Felix Mendelssohn Elijah

Elijah, Op.70 is a work of the German composer Felix Mendelssohn. Free download sheet music and score "Elijah" as pdf file use the link on this page.

Instrumentation	Cast (SSSAATTB) Elijah (baritone) Widow (soprano) Youth (soprano) Angel II (soprano) Queen (alto) Angel I (alto) Obadiah (tenor) Ahab (tenor) Mixed Chorus (SATB) Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, ophicleïde, timpani, organ, strings
Language	German
Key	D minor
Movements	42 movements in 2 parts
Sections	Part I. Introduction (Elijah): As God the Lord of Israel liveth Overture (orchestra) 1. Chorus (SATB): Help, Lord! 2. Duet (SS) with Choir (SATB): Lord! bow thine ear to our prayer! 3. Recitative (Obadiah): Ye people, rend your hearts 4. Aria (Obadiah): If with all your hearts 5. Chorus (SATB): Yet doth the Lord see it not 6. Recitative (Angel I): Elijah! get thee hence 7. Double quartet (Angels, SSAATTBB): For he shall give his angels Recit. (Angel I): Now Cherith's brook is dried up 8. Recitative, Aria, Duet (Widow, Elijah): What have I to do with thee? 9. Chorus (SATB): Blessed are the men who fear him 10. Recitative (Elijah, Ahab, SATB): As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth 11. Chorus (SSAATTBB): Baal, we cry to thee; hear and answer us! 12. Recitative (Elijah, SATB): Call him louder, for he is a god! 13. Recitative (Elijah, SATB): Call him louder! he heareth not! 14. Aria with Choir (Elijah, SATB): Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel! 15. Quartet (SATB): Cast thy burden upon the Lord 16. Recitative (Elijah, SATB): O thou, who makest thine angels spirits 17. Aria (Elijah): Is not his word like a fire? 18. Arioso (Angel I): Woe unto them who forsake him! 19. Recitative (Obadiah, Elijah, SATB, Youth): O man of God, help thy people! 20. Chorus (SATB): Thanks be to God Part II. 21. Aria (Soprano): Hear ye, Israel! 22. Chorus (SATB): Be not afraid, saith God the Lord 23. Recitative (Elijah, Queen, SATB): The Lord hath exalted thee 24. Chorus (Obadiah, Elijah): Woe to him, he shall perish 25. Recitative (Tenor): Man of God, now let my words 26. Aria (Elijah): It is enough, O Lord now take away my life 27. Recitative (Tenor): See, now he sleepeth 28. Trio (SSA): Lift thine eyes 29. Chorus (SATB): He, watching over Israel, slumbers not 30. Recitative (Angel I, Elijah): Arise, Elijah, for thou hast a long journey 31. Aria (Angel I): O rest in the Lord 32. Chorus (SATB): He that shall endure to the end, shall be saved 33. Recitative (Elijah, Angel II): Night falleth round me, O Lord! 34. Chorus (SATB): Behold! God the Lord passeth by! 35. Quartet (SSAA), Choir (SATB): Above him stood the Seraphim; Holy is God the Lord 36. Recitative (SSATTBB, Elijah): Go, return upon thy way! I go on my way 37. Arioso (Elijah): For the mountains shall depart 38. Chorus (SATB): Then did Elijah the prophet break forth 39. Aria (Tenor): Then shall the righteous shine forth 40. Recitative (Soprano): Behold, God hath sent Elijah 41. Chorus (SSAATTBB): But the Lord, from the north hath raised one Isaiah Quartet (SATB): O come everyone that thirsteth 42. Chorus (SATB): And then shall your light break forth Lord, our Creator
Piece Style	Romantic
Composer Time Period	Romantic
Opus (Catalogue Number)	Op.70, MWV A 25
Year of Creation	1846
Year of First Publication	1847

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