Denn Er hat seinen Engeln befohlen über dir (Felix Mendelssohn)

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• CPDL #18885: 

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

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

• CPDL #01400:  Finale 2001

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

Edition notes: Choral parts, slightly adapted.

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

• CPDL #04726:  PDF and MIDI files available.

Editor: John Kilpatrick (submitted 2003-04-08).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 84 kB   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

Denn Er hat seinen Engeln befohlen über dir,
daß sie dich behüten auf allen deinen Wegen,
daß sie dich auf den Händen tragen
und du deinen Fuß nicht an einen Stein stoßest.

Psalm 91:11.12