Lieder ohne Worte, Op.53 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 6 songs
Composition Year 1835-41
Genre Categories Lieder; Songs; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player; For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano, harmonium (arr); Scores featuring the harmonium (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For violin, piano (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); For violin, cello, piano (arr); For 3 players (arr); For 2 guitars (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr); For viola, piano (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr)

Contents

Performances

Sheet Music

Scores

Complete

 Complete Score (colour scan)
#181374 - 35.40MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4490×⇩ - RTM

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 Complete Score (monochrome)
#181375 - 10.13MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5024×⇩ - RTM

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RTM (2012/2/24)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Bonn: N. Simrock, n.d.[1841]. Plate 3935.
Copyright
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 Complete Score
#988420 - 5.99MB, 26 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Royal College o... (2025/8/29)

Publisher. Info. London: J. J. Ewer & Co., n.d.[1841].
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D2505/9
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 Complete Score (scan) (Preview)
#109657 - 3.64MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7022×⇩ - piupianissimo

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 Complete Score (filter) (Preview)
#109658 - 2.50MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3717×⇩ - piupianissimo

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 Complete Score (lower resolution) (Preview)
#52244 - 5.90MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6508×⇩ - CBo

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CBo (2010/1/8)

Editor Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 11 (pp.42-57)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1874-82. Plate M.B. 78.
Reprinted Farnborough: Gregg Press, 1968. (#s 109657-658)
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 Complete Score
#53946 - 2.01MB, 17 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6271×⇩ - CC

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CC (2010/1/23)

Editor Friedrich August Roitzsch (1805–1889)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1880). Plate 6000.
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 Complete Score
#00654 - 1.74MB, 27 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3973×⇩ - Feldmahler

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Feldmahler (2006/3/04)

Editor Theodor Kullak (1818-1882)
Publisher. Info. Kompositionen für klavier zu zwei Händen, Band I (pp.60-86)
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No. 1704a, n.d.(ca.1895). Plate 8727.
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Selections

 5. Volkslied
#782478 - 0.73MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 35×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2022/5/18)

Publisher. Info. 6 Ulubionych pieśni bez słów na fortepian, No.3
Warsaw: Gebethner and Wolff, n.d.(ca.1865). Plate G 224 W.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Violin and Piano (Hermann)
See: Lieder ohne Worte
For Cello and Piano (Grützmacher)

 Complete Score
#204592 - 3.04MB, 27 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1125×⇩ - Generoso

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 Cello Part
#204593 - 1.15MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1257×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2012/4/15)

Arranger Friedrich Grützmacher (1832-1903)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1890). Plate 6079.
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For Piano and Harmonium (Lickl)

 Harmonium Part
#356882 - 1.63MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 80×⇩ - Ralph Theo Misch

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 Piano Part
#356883 - 2.22MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 86×⇩ - Ralph Theo Misch

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Arranger Carl Georg Lickl (1801-1877)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, n.d.(1853). Plate 5363.
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For Piano 4 hands (Czerny)

 Complete Score
#252683 - 2.10MB, 33 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 309×⇩ - Morel

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 Complete Score
#356876 - 15.14MB, 34 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 70×⇩ - Notenquetser

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Notenquetser (2014/12/18)

Editor Carl Czerny (1791-1857)
Publisher. Info. Milan: G. Ricordi, n.d. Plate 34512.
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For Piano 4 Hands (Beer)

 Complete Score
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Arranger Max Josef Beer (1851–1908)
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Universal Edition, n.d. Plate U.E.692.
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For Piano 4 hands (Vilbac)

 1. Andante con moto
#331164 - 0.59MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 112×⇩ - Massenetique

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 2. Allegro non troppo
#331165 - 0.59MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 97×⇩ - Massenetique

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 3. Presto agitato
#331169 - 0.66MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 97×⇩ - Massenetique

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 5. Volkslied. Allegro con fuoco
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Arranger Renaud de Vilbac (1829-1884)
Publisher. Info. Douze célèbres romances sans paroles de F. Mendelssohn
Paris: Heugel, n.d.[1877]. Plates H. 6307.(4) and 6313-15.
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Andante con moto (No.1)

For 3 violins (Grünwald)
See: Violin-Terzette, Vol.4 (No.3, transposed to G major)
For Clarinet and Piano (Rosanov)
See: Clarinet School, No.45 (p.25)
For Violin and Piano

 Complete Score
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 Violin Part
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Bosworth & Co., n.d. Plate B. & Co. 907.13506.
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Allegro non troppo (No.2)

For Violin, Cello and Piano (Sitt)

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Arranger Hans Sitt (1850–1922)
Publisher. Info. Trio-Album
Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d.[1893]. Plate 7885.
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Misc. Notes in E major
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For 2 Guitars (Llobet)

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Arranger Miguel Llobet (1878–1938)
Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1924.
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For Viola and Piano (Ritter)

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Arranger Hermann Ritter (1849–1926)
Publisher. Info. Übertragungen für Viola, No.5
Leipzig: Kistner, n.d. Plate 6586.
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Misc. Notes in F major
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 Viola Part
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Arranger Herman Ritter (1849–1926)
Publisher. Info. Otto Langey's Viola Tutor
London: Hawkes & Son, n.d.(ca.1910). Plate 2043-110.
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Misc. Notes Originally published 1885-92 in Übertragungen für Viola
For a piano accompaniment, see Grutzmacher's arrangement above (file 204592).
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Presto agitato (No.3)

For Violin, Cello and Piano (Kowalewski)

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Arranger Jakub Kowalewski
Publisher. Info. Jakub Kowalewski, 2012.
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Adagio (No.4)

For 2 Violins, Viola and Cello (Zanger)
See: Streich-Quartett-Album, Vol.1 (No.18)
For Violin and Piano (Belloc)

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Schalltrichter (2012/11/24)

Arranger Émile Belloc (1841–1902)
Publisher. Info. Six romances sans paroles de F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Paris: Brandus, n.d. Plate B. et Cie. 12314.
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For Viola and Piano (Ritter)

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Publisher. Info. Nuremberg: Wilhelm Schmid, n.d. Plate W.S. 298.
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General Information

Work Title Lieder ohne Worte
Alternative. Title Songs Without Words
Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.53
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IFM 78
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 6 songs:
  1. Andante con moto, MWV U 143
    (A-flat major, 64 bars)
  2. Allegro non troppo, MWV U 109
    (E-flat major, 77 bars)
  3. Presto agitato, MWV U 144
    (G minor, 125 bars)
  4. Adagio, MWV U 114
    (F major, 30 bars)
  5. Volkslied, Allegro con fuoco, MWV U 153
    (A minor, 83 bars)
  6. Molto Allegro vivace, MWV U 154
    (A major, 126 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1835-41
First Publication. 1841 - Bonn: Simrock // London: J.J. Ewer & Co. // Paris: H. Lemoine
Dedication Sophie Horsley
Average DurationAvg. Duration 14-17 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation piano
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