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 HISTORY OF MENDELSSOHN'S "ELIJAH."

��" I do not speak of bar 26 and bar 38 of No. 8, because Mr. Buxton will have informed you that I am going to send a new song for the Widow, and that therefore the whole No. 8 must be postponed till then. I hope it will follow soon after this letter, and then I will not teaze you any more about this ' Elijah.' Bars 83, 95, 114, 123 as you propose. Bar 151, as you like both ways, I should prefer mine; bar 155, yours. Bar 157, I do not like the two B's and two C's on the words ' render to the ' ; could it

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��but I confess that I do not like the quavers, if they can be got rid of. The following bars, and bar 161, &c., as j'OK have them.

No. 9, Chorus, bar 10, I cannot approve of the twice F [sharp] in the Soprano, although I quite acknowledge the truth of your observation. But I propose instead : —

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��If you dislike this, pray propose another mode ; but the soprano cannot have the two F [sharps] wlnle the tenor also has them. ( "4 )

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