Am Karfreitag, Op. 79, No. 6 (Felix Mendelssohn)
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- CPDL #258: Finale 1998
- Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 1999-08-20). Score information: 40 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes:
- Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: Text spelling error in bar 11: "ihn" instead of "ihm"
General Information
Title: Am Karfreitag [Op. 79, No. 6]
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SSAATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Good Friday
Language: German
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Mendelssohn's Werke (1874-77)
Description: No. 6 of Sechs Sprüche
External websites:
- English translation in PDF and Word documents (also below)
Original text and translations
German text Am Karfreitag
Um unsrer Sünden willen hat sich Christus erniedriget,
und ist gehorsam geworden bis zum Tode am Kreuze;
darum hat Gott ihn erhöhet, und ihm einen Namen gegeben, der über alle Namen ist.
Halleluja!
English translation
On Good Friday
For the sake of our sins, Christ has made himself humble
and has submitted even unto death on the cross.
Therefore God has raised him up, and given him a name which is above all names.
Hallelujah!
English translation by Barbara Kilpatrick, PDF and Word documents also available here.