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 HISTORY OF MENDELSSOHN'S "ELIJAH."

The Festival Committee, at their meeting imme- diately after the Festival (August 29), passed the following resolution : —

" That this Committee, deeply impressed by the unprecedented success of the oratorio of * Elijah,' written for this Festival, do return their very cordial and grateful thanks to Dr. Felix Mendelssohn- Bartholdy for a Composition in which the most consummate musical knowledge and the highest intellectual conceptions are displayed; a Composition which will soon be universally known, and not only add to the fame, already so great, of the Author, but tend to exalt the art which he professes, and on which his genius and judgment reflect so much honour."

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