Mendelssohn - "Wie die Zeit läuft!"
A couple of years ago, I heard this piece performed, and then didn't rest until I'd hunted down a copy of it. The only one I could find was the rather fancy "Limited Edition" printed by Breitkopf & Härtel in 2002 - pretty green hardcover, gold lettering, the works - which came with an introduction. Part of that is the following: "Even if "Wie die Zeit läuft!" (How time flies!) is not officially designated as a "song without words", this appellation, created by Mendelssohn him