Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen über Dir (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy)

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• CPDL #18885:

Editor: Robert Urmann (submitted 2009-02-06).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 198 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Nothing adapted, nothing arranged. These are Mendelssohn’s ‘Engel’.

• CPDL #1400: Finale 2001

Editor: Per-Anders Aglert (submitted 2000-09-26).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 208 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Choral parts, slightly adapted.

Possible error(s) identified. (See discussion page for full description)

• CPDL #4726: PDF and MIDI files available.

Editor: John Kilpatrick (submitted 2003-04-08).   Score information: A4, 8 pages   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Arranged for unaccompanied singers (SSAATTBB 8 staves). Percy Snowdon's 1975 arrangement for unaccompanied singers of the motet from Elijah.

General Information

Title: Denn Er hat seinen Engeln befohlen
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

Number of voices: 8vv   Voicing: SSAATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Anthem

Language: German
Instruments: a cappella
Published:

Description: This piece is not from Elijah. Mendelssohn made it part of his oratorio later.

External websites:

• Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen - Divertimento Vocale, Freiburg

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 91.

German text

Psalm 91:11.12