Mendelssohn Elijah

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Mendelssohn's *Elijah* is a large-scale Romantic oratorio depicting the biblical prophet Elijah, renowned for its dramatic choral writing and frequent performance in the choral repertoire.

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instanceOf choral work ⓘ
oratorio ⓘ
approximateDuration 135 minutes ⓘ
basedOn Biblical story of the prophet Elijah ⓘ
biblicalBookReferenced 1 Kings ⓘ
2 Kings ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 70 ⓘ
commissionedBy Birmingham Triennial Music Festival ⓘ
composer Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ
containsMovement And then shall your light break forth (chorus) ⓘ
Behold, God the Lord passed by (chorus) ⓘ
He watching over Israel (chorus) ⓘ
Help, Lord! (chorus) ⓘ
Lift thine eyes (chorus of women) ⓘ
Lord, bow thine ear (chorus) ⓘ
Thanks be to God (chorus) ⓘ
firstEnglishPerformanceYear 1847 ⓘ
genre Romantic oratorio ⓘ
hasEnglishVersion yes ⓘ
influencedBy Baroque oratorio tradition ⓘ
George Frideric Handel ⓘ
Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
keyMovementsKnownFor large-scale choruses ⓘ
language German ⓘ
notableFeature dramatic choral writing ⓘ
frequent performance in choral repertoire ⓘ
numberOfParts 2 ⓘ
otherSoloVoices alto ⓘ
soprano ⓘ
tenor ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
premiereCity Birmingham ⓘ
premiereCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
premiereDate 1846-08-26 ⓘ
premierePlace Birmingham Town Hall ⓘ
principalCharacter Elijah ⓘ
principalVoiceTypeForElijah baritone ⓘ
scoring mixed chorus ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
organ ⓘ
soloists ⓘ
structure Part I ⓘ
Part II ⓘ
style tonal ⓘ
textCompiler Julius Schubring NERFINISHED ⓘ
textSource Luther Bible ⓘ
titleInGerman Elias ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext church or sacred music festivals ⓘ
concert performance ⓘ

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Felix Mendelssohn → notableWork → Elijah, Op. 70 ⓘ
linked to: Mendelssohn Elijah
Birmingham Town Hall → hostedPremiereOf → Felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah" ⓘ
linked to: Mendelssohn Elijah
Lord, bow thine ear (chorus) → containedIn → Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah, Op. 70 ⓘ
linked to: Mendelssohn Elijah