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Original

Oratorium nach Bildern der Bibel. Oratoria on words of the bible. Fanny Cecile Mendelssohn. Choir sheet music. Piano Accompaniment sheet music. Organ Accompaniment sheet music. Intermediate.

Translation

Oratory for images of the Bible. Oratoria on words of the bible. Fanny Cecile Mendelssohn. Choir sheet music. Piano Accompaniment sheet music. Organ Accompaniment sheet music. Intermediate.

Original

Oratorium nach Bildern der Bibel. Oratoria on words of the bible composed by Fanny Cecile Mendelssohn. 1805-1847. Edited by Elke Mascha Blankenburg. For soli, choir and orchestra. Soli, Choir and Instruments. Piano, Organ, Orchestra. First edition. Choral. Intermediate. Choral score. Composed 1831. Duration 45'. Published by Furore Verlag. FV.FUE-5331. ISBN M-50012-335-4. Choral. This oratorio is the third of three church works composed in rapid succession on 1831. its scoring is more abundant than that of the cantatas composed prior to it. there are five- to eight-part choruses and the orchestra is expanded to include three trombones. Once again Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn looks back in musical history, this time to the pre-Baroque era, and adds a new dimension to her own compositional language by doing so. At times modal harmonies create an "archaic" atmosphere for the biblical texts. Performance material available on hire.

Translation

Oratory for images of the Bible. Oratoria on words of the bible composed by Fanny Cecile Mendelssohn. 1805-1847. Edited by Elke Mascha Blankenburg. For soli, choir and orchestra. Soli, Choir and Instruments. Piano, Organ, Orchestra. First edition. Choral. Intermediate. Choral score. Composed 1831. Duration 45'. Published by Furore Verlag. FV.FUE-5331. ISBN M-50012-335-4. Choral. This oratorio is the third of three church works composed in rapid succession on 1831. its scoring is more abundant than that of the cantatas composed prior to it. there are five- to eight-part choruses and the orchestra is expanded to include three trombones. Once again Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn looks back in musical history, this time to the pre-Baroque era, and adds a new dimension to her own compositional language by doing so. At times modal harmonies create an "archaic" atmosphere for the biblical texts. Performance material available on hire.