MENDELSSOHN.
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At a comma
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and at the end when another person comes in
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Christ is represented by a bass, and always begins:—
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I could not get hold of the scheme, but I have noted down several passages, which I can show you, among others the words from the Cross. All the other speakers, Pilate, Peter, the maid, and the high priest, are now represented by the alto in G.
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The words of the People are sung by the choir above, all the rest from the altar. I must set down for you the “Crucifige” as I noted it, for the sake of its strangeness.
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The “Barabbam,” too, is curious; they are the mildest of Jews. But this letter is already too long, so I will be silent about the rest. Now come the prayers for all nations and institutions, each named