6 Organ Sonatas, Op.65 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 6 sonatas
Composition Year 1829-45
Genre Categories Sonatas; For organ; Scores featuring the organ; For 1 player; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr)

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Scores

 Complete Score
#782481 - 31.38MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 166×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2022/5/18)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1844-45.
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Misc. Notes Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków (PL-Kj): Mendelssohn Aut. 40/1
Contains a fragment (alternative version?) of Psalm 2, MWV B 41.
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 Complete Score
#52493 - 21.31MB, 63 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 13788×⇩ - CBo

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CBo (2010/1/10)

Editor Julius Rietz (1812-1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 12
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1874-82. Plate M.B. 84.
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 Complete Score
#183661 - 3.94MB, 90 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5932×⇩ - Aldona Jones

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Aldona Jones (2012/3/4)

Publisher. Info. London: R. Cocks & Co., n.d. Plate 9621-9626.
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 Complete Score
#34585 - 5.43MB, 88 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4298×⇩ - Arturo

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Arturo (2007/5/5)

 Complete Score
#58280 - 5.51MB, 89 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4711×⇩ - Ys

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Ys (2010/3/7)

Editor Friedrich August Roitzsch (1805-1889)
Publisher. Info. Kompositionen für die Orgel
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.1744, 1898. Plate 8521.
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 1. Sonata in F minor
#58284 - 1.19MB, 19 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6230×⇩ - Perlnerd666

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⇒ 5 more: 2. Sonata in C minor • 3. Sonata in A major • 4. Sonata in B♭ major • 5. Sonata in D major • 6. Sonata in D minor

 2. Sonata in C minor
#58285 - 0.64MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6939×⇩ - Perlnerd666

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 3. Sonata in A major
#58286 - 0.71MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7350×⇩ - Perlnerd666

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 4. Sonata in B♭ major
#58287 - 1.15MB, 19 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6096×⇩ - Perlnerd666

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 5. Sonata in D major
#58288 - 0.62MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4517×⇩ - Perlnerd666

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 6. Sonata in D minor
#58289 - 1.16MB, 19 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8123×⇩ - Perlnerd666

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Perlnerd666 (2010/3/7)

Editor Friedrich August Roitzsch (1805-1889)
Publisher. Info. Kompositionen für die Orgel (pp.34-120)
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.1744, 1898. Plate 8521.
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Misc. Notes Split from Arturo's scan
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 1. Sonata in F minor
#909476 - 17.76MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 25×⇩ - Royal College o...

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⇒ 5 more: 2. Sonata in C minor • 3. Sonata in A major • 4. Sonata in B♭ major • 5. Sonata in D major • 6. Sonata in D minor

 2. Sonata in C minor
#909477 - 9.90MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 12×⇩ - Royal College o...

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 3. Sonata in A major
#909478 - 9.82MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 14×⇩ - Royal College o...

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 4. Sonata in B♭ major
#909479 - 16.34MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 14×⇩ - Royal College o...

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 5. Sonata in D major
#909480 - 9.80MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 14×⇩ - Royal College o...

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 6. Sonata in D minor
#909481 - 13.61MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 13×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Editor Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909)
Publisher. Info. London: Augener & Co., n.d.(ca.1890). Plate A. & Co. 302.
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D1932/3, D1932/4, D1932/5, D1932/6, D1932/7 and D1932/8
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 Complete Score
#638698 - 82.47MB, 80 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/24 - 618×⇩ - Theunismarais

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Theunismarais (2020/7/28)

Editor Ivor Atkins (1869-1953)
Publisher. Info. London: Novello, n.d. Plate 16062.
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Misc. Notes Scanned on high resolution. Preface translated by Editor above in English?
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Piano 4 Hands

 Complete Score
#17067 - 5.59MB, 75 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 925×⇩ - Peter

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 Original Cover
#17068 - 2.41MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 413×⇩ - Peter

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Peter (2008/5/22)

Publisher. Info. Orgelwerke für Pianoforte zu Vier Händen.
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[ca.1876]. Plate V.A. 163.
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General Information

Work Title 6 Sonatas for Organ
Alternative. Title
Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.65
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFM 118
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 6 sonatas:
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1829-45
First Publication. 1845 - Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel // London: Coventry & Hollier // Paris: Schlesinger // Milan: Ricordi
Dedication Friedrich Schlemmer (1803–1890; in Frankfurt am Main)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation organ
External Links Wikipedia article
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Publication History

Reprinted:
  • Mineola: Dover Publications, 1991, 2004
  • New York : G. Schirmer, 1896: Compositions for the organ : three preludes and fugues, op. 37; six sonatas, op. 65 / Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Edited and fingered by Samuel P. Warren. Plate 12572
  • Paris : S. Bornemann, 1948: Oeuvres complètes pour orgue / de Félix Mendelssohn ; revues, annotées et doigtées par Marcel Dupré
  • München : G. Henle Verlag, 1976: Orgelsonaten : opus 65 / Mendelssohn Bartholdy ; nach Eigenschriften, Abschriften und den beiden Erstausgaben hrsg. von Hubert Meister ; Finger- und Pedalsatz von Wolfgang Stockmeier
  • Kassel : Bärenreiter Verlag, 1994: Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Orgelwerke / Bd. II / Herausgegeben von Christoph Albrecht

A 3-movement early version of Op.65 no.3 exists in autograph manuscript at SBBerlin.

Op.65 No.2 reuses a postlude (the Nachspiel in D major, MWV W 12) composed in Rome in 1831, according to Todd (Mendelssohn: A Life in Music, p.487). Composition and revision of the sonatas continued well into 1845. - Schissel

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