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 HISTORY OF MENDELSSOHN'S ••ELIJAH."

notes single ones) — e.g., * as the Lord drew near ' (don't laugh), or something in which the accent on the last syllable is strong and decided ! "Then comes : —

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Then again : ' And behold, the Lord passed by.' And at the end again, ' But the Lord was not in the earthquake.' Also the third time : * But the Lord was not in the fire.*

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��And af - ter the fire there came a still small voice. .

(here I think it is quite necessary to keep the scriptural expression at least at the beginning !) And then perhaps : * And in that voice the Lord came unto him.'

" The instrumental parts are all copied here, and I bring them with me. Excuse the haste of these lines. — Always yours very truly,

" Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy."

��[Mendelssohn to Bartholomew.]

[Written in English.]

" Leipzig, July 21, 1846.

" My dear Sir, — After I had sent off my last letter to you in the morning, yours of the 14th arrived in the evening. I hasten to answer it, and will send ( 64 )

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