BEATI MORTUI- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Bass 1 Rehearsal Track

0:05 measure 0 (starting pitches, 1 measure before Verse 1, Phrase A)
0:48 measure 12 (1 measure before Verse 1, Phrase C)
1:28 measure 24 (1 measure before Verse 2, Phrase B)
2:00 measure 35 (1 measure before Verse 4, Phrase A)
2:44 measure 48 (5 beats before Verse 4, Phrase C)

BEATI MORTUI, by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Bass 1 Rehearsal Track, with Metronome
Key: C Major
Voice: Bass 1
Range: A2 - C4
Performance Example:    • Mendelssohn - Beati mortui, Op. 115  
Sheet Music Source:
This song- https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/7/78...
Large School Packet- https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/...

CONDUCTOR'S REHEARSAL NOTES:
• Notes: Omit solo
• m.2 stress on beat 1
• m.4 stress on beat 1 and breathe on the and of beat three
• m.4-8 starting with the B2 entrance then with the B1,T2 and T1 each entrance dynamic level starts “p”
• m.11 stress on beat one and decrescendo across the bar
• m.15 T2,B1,B2 stress on beat 1
• m.16 everyone fermata
• m.18 B1 and B2 breathe after “-tus”
• m.19 everyone stress on beat 3
• m.23 T1,B1,B2 decrescendo the bar; T2 crescendo/decrescendo
• m.24 everyone breathe after “-is”
• m.26 T1,B1,B2 breathe after “-tus”; B2 carry through
• m.27-28 everyone carry across the bar
• m.29 everyone breathe after “-is”
• m.30-31 non-crescendo
• m.35 everyone crescendo to “f”
• m.37-40 non-crescendo
• m.40 everyone breathe after “-tes”
• m.43 everyone rit.
• m.44 B1 lift on the and of beat one;B2 breathe on beat two
• m.44-45 everyone starts their phrase “pp”
• m.46 T2 and B2 breathe on the and of beat three
• m.49 B1 breath on the and of beat one; B2 breathe on beat two
• m.49-50 everyone starts their phrase “mp”
• m.51 T2 breathe on the and of beat 3; B1 no breath; B2 carry across the bar
• m.53 T1 and T2 stress on beat 1
• m.54 everyone rit.; T2 and B1 breathe after beat 2

INSTRUCTIONS/ERRATA:
• m. 46, beat 1 - tenor 2 should sing "i" (updated 6/6)
• m. 51, beat 1 - tenor 2 should sing "i" (updated 6/6)
• check here for official updates: https://www.tmea.org/vocal/audition-m...

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