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Original

Mendelssohn On Wings Of Song SA. Sheet Music. High Voice, Piano. HIGH VCE. PF. Felix Mendelssohn.

Translation

Mendelssohn On Wings Of Song SA. Sheet Music. High Voice, Piano. HIGH VCE. PF. Felix Mendelssohn.

Original

In 1834, Mendelssohn set the poem Auf Flügeln des Gesanges by Heinrich Heine and published it as the second of his Six Songs for Voice and Piano. It achieved a popularity that has lasted through the present and has been arranged for many instrument combinations. On Wings of Song is has the typical form of an early Mendelssohn lied, in strophic form with a transformation in the final verse. The rippling accompaniment suggests the flowing Ganges, to which the lovers fly ‘on wings of song’.

Translation

In 1834, Mendelssohn set the poem Auf Flügeln des Gesanges by Heinrich Heine and published it as the second of his Six Songs for Voice and Piano. It achieved a popularity that has lasted through the present and has been arranged for many instrument combinations. On Wings of Song is has the typical form of an early Mendelssohn lied, in strophic form with a transformation in the final verse. The rippling accompaniment suggests the flowing Ganges, to which the lovers fly ‘on wings of song’.