St. Paul, Op. 36

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St. Paul, Op. 36 is a large-scale sacred oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn depicting the life and conversion of the Apostle Paul, written in the tradition of Bach and Handel.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
St. Paul, Op. 36 canonical 3
Paulus, Op. 36 2
oratorio St. Paul, Op. 36 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oratorio ⓘ
sacred oratorio ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Paulus ⓘ
linked to: Apostle Paul

Paulus, Op. 36 ⓘ
linked to: St. Paul, Op. 36
catalogueNumber MWV A 14 ⓘ
composer Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ
composerNationality German ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
depicts Apostle Paul ⓘ
conversion of Paul ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation Düsseldorf ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1836 ⓘ
genre oratorio ⓘ
hasPart chorale "Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr" ⓘ
chorale "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" ⓘ
chorus "Mache dich auf, werde licht" ⓘ
final chorus ⓘ
overture ⓘ
influencedBy George Frideric Handel ⓘ
Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
keyFeatures arias ⓘ
chorales ⓘ
choruses ⓘ
recitatives ⓘ
language German ⓘ
liturgicalContext concert sacred work ⓘ
movementCount over 40 individual numbers ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 36 ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
publisher Breitkopf & Härtel ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
scoring mixed chorus ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
organ continuo ⓘ
solo voices ⓘ
structure two parts ⓘ
style Bach–Handel oratorio tradition ⓘ
subject conversion on the road to Damascus ⓘ
early Christian mission ⓘ
life of the Apostle Paul ⓘ
textSource Luther Bible ⓘ
chorale texts ⓘ
hymn texts ⓘ
textType biblical narrative ⓘ
title St. Paul ⓘ
linked to: Saint Paul

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Felix Mendelssohn → notableWork → St. Paul, Op. 36 ⓘ
St. Paul, Op. 36 → alsoKnownAs → Paulus, Op. 36 ⓘ
linked to: St. Paul, Op. 36
MWV A 14 → catalogues → Paulus, Op. 36 ⓘ
linked to: St. Paul, Op. 36
MWV A 14 → catalogues → St. Paul, Op. 36 ⓘ
Mache dich auf, werde licht → partOf → oratorio St. Paul, Op. 36 ⓘ
linked to: St. Paul, Op. 36
Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr → usedAsCantusFirmusIn → St. Paul, Op. 36 ⓘ