For He Shall Give His Angels Charge Over Thee: Vocal Score

ISBN-13: 9780193954083 / Angielski

Felix Mendelssohn

Opis

for SSAATTBB unaccompanied Written in 1844 in thanksgiving for the preservation of the life of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm after an unsuccessful assassination attempt, this is the original a cappella version of the well-known chorus from Elijah. This edition presents both English and German texts.

Recenzje

We may all know Mendelssohn's ever-popular chorus from Elijah, but not that 'For he shall give his angels charge over thee' derives from an eight-part unaccompanied motet that the composer wrote two years before Elijah. Patrick Russill has fitted Bartholomew's English text to Mendelssohn's original music, and added some editorial markings and corrections to make an effective English-language anthem.