No. 2. Symphonie-Cantate (Lobgesang) Op. 52. Partitions d'Ordchestre revues par H. Böhme.

Bookseller Notes

Not an entirely obvious choice for Vaughan Williams, given that his major influences were Elizabethan music and English folk-song and his inclination, from the outset was to break away from the German-dominated style of the later 19th century ('We now have to believe that Mendellsohn is NOT a great composer...', 1889 letter to his sister); and not purchased during his years of study, at the Royal College or at Cambridge (Trinity), since the Charing Cross Road Foyle's stamp dates the purchase to 1906 at the earliest. Mendelssohn, however, was still highly popular amongst the concert-going public during this period, and the few annotations relate to the organ part, which was one of Vaughan Williams' instruments.