The Glorious Moment

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The Glorious Moment

work by Beethoven

Also known as: “Der glorreiche Augenblick”

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cantata
…Beethoven’s Der glorreiche Augenblick (The Glorious Moment) onward. Mendelssohn even combined the cantata with the symphony in the so-called symphony-cantata Lobgesang (1840; Hymn of Praise), whereas the 20th-century English composer Benjamin Britten gave the title Spring Symphony (1949) to a work that is actually a cantata.
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…Beethoven’s Der glorreiche Augenblick (The Glorious Moment) onward. Mendelssohn even combined the cantata with the symphony in the so-called symphony-cantata Lobgesang (1840; Hymn of Praise), whereas the 20th-century English composer Benjamin Britten gave the title Spring Symphony (1949) to a work that is actually a cantata.
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