Elijah (oratorio) thorough and speedy recognition of a great work of art'. Notwithstanding the work's triumph, Mendelssohn revised his oratorio wholesale before another group of performances in London in April 1847 - one (23 April) in the presence of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The German version was first performed on the composer's birthday, 3 February 1848, in Leipzig, a few months after Mendelssohn's death, under the baton of the composer Niels Wilhelm Gade. Mendelssohn uses biblical episodes relating to Elijah, which in the original, :19 and , are narrated in rather laconic form, to produce intensely dramatic scenes, by adding several
Paul Bernard (composer) Paul Bernard (composer) Paul Bernard (1827–1879) was a French composer. His best remembered work is the song "Ça fait peur aux oiseaux" from the operetta "Bredouille", to a libretto by Galoppe d'Onquaire (1805-1867). Songs composed my Paul Bernard: A Air danois, Op.89 L'amour captif B Badinage, Op.27 La ballade du page, Op.47 Ballade, Op.110 Barcarolle et chanson de 'Fortunio', Op.61 C Ça fait peur aux oiseaux, Op.108 Capriccio, Op.104 La carriole La chanson du puits Le chant des feuilles, Op.35 Charmant caprice Consolation, Op.66 D Le départ des conscrits, Op.36 E Les elfes, Op.25 Essais pour le piano 3 Etudes