Talk:Choral symphony

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[edit] Link from articles

Be sure to add links from other articles, not to other articles. Articles should have appropriate places where they link to this current choral symphony article. I have taken a few minutes to add some links. — Andy W. ^{(talk/contrb.)} 22:16, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Have already done so with some and will continue to do so. Jonyungk (talk) 23:22, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] What about Mendelssohn?

I don't know the piece well enough to contribute authoritatively, but wouldn't Mendelssohn's second symphony preclude Mahler's eighth as one that uses chorus and soloists through much of the work? I'll grant that it doesn't use vocal forces the entire work as in the Mahler, but it's more than what Beethoven did in the nineth. PatrickWaters (talk) 21:32, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Good question. I don't know the work well, either, so scanned the article and found it said the work consisted of three orchestral movements followed by nine vocal ones. This plus the description Mendelssohn gives of the work as "A Symphony-Cantata on Words of the Holy Bible, for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra" would make me think he might be following the Beethovenian model, since the choral movement in the Beethoven Ninth would correspond to the "Cantata" (?) in the Mendelssohn Second. Anyone else, please feel free to participate. Jonyungk (talk) 00:07, 17 May 2008 (UTC)