Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Hymn tune Mendelssohn, from his Festgesang (1840), as The Methodist Hymnal printed it (1905); the tenor's two widest notes are taken in the right hand
In Hymns
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 86: the usual pace of hymn tunes. Its length counts from that.
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Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.
- As written275 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand209 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots97 notes
- Right-hand melody76 notes
To practise it on paper: a practice chart for this piece, a week of steps from each hand alone to full tempo, with their speeds.
What it asks of you
- Treble clef from B3 to E5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from F2 to E4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
- Intervals: octaves, 10ths, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, 7ths
- Chords: inverted triads, triads
- Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score typed for Clefsight from Eaton & Mains, New York, 1905 (scan on the Internet Archive), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Felix Mendelssohn died in 1847. This is an arrangement, and the source doesn’t name its arranger. The composition’s rights don’t cover an arrangement: this one rests on its source’s licence (CC0 1.0). Credits