Reformation Symphony

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Reformation Symphony. Mendelssohn's Sym. No.5 in D minor, Op.107, comp. 1830–2. Written for tercentenary of Augsburg Confession of 1530 but not perf. until 1832 in Berlin. The first and last movts. quote the ‘Dresden Amen’ and the Lutheran chorale Ein’ feste Burg.

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