"Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy."
"L[eipzig], February 2nd, 1847.
"P.S.—This letter has been detained till to-day, when I send a great parcel to Mr. Buxton.
"Now I must add a few things about the second part of 'Elijah,' which I send to-day. In the Recit. No. 33, 'Hear me speedily, O Lord,' I have altered the beginning of the words thus:—
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"Pray alter the English words accordingly, and look that the following alterations are made in the music of that same Recitative: bar 16 (accompaniment) is to be thus:—
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Bar 22 (accompaniment) is to be thus:—