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. 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)
Composers: Felix Mendelssohn and Philipp Nicolai

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 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 IMSLP, beware of scanning glitches in latter

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Paulus.