St. Paul, Op. 36

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oratorio sacred oratorio

St. Paul, Op. 36 is a large-scale sacred oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn depicting the life and conversion of the Apostle Paul, written in the tradition of Bach and Handel.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Paulus, Op. 36	1
St. Paul, Op. 36 canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	oratorio ⓘ sacred oratorio ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paulus St. Paul, Op. 36 ⓘ surface form: Paulus, Op. 36
catalogueNumber	MWV A 14 ⓘ
composer	Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ
composerNationality	German ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
depicts	Apostle Paul ⓘ conversion of Paul ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation	Düsseldorf ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear	1836 ⓘ
genre	oratorio ⓘ
hasPart	chorale "Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr" ⓘ chorale "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" ⓘ chorus "Mache dich auf, werde licht" ⓘ final chorus ⓘ overture ⓘ
influencedBy	George Frideric Handel ⓘ Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
keyFeatures	arias ⓘ chorales ⓘ choruses ⓘ recitatives ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
liturgicalContext	concert sacred work ⓘ
movementCount	over 40 individual numbers ⓘ
opusNumber	Op. 36 ⓘ
period	Romantic era ⓘ
publisher	Breitkopf & Härtel ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
scoring	mixed chorus ⓘ orchestra ⓘ organ continuo ⓘ solo voices ⓘ
structure	two parts ⓘ
style	Bach–Handel oratorio tradition ⓘ
subject	conversion on the road to Damascus ⓘ early Christian mission ⓘ life of the Apostle Paul ⓘ
textSource	Luther Bible ⓘ chorale texts ⓘ hymn texts ⓘ
textType	biblical narrative ⓘ
title	Saint Paul ⓘ surface form: St. Paul

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Felix Mendelssohn → notableWork → St. Paul, Op. 36 ⓘ

St. Paul, Op. 36 → alsoKnownAs → St. Paul, Op. 36 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paulus, Op. 36