Symphony No.3, Op.56 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1841–42
Genre Categories Symphonies; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; For violin, cello, piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 3 players (arr); For 4 players (arr); For 2 pianos 8 hands (arr); For violin, piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); For violin, cello, piano (arr); For piano, harmonium (arr); Scores featuring the harmonium (arr); For harmonium (arr)

Contents

Performances

Recordings

 1. Introduction. Andante con moto – Allegro un poco agitato
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 2. Scherzo. Vivace non troppo
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 3. Adagio cantabile
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 4. Finale guerriero. Allegro vivacissimo – Allegro maestoso assai
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Performer Pages Czech National Symphony Orchestra (orchestra)
Publisher Info. Palo Alto: Musopen, 2012.
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Full Scores

 Complete Score
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Irishmaestro (2014/7/28)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1842. Dated 20th January.
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Misc. Notes Volume 36 of the Mendelssohn Nachlass; formerly in the Prussian State Library, and now in the Biblioteka Jagiellońska.
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 Complete Score
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Horndude77 (2007/9/1)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1842]. Plate 6823.
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 Complete Score
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 Complete Score
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Dbmiller (2011/6/4)

Editor Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 1
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1877. Plate M.B. 3. (also reissued as Part.-B. 61)
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). - #25173
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Misc. Notes #25173 - bar numbers added by Breitkopf for reissue (ca.1890).
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 Complete Score
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Editor Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 1
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1877. Plate M.B. 3. (also reissued as Part.-B. 61)
Reprinted Symphonies Nos. 3, 4 and 5 in Full Score
Mineola: Dover Publications, 2007.
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Misc. Notes Score bookmarked by movement.
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 Complete Score
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Carolus (2011/8/23)

Publisher. Info. Hamburg: August Cranz, No. 2059, n.d.(ca.1910). Plate C. 45015.
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Parts

 Flute 1, 2
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⇒ 10 more: Oboe 1, 2 • Clarinet 1, 2 (A, B♭) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2 (C, A), 3, 4 (E, F, D) • Trumpet 1, 2 (D, C) • Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

 Oboe 1, 2
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 Clarinet 1, 2 (A, B♭)
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 Bassoon 1, 2
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 Horn 1, 2 (C, A), 3, 4 (E, F, D)
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 Trumpet 1, 2 (D, C)
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 Timpani
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 Violins I
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 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Cellos/Basses
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Generoso (2009/1/5)

Editor Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1890). Plate Orch.B. 77/78.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70).
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 Horn 1 (F)
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 Horn 2 (F)
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 Horn 3 (F)
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 Horn 4 (F)
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Editor Fiona Birkbeck
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 Horn 2 (F) (Last two pages)
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Fiona Birkbeck
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 Trumpet 1 (B♭)
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 Trumpet 2 (B♭)
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Editor Lance Humphrey Cowled (b. 1950)
Publisher. Info. Lance Humphrey Cowled, 2018.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Violin, Cello and Piano 4 hands (Rauch)

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 Complete Score
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 Complete Parts
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Arranger Johannes N. Rauch (19th cent.)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: H. Litolff, No. 638, n.d.(ca.1890). Plate 10676.
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For 2 Pianos 8 hands

 Piano 1
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 Piano 2
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 Color Cover
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Morel (2010/4/1)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1860). Plate 9466.
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For 2 Pianos 8 hands (Kirchner)

 Piano 1
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 Piano 2
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 Color Cover
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Arranger Theodor Kirchner (1823–1903)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 7198.
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For Violin and Piano (Sitt)

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 Violin Part
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Arranger Hans Sitt (1850–1922)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d. Plate 71994.
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Misc. Notes color Monatsbericht (1888), p.404
Sitt arranged Symhnonies 1,3 and 4 for v p in 1885-8.
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For Piano 4 hands

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Arranger Composer
Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1842.
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Misc. Notes Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, Darmstadt (D-DS): Mus. ms. 1001
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 Complete Score
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Editor Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(1870). Plate 6042.
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For Piano

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Arranger Louis Winkler?
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: H. Litolff's Verlag, No. 7536, n.d.
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Selections

For Violin, Cello and Piano (Vilbac, Schulz, Plock)

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 Violin
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 Cello
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Generoso (2009/11/30)

Arranger Renaud de Vilbac (1829–1884)
August Schulz (1837–1909)
Heinrich Plock (1829–1891)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, No. 891, n.d.(ca.1870). Plate 10748.
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For Piano 4 hands (Vilbac)

 II. Scherzo
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 III. Adagio cantabile
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Arranger Renaud de Vilbac (1829–1884)
Publisher. Info. L'école concertante. 4ème série:
Fragments et morceaux divers de F. Mendelssohn (Nos.45/47)
Paris: Heugel, n.d.[1877]. Plate H. 6324 and 6326.
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Scherzo (No.2)

For Piano (Hoffman)

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Arranger Richard Hoffman (1831–1909)
Publisher. Info. New York: Martens Brothers, 1880. Plate 192.
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Adagio cantabile (No.3)

For Piano and Harmonium (Vilbac)
See: L'Harmonium-Concertant (No.15)
For Harmonium (Guilmant)
See: Harmonium Transcriptions (No.5)
For Piano (Planté)

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Arranger Francis Planté (1839–1934)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Heugel, n.d.[1878]. Plate H.6397.
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General Information

Work Title Symphony No.3
Alternative. Title Sinfonie Nr.3 in a-Moll "Schottische"
Name Translations Symphonie nº 3 de Mendelssohn; Symphony No. 3; Sinfonia n.º 3; Simfonia núm. 3; 3. Sinfonie; 교향곡 3번; Sinfonia n. 3; Sinfonía n.º 3; Симфонія № 3; Hirugarren Sinfonia; Sinfonia nro 3; 交響曲第3番; III symfonia Mendelssohna; Симфония № 3; Symfoni nr. 3; Giao hưởng số 3; Symfonie č. 3 a moll; 第3號交響曲 (門德爾鬆); 第3号交响曲 (门德尔松); سمفونی شماره ۳; Simfonia 3; Simfonio Numero 3; 第3号交响曲; Sinfonía nᵘ 2; Simfonija br. 3 u a-molu (Mendelssohn); Sinfonia Nru 3; Simfonija Nr. 3 (Mendelsonas); Siansa Uimh. 3
Name Aliases Schottische Sinfonie; Skotská; Sinfonía n.º 3 en la menor, Op. 56; Escocesa; Schottische; Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, "Scottish"; Scottish; the Scottish; Scottish Symphony; Scotch Symphony
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 185890974; LCCN: n82077840; GND: 300102658; BNF: 13916165n
Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.56 ; MWV N 18
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IFM 180
Key A minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements (normally performed without pause):
I. Introduction. Andante con moto; Allegro un poco agitato (522 bars)
II. Scherzo. Vivace non troppo (F major, 273 bars)
III. Adagio (A major, 156 bars)
IV. Finale guerriero. Allegro vivacissimo (A minor); Allegro maestoso assai (A major, 490 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1841–42
First Performance. 1842-03-03 in Leipzig
Gewandhausorchester; Felix Mendelssohn (conductor)
First Publication. 1842 – Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel
  • Score – Plate 6823
Dedication Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
Average DurationAvg. Duration 36 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation orchestra
InstrDetail
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings
External Links Wikipedia article
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