Paulus (St. Paul), Op. 36 (Felix Mendelssohn)

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Complete work

• (Posted 2007-09-22)  CPDL #35170: 

Editor: James R. Jennings (submitted 2007-09-22).   Score information: None   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Complete Piano/vocal score in (NoteWorthy Composer) and MIDI file format. #26 only is available in PDF format.

Training aids

• Midis:   Zipped file:  

Contributor: Evm (submitted 18 May 2006).   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Movements 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 20, 22, 23, 26, 28, 29, 33, 35, 36, 38, 42, 43, and 45 zipped together

Separate movements

Part I 1: Overture 2: Herr, der du bist der Gott (Lord, Thou alone art God) (Posted 2003-05-07)  CPDL #04988:  Editor: Kelvin Smith (submitted 2003-05-07).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 855 kB   Copyright: Public Domain Edition notes: choral parts only. 3: To God on high 4a:And the many that believed 4b:We verily have heard 5: Now this man ceaseth not 6: And all that sat in the council 7: Jerusalem, Jerusalem 8a:Then they ran upon him 8b:Stone him to death 9a:And they stoned him 9b:To Thee, O Lord 10: And the witnesses 11: Siehe! wir preisen selig, die erduldet (Happy and blest are they) (Posted 2010-03-08)  CPDL #21147:          Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2010-03-08).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 118 kB   Copyright: CPDL Edition notes: English underlay text. (Posted 2024-01-08)  CPDL #78648:      Editor: Daniel Battle (submitted 2024-01-08).   Score information: A4, 11 pages, 130 kB   Copyright: Personal Edition notes: Latin: William Sewell, May 1901. 12a:And Saul made havoc of the church 12b:Consume them all 13a:And he journeyed with companions 13b:But the Lord is mindful of His own 14: The conversion 15: Rise up, arise 16: Wachet auf! Ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers, wake, a voice is calling) (Posted 2019-12-01)  CPDL #56143:        Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2019-12-01).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 40 kB   Copyright: CPDL Edition notes: German words; keyboard reduction with separate trumpet parts. (Posted 2010-03-08)  CPDL #21150:          Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2010-03-08).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 46 kB   Copyright: CPDL Edition notes: English words; Keyboard reduction with separate trumpet parts. (Posted 2007-10-05)  CPDL #15145:        (Finale 2002) Editor: Benoît Huwart (submitted 2007-10-05).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 45 kB   Copyright: Public Domain Edition notes: Reduction SATB; German words. 17: and his companions 18: O God, have mercy 19: And there was a disciple 20: I praise thee, O Lord 21: And Ananias went his way 22: O great is the depth

Part II 23: The nations are now the Lord's 24: And Paul came to the congregation 25: Now we are ambassadors 26: Wie lieblich sind die Boten (How lovely are the Messengers) (Posted 2010-03-08)  CPDL #21148:          Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2010-03-08).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 86 kB   Copyright: CPDL Edition notes: English underlay text. (Posted 2004-03-12)  CPDL #06824:      (Finale 2004) Editor: David Cameron (submitted 2004-03-12).   Score information: Letter, 9 pages, 312 kB   Copyright: Personal Edition notes: 27: I will sing of Thy great mercies 28a:But when the Jews 28b: So spricht der Herr: ich bin der Herr (Thus saith the Lord (Posted 2010-03-08)  CPDL #21149:          Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2010-03-08).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 29 kB   Copyright: CPDL Edition notes: English text. 28c:And they laid wait for Paul 29a:Is this he? 29b:O, Thou the true and only light 30: But Paul and Barnabas spake freely 31: For so hath the Lord 32: And there was a man at Lystra 33: The gods themselves 34: And they called Barnabas Jupiter 35: O, be gracious, ye immortals 36a:Now when the apostles 36b:For ye know not 36c:But our God abideth in heaven 37: Then the multitude 38: This is Jehovah's temple 39: And they all persecuted Paul 40: Sei getreu bis in den Tod (Be thou faithful unto death) (Posted 1999-11-11)  CPDL #00504:      (Encore) Editor: Tobias Schoelkopf (submitted 1999-11-11).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 140 kB   Copyright: CPDL Edition notes: German text. 41: And Paul sent and called the elders 42: Far be it from thy path 43: See what love 44: And though he be offered 45: Not only unto Him

General Information

Title: St. Paul, Op. 36 (Paulus)
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Lyricist: Julius Schubring

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB, and STB soli
Genre: Sacred, Oratorio

Languages: German, English
Instruments: Orchestra: 2223(Serpente)-223-tympani, strings & organ

First published: 1836
    2nd published: 1905 n° 26. "How lovely are the messengers" only in The Anthem Book, no. 130
Description: Libretto compiled from Scriptures by Julius Schubring

External websites:

• Free choir training aids for this work are available at Choralia.
• full and vocal scores at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP) at IMSLP (beware of scanning glitches in the latter.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Paulus.