Elijah get thee hence : copyist's manuscript, 1846.

Record ID: 
115254
Accession number: 
MA 694
Creator: 
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847.
Biographical Data: 
German composer.
Title: 
Elijah get thee hence : copyist's manuscript, 1846.
Uniform title: 
Elias. Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen. Vocal score. English
Date: 
1846.
Inscription/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.

Associated names: 

Schubring, Julius, 1806-1889, librettist.

Music Collection: