Psalm texts inspired Mendelssohn throughout his composing career. In 1837 Robert Schumann judged Mendelssohn’s setting of Psalm 42 as the "highest level that he has achieved as a composer of church music, indeed the highest level that modern church music has ever reached". With this arrangement of Mendelssohn’s cantata Wie der Hirsch schreit (As the hart longs) smaller choirs and choirs with more limited resources of space or finance can now perform this popular work. The original symphonic wind and brass forces have been reduced from 15 to 5 wind and brass forces. All the vocal parts (soloists and chorus) are identical with the original version, so that the vocal scores andchorus scores of that version can be used. Can be performed by smaller choirs with smaller instrumental forces Usable with the vocal scores and choral scores from the original version. Complete performance material available on loan. carus plus: the work is also available in carus music, the choir app, and the practice CD series Carus Choir Coach.
| Format | Score |
| NumberOfPages | 112 |
| Media | Sheet Music |
| Publisher | Carus Verlag |
| Contributors | Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix(Composer) Homolka, Jan-Benjamin(Arranger) |
| Language | English, German |
| ISMN | 9790007240059 |