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St. Paul. Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Voice sheet music. B-Flat Trumpet sheet music. Choir sheet music. Double Bass sheet music. Horn sheet music. Percussion sheet music. Timpani sheet music. Trombone sheet music. Organ Accompaniment sheet music.

Translation

St. Paul. Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Voice sheet music. B-Flat Trumpet sheet music. Choir sheet music. Double Bass sheet music. Horn sheet music. Percussion sheet music. Timpani sheet music. Trombone sheet music. Organ Accompaniment sheet music.

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St. Paul. Oratorio. Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. 1809-1847. Edited by R. Larry Todd. For SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, serpent, timpani, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass, organ. Stuttgart Urtext edition. Oratorios. Level 3. Choral score. Text language. German. English. Composed 1834-1836. Op. 36. 80 pages. Duration 145 minutes. Published by Carus Verlag. CA.4012905. With Text language. German. English. Oratorios. Mendelssohn composed his first oratorio Paulus under the impression of his own revival of J. S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion in 1829. He integrated chorale settings into St. Paul, for which he was accused by his contemporaries of making a stylistic break, using an element unsuitable to church music. In spite of these reservations, during Mendelssohn's lifetime St. Paul was one of his most popular works, which received numerous performances throughout Europe. Robert Schuman praised the "inextinguishable color of the instrumentation" and the "brilliant play with all the forms of composition. " He described it as a "jewel of the present.

Translation

St. Paul. Oratory. Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. 1809-1847. Edited by R. Larry Todd. For SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, serpent, timpani, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass, organ. Stuttgart Urtext edition. Oratorios. Level 3. Choral score. Text language. German. English. Composed 1834-1836. Op. 36. 80 pages. Duration 145 minutes. Published by Carus Verlag. CA.4012905. With Text language. German. English. Oratorios. Mendelssohn composed his first oratorio Paulus under the impression of his own revival of J. S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion in 1829. He integrated chorale settings into St. Paul, for which he was accused by his contemporaries of making a stylistic break, using an element unsuitable to church music. In spite of these reservations, during Mendelssohn's lifetime St. Paul was one of his most popular works, which received numerous performances throughout Europe. Robert Schuman praised the "inextinguishable color of the instrumentation" and the "brilliant play with all the forms of composition. " He described it as a "jewel of the present.