Record ID
115254
Accession number
MA 694
Creator
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847.
Biographical Data
German composer.
Object title
Elijah get thee hence : copyist's manuscript, 1846.
Uniform title
Elias. Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen. Vocal score. English
Date
1846.
Inscriptions/Markings
"Elias. No 8 Rect: Alt Solo der Engel." At the bottom (in another hand): "The words of the above Recitative in "Elijah" were written by Mendelssohn's own hand."
Notes
Manuscript of a recitative for voice and cellos (continuo). The music is in a copyist's hand; the text, in Mendelssohns's hand, begins: "Elijah get thee hence."
Libretto by Julius Schubring.
Libretto by Julius Schubring.
Associated names
Schubring, Julius, 1806-1889, librettist.
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