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38223	Edwards, F. G. (Frederick George)	The History of Mendelssohn's Oratorio 'Elijah'			.txt	text/plain	33682	2083	79	It is fifty years since Mendelssohn's "Elijah" was first performed. translation of "Elijah," written by Mendelssohn to her brother-in-law, FAC-SIMILE OF MENDELSSOHN'S METRONOMIC TIMES FOR "ELIJAH" 125 nine of Mendelssohn's songs are set to words by Klingemann.] Musical Festival, where it was given for the first time in England, subject for musical treatment as "Og of Bashan." The following letter, Moscheles, Mendelssohn wrote: "A new oratorio, too, I have begun; but Mendelssohn's oratorio of "Elijah" would never have been given to the Mendelssohn then set vigorously to work at the music. The music of "Elijah" was composed to German words; an English version _The English Translator of Mendelssohn's "Elijah."_ The music of "Elijah" came to Bartholomew from Mendelssohn in He at once wrote the following letter to Mendelssohn:-[Footnote 43: The German words which Mendelssohn _originally_ selected _The original Elijah in Mendelssohn's Oratorio._] The following letters from Mendelssohn to Bartholomew, all written in	./cache/38223.txt	./txt/38223.txt