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1 Elijah/Elias/Eliyahu
Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio "Elijah" has been one of the most popular works in its genre ever since it was composed. But there are some discrepencies between Mendelssohn's libretto and the original text. This quiz is about just some of those differences
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Arpeggionist
Sep 14 05
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2 Great Composers: Mendelssohn
Who was Mendelssohn? Take the quiz and find out more about this well-known, but perhaps underappreciated musician.
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57wordsmith
May 29 06
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Last Updated Nov 07 09 5:51 AM

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* Elijah's last appearence in the oratorio is in a soft, understated aria about God's kindness. Mendelssohn then has him ascending to heaven immediately in a chariot of fire. Of the things the librettist said Elijah had done in life, which was true according to the Bible?
* After the soprano's aria, and a choral response, "Be Not Afraid" (No. 22), we return to Elijah after Mt. Carmel. In the oratorio, Elijah condemns the king in public for the sins of Israel, and Jezebel immediately threatens to take his life. How does the Bible originally put it?
* On to Act 2. The music diverts from Elijah for a moment. The main character now becomes the angel. The angel, at this point a soprano, sings a rather graceful aria around the words: "I, I am your consoler..." Which prophet originally spoke those words?
* God does appear to Elijah, both in the Bible and in the oratorio. But in the Bible it is much less a grand appearence than that which Mendelssohn composes. In any case, where does God appear in both the Oratorio and in the Bible?
* In which year did Mendelssohn die?


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