Details
- Instrument:
- Choir
- Ensembles:
- SSAATTBB Mixed Choir
- Genres:
- Romantic Period
- Composers:
- Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn
- Publishers:
- Baerenreiter Verlag
- Series:
- Barenreiter Urtext
- ISBN:
- 9790006567591
- Format:
- Vocal Score
- Item types:
- Physical
- Musical forms:
- Oratorio
- Artist:
- Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 119
- Size:
- 10.63 x 7.48 inches
- Shipping Weight:
- 8.63 pounds
SKU: BA.BA09070-91
Oratorio. Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Edited by Douglass Seaton. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Barenreiter Urtext. Choral score. Opus 70. 119 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA09070-91. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA09070-91).ISBN 9790006567591. 10.63 x 7.48 inches. Text Language: German, English.
The choral score of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's oratorio"Elijah"is based on the scholarly-critical edition edited by Mendelssohn specialist Douglass Seaton. In its 1847 version, this musical setting of the story of the Biblical prophet from the 1st Book of Kings has remained popular to the present day. The choral score is fully compatible with the existing performance material. It does not however contain the appendices found in the full score and vocal score (with numbers from the first version).
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- A description of the sources
- Information on the genesis and history of the work
- Valuable notes on performance practice
- Includes an introduction with critical commentary explaining source discrepancies and editorial decisions
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- Page-turns, fold-out pages, and cues where you need them
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- Series:
- Barenreiter Urtext
- Artists:
- Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn
- Ensemble:
- SSAATTBB Mixed Choir
- Publisher:
- Baerenreiter Verlag