String Symphony No.8 in D major, MWV N 8 (Mendelssohn, Felix) - IMSLP

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements
Composition Year	1822 (Nov. 5-27); orch. 1822-23 (Nov.30-Feb.1)
Genre Categories	Symphonies; For strings; Scores featuring string ensemble

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1 Performances
- 1.1 Naxos
2 Sheet Music
- 2.1 Full Scores
  - 2.1.1 String Orchestra Version
  - 2.1.2 Orchestral Version
- 2.2 Parts
  - 2.2.1 String Orchestra Version
3 Free Recordings
4 General Information
5 Navigation etc.

Performances [show]

Sheet Music

Full Scores

String Orchestra Version

Complete Score
*#714212 - 8.95MB, 36 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 76×⇩ - BachFan

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BachFan (2021/7/9)

Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, 1822.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms.autogr. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, F. 2 (66)
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Complete Score
*#101089 - 10.14MB, 33 pp. - 7/10 2 4 6 8 10 (12) - C*/V*/V* - 9856×⇩ - ctesibius

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ctesibius (2011/5/6)

Editor	Hellmuth Christian Wolff (1906–1988) First edition
Publisher. Info.	Leipziger Ausgabe der Werke, Serie I, Bd.2 Leipzig: Deutscher Verlag für Musik, 1965. Plate DVfM 1768.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Orchestral Version

Incomplete Score
*#594215 - 31.16MB, 106 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 49×⇩ - BachFan

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BachFan (2019/10/21)

Arranger	Composer
Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, 1822-23.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms.autogr. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, F.6 (5) Bars 477-end lacking (see below).
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Fragmentary Score
*#513710 - 3.98MB, 4 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 32×⇩ - BachFan

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BachFan (2018/2/24)

Arranger	Composer
Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, 1823.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): N.Mus.ms. 25 Bars 477-524
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Completed Score
*#629918 - 6.58MB, 74 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - 23*/V*/43* - 159×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2020/6/5)

Incomplete Score
*#102119 - 6.22MB, 71 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - C*/V*/V* - 1486×⇩ - ctesibius

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ctesibius (2011/5/15)

Arranger	Fritz Behrend (1889–1972), orchestration of bars 477-545
Editor	Hellmuth Christian Wolff (1906–1988) First edition
Publisher. Info.	Leipziger Ausgabe der Werke, Serie I, Bd.2 Leipzig: Deutscher Verlag für Musik, 1965. Plate DVfM 1768.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD Canada, Non-PD EU [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	About Behrend's completion of the orchestration
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Parts

String Orchestra Version

Violins I
*#326584 - 5.10MB, 16 pp. - 6.6666666666667/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - C*/V*/V* - 1612×⇩ - Loudlibrarian

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Loudlibrarian (2014/5/27)

Violins II
*#326585 - 4.64MB, 15 pp. - 8/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - C*/V*/V* - 937×⇩ - Loudlibrarian

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Loudlibrarian (2014/5/27)

Violas
*#326586 - 6.52MB, 20 pp. - 10/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - C*/V*/V* - 1140×⇩ - Loudlibrarian

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Loudlibrarian (2014/5/27)

Cellos/Basses
*#326587 - 5.40MB, 17 pp. - 6.5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (4) - C*/V*/V* - 970×⇩ - Loudlibrarian

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Loudlibrarian (2014/5/27)

Editor	Hellmuth Christian Wolff (1906–1988) First edition
Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: Deutscher Verlag für Musik, 1966. Plate DVfM 2603.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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Violins I
*#103653 - 0.27MB, 17 pp. - 3.2/10 2 4 6 8 10 (5) - !N/!N/!N - 4060×⇩ - Philip Legge

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Philip Legge (2011/5/31)

⇒ 4 more: Violins II • Violas I, II, III • Cellos • Basses

Violins II
*#103654 - 0.21MB, 17 pp. - 4/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - !N/!N/!N - 2338×⇩ - Philip Legge

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Philip Legge (2011/5/31)

Violas I, II, III
*#105681 - 0.43MB, 23 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 3077×⇩ - Philip Legge

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Philip Legge (2011/6/17)

Cellos
*#105682 - 0.27MB, 19 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 2408×⇩ - Philip Legge

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Philip Legge (2011/6/17)

Basses
*#105683 - 0.23MB, 19 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 2050×⇩ - Philip Legge

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Philip Legge (2011/6/17)

Editor	Philip Legge (b. 1972)
Publisher. Info.	IMSLP, 2011
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 [tag/del/mrg]
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Free Recordings

Orchestral version

Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra (2010 Concert)

General Information

Work Title	String Symphony No.8 in D major
Alternative. Title	Sinfonia VIII
Composer	Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	MWV N 8
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IFM 171
Key	D major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements: String Orchestra version Adagio e Grave; Allegro (D major, 280 bars) Adagio (B minor, 156 bars) Menuetto [no tempo] e Trio. Presto (D major, 266 bars total) Allegro molto; Più presto (D major, 559 bars) Orchestral version Adagio e Grave; Allegro (D major, 276 bars) Adagio (B minor, 157 bars) Menuetto [no tempo] e Trio. Presto (D major, 281 bars total) Allegro molto; Più presto (D major, 545* bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1822 (Nov. 5-27); orch. 1822-23 (Nov.30-Feb.1)
First Publication.	1965
Average DurationAvg. Duration	30 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	strings (2nd mvt - 3 violas, cellos, basses)
InstrDetail	Orchestral version [more...] 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings
Manuscript Sources	Holograph score, 1822-23. Mus.ms.autogr. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, F.6 (5) Holograph fragment, 1822-23. D-B, N.Mus.ms. 25
External Links	All Music Guide
Extra Information	*There are substantial differences between the two settings over and above the different bar counts. The count for the last movement here is taken from the 1965 score which included the completion by Behrend. It's unlikely the composer intended to end the work at bar 524 (on the dominant) and the last page of the fragment found in 1966 includes the opening of the "Presto" ending crossed out. Hopefully the remaining music will someday be found.

Navigation etc.

Symphonies by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Early Sinfonias for strings Sinfonia I in C major (1821) Sinfonia II in D major (1821) Sinfonia III in E minor (1821) Sinfonia IV in C minor (1821) Sinfonia V in B♭ major (1821) Sinfonia VI in E♭ major (1821) Sinfonia VII in D minor (1821–22)	Early Sinfonias for strings Sinfonia VIII in D major (1822) Sinfonia IX in C major (1823) Sinfonia X in B minor (1823) Sinfonia XI in F major (1823) Sinfonia XII in G minor (1823) Sinfonia XIII in C minor (1823)	Symphonies for full orchestra Symphony in D major (rev. of Sinfonia VIII, 1822) Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.11 (orig. titled Sinfonia XIII, 1824) Symphony No.2 in B♭ major, Op.52 (“Lobgesang”, 1840) Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.56 (“Scottish”, 1841–42) Symphony No.4 in A major, Op.90 (“Italian”, 1833) Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.107 (“Reformation”, 1829–30) Symphony in B♭ major (unfinished fragment, 1839) Symphony in C major (unfinished fragment, 1845)

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