Mendelssohn describes to his friend Klingemann the 1840 work as "a ‘symphony for chorus and orchestra’… First three symphonic movements, to which 12 choral- and solo- movements are appendaged; the words from the Psalms, and indeed all pieces, vocal and instrumental, are composed in the words ‘Everything which has breath, Praise the Lord’; one understands by this that first the instruments give praise in their own way, and then the chorus and the individual voices."
| Genres | Sacred |
| Format | Score |
| Level | 2 |
| NumberOfPages | 40 |
| Media | Sheet Music |
| Publisher | Carus Verlag |
| Contributors | Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix(Composer) Seaton, Douglass(Artist) |
| Language | English, German |
| ISMN | 9790007061005 |