Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland

by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

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and at the conclusion, when another personage enters, so:—

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Christ is represented by a bass, and commences always thus:—

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I could not catch the formula, though I noted down several parts, which I can show you when I return: among others, the words spoken on the Cross. All the other personages,—Pilate, Peter, the Maid, and the High Priest,—are altos, and sing this melody only:—

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