Psalm Non Nobis Domine – Nicht Unserm Namen, Herr

Psalm ‘Non nobis Domine‘ / ‘Nicht unserm Namen, Herr‘ Op.31 MWV A 9

Mendelssohn’s first great orchestral psalm took almost six years to complete, from the initial sketchesand the first version of 1830 to the final version of 1835. Its premiere which took place at the Leipzig Gewandhaus did not take place until 1838.

Unlike his other orchestral psalms, Mendelssohn took the Latin wordsfrom the Vulgate as his principal text which stems from Psalm 113. When he later prepared his own German translation, he made use of Psalm 115 from the Luther Bible.

This edition by the leading MendelssohnauthorityJohn Michael Cooper incorporates all the relevant sources. In accordance with the work’s genesis, the vocal parts are underlaid with the Latin text, and the German text appears underneath.

Rounding off this Urtextedition are an informative Foreword and detailed Critical Commentary.

The piano reduction stems from Mendelssohn himself.

– Informative Foreword in the score (Ger/Eng)

– Text underlay in two languages(Lat/Ger)

– Piano reduction by the composer

– Full score & parts (BA9079) and vocal score (BA9079-90) avaialble for sale