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