"Music is a friend of labor for it lightens the task by
refreshing the nerves and spirit of the worker."
AUTHOR: William Green
“The rhythmic beats of music not only help people pace
their daily work activities but also make the work more
enjoyable."
COMPOSER
MENDELSSOHN
ARTICLE FROM:
Elijah
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| Cranach: Elijah and the Priests of Baal 1545 |
Elijah or Elias was a famous prophet and a wonder-worker in the northern kingdom of Israel
during the reign of Ahab, according to the Biblical Books of Kings.
ARTICLE FROM:
Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
Mendelssohn’s first oratorio, St. Paul (1836), achieved such an extraordinary success that it was a difficult act to follow. Mendelssohn immediately began contemplating the possibility of a second oratorio, and he even considered setting the story of Elijah. But for nearly a decade, these plans remained unfulfilled. He was apparently thinking about Elijah again in 1845, and when the Birmingham Music Festival commissioned him to compose an oratorio, he was ready to get to work.
As he had with St. Paul, Mendelssohn asked Julius Schubring, a friend and Lutheran pastor, to assemble a libretto from the German Bible. Because the audience in Birmingham expected an English-language oratorio, Schubring’s text had to be translated. Although Mendelssohn spoke English himself, he entrusted this assignment to his friend William Bartholomew. It was sometimes a delicate task, because many of the Biblical passages were famous ones, so English listeners would have been dismayed if they had heard literal translations of Luther’s German Bible rather than the King James version that was so familiar in England.
The premiere took place in Birmingham on August 26, 1846, under Mendelssohn’s direction. It was a tremendous success, and ever since Elijah has been widely regarded as the pre-eminent oratorio of the 19th century.
Today we usually think of Mendelssohn as the composer of two oratorios, but he was already at work on a third, Christus, when he died in 1847 at the age of only 38.
As he had with St. Paul, Mendelssohn asked Julius Schubring, a friend and Lutheran pastor, to assemble a libretto from the German Bible. Because the audience in Birmingham expected an English-language oratorio, Schubring’s text had to be translated. Although Mendelssohn spoke English himself, he entrusted this assignment to his friend William Bartholomew. It was sometimes a delicate task, because many of the Biblical passages were famous ones, so English listeners would have been dismayed if they had heard literal translations of Luther’s German Bible rather than the King James version that was so familiar in England.
The premiere took place in Birmingham on August 26, 1846, under Mendelssohn’s direction. It was a tremendous success, and ever since Elijah has been widely regarded as the pre-eminent oratorio of the 19th century.
Today we usually think of Mendelssohn as the composer of two oratorios, but he was already at work on a third, Christus, when he died in 1847 at the age of only 38.
GENERAL MUSIC
01. VIOLIN INSTRUCTIONAL DOCUMENTARY "SMALL WONDERS" CONTINUED
http://missjacobsonsmusic.blogspot.com/2009/12/small-wonders-concert.html
.......a. TECHNIQUES OF PLAYING VIOLIN EXPLAINED
.......b. METHODS OF TEACHING VIOLIN DEMONSTRATED
http://missjacobsonsmusic.blogspot.com/2009/12/small-wonders-concert.html
.......a. TECHNIQUES OF PLAYING VIOLIN EXPLAINED
.......b. METHODS OF TEACHING VIOLIN DEMONSTRATED
ADV. STRINGS
SPRING CONCERT FOR SCHOOL DURING LUNCH
JUNE 5th 5:00 PM (4:30 CALL TIME) DEDICATION FOR PATRICK'S GARDEN
VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION TO PLAY "STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN"
JUNE 5th 5:00 PM (4:30 CALL TIME) DEDICATION FOR PATRICK'S GARDEN
VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION TO PLAY "STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN"
BEG. STRINGS
SPRING CONCERT FOR SCHOOL DURING LUNCH