Lobgesang
Structure
Structure
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Structurally, it consists of three purely orchestral movements followed by 10Felix Mendelssohn\-Bartholdy, [Lobgesang: eine Symphonie\-Cantate nach Worten der heiligen Schrift](https://books.google.com/books?id=7EFeAAAAcAAJ); op. 52, p. 198\-223\. movements for chorus and/or soloists and orchestra, and lasts approximately 65–75 minutes in total. The English titles of the movements are:

1. Sinfonia:
	1. [Maestoso](/wiki/Maestoso "Maestoso") con moto \- [Allegro](/wiki/Allegro_%28music%29 "Allegro (music)")
	2. [Allegretto](/wiki/Allegretto "Allegretto") un poco agitato
	3. [Adagio](/wiki/Tempo%23Basic_tempo_markings "Tempo#Basic tempo markings") religioso
2. All men, all things, all that have life and breath (chorus)
3. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord (soprano and semi\-chorus)
4. Sing ye Praise (tenor recitative and aria)
5. All ye that cried unto the Lord (chorus)
6. I waited for the Lord (soprano duet and chorus)
7. The sorrows of Death (tenor Aria)
8. The Night is Departing (chorus)
9. Let all men praise the Lord ([chorale](/wiki/Chorale "Chorale"), "[Nun danket alle Gott](/wiki/Now_Thank_We_All_Our_God "Now Thank We All Our God")")
10. My song shall be always Thy Mercy (soprano and tenor duet)
11. Ye nations, offer to the Lord (chorus)

The now\-standard harmonisation of "[Nun danket alle Gott](/wiki/Nun_danket_alle_Gott "Nun danket alle Gott")" by [Martin Rinkart](/wiki/Martin_Rinkart "Martin Rinkart") (1636\) was devised by Felix Mendelssohn in 1840 when he adopted the hymn, sung in the now\-standard key of [G major](/wiki/G_major "G major") and with its original German lyrics of stanzas 1 and three, as the chorale to *Lobgesang*.


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