On Wings of Song, Op. 34, No. 2 (cello and piano)

Title: On Wings of Song, Op. 34, No. 2

Composer: Felix Mendelssohn, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Cello and Piano

Printout: 6 pages including cover

Note: Mendelssohn’s opus 34 is a set of six song settings of poems by Heinrich Heine. The second, On Wings of Song, has a beautiful melody and rich rolling harmonies that make it an ever-popular solo, particularly for sonorous instruments like the cello. The solo cello part is in tenor clef.