Lauda Sion (Mendelssohn)
| Lauda Sion | |
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| by Felix Mendelssohn | |
The composer in 1847, portrait by Wilhelm Hensel | |
| Catalogue | MWV A 24 |
| Opus | 73 |
| Text | Lauda Sion |
| Language | Latin |
| Composed | 1845–1846 |
| Published | 1848 |
| Duration | 30 min. |
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Lauda Sion (Praise Zion), Op. 73, (MWV A 24) is an extended composition by Felix Mendelssohn. He set parts of Lauda Sion, a sequence in Latin for Corpus Christi in 1846. The piece in eight movements is scored for soloists, a four-part choir and orchestra.