing.
  • (Posted 2011-07-28)  CPDL #24017:       
Editor: Robert Urmann (submitted 2011-07-28).   Score information: Executive, 14 pages, 376 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:
  • (Posted 2007-08-02)  CPDL #14651:     
Editor: Arie Fokkens (submitted 2007-08-02).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 284 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: partly condensed score: where possible written on 4 staves
Error.gif Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: Lyric variation from other editions in measures 9 and 13. --Ab73 19:39, 1 February 2012 (CST) See the discussion page for full description.
  • (Posted 2007-08-02)  CPDL #14652:   
Editor: Arie Fokkens (submitted 2007-08-02).   Score information: A4, 11 pages, 350 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: full 8-staff score
Error.gif Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: Lyric variation from other editions in measures 9 and 13. --Ab73 19:39, 1 February 2012 (CST) See the discussion page for full description.

General Information

Title: Mitten wir im Leben sind, MWV B 21 (Op. 23, No. 3)
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Lyricist: Martin Luther, the first stanza from Media vita in morte sumus. Notker, A.D. 912

Number of voices: 8vv   Voicing: SSAATTBB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: German
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1830 in Kirchenmusik, op. 23, no. 3
    2nd published: Mendelssohn’s Werke, Vol. 14/B
Description: Text: Dr. Martin Luther’s Deutsche Geistliche Lieder. The Hymns of Martin Luther set to their original Melodies with an English version, ed. Leonard Woolsey Bacon and Nathan H. Allen (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1884).

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Mitten wir im Leben sind.