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Picture: Elijah the Prophet, by Zuni Maud, from Tales of Elijah the Prophet by Peninnah Schram

Bibliography


Background knowledge of Mendelssohn's Elijah:

Edwards, Frederick George, The History of Mendelssohn's Oratorio Elijah (1896). London, Novello and Company, 1896

Gottlieb, Michah (ed.), Moses Mendelssohn: Writings on Judaism, Christianity and the Bible. Waltham MA, Brandeis University Press, 2011

Kaufman, Schima, Mendelssohn: a Second Elijah, New York NY, Tudor Publishing Company, 1934

Kupferberg, Herbert, Felix Mendelssohn: His Life, His Family, His Music, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972

Mercer-Taylor, Peter, The Cambridge Companion to Mendelssohn, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2004

Reichwald, Siegwart (ed.), Mendelssohn in Performance, Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 2008

Seaton, Douglas (ed.), The Mendelssohn Companion, Westport CT, Greenwood Press, 2001

Simons, Debi, Mendelssohn's Elijah: Text, Composition and Literary/Historical Background Essays, Behind-the-Music.com, 2019


Sposato, Jeffrey S. The Price of Assimilation: Felix Mendelssohn and the Nineteenth-  Century Anti-Semitic Tradition. New York: Oxford University, 2006

Strimple, Nick. Choral Music in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Amadeus, 2008. 

Summer, Robert J., Choral Masterworks from Bach to Britten: Reflections of a Conductor, Lanham MA, The Scarecrow Pres, Inc., 2007

Todd, R. Larry, Mendelssohn: a Life in Music, New York, Oxford University Press, 2003

Todd, R. Larry (ed.), Mendelssohn and his World. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1991  

Todd, Larry R. Mendelssohn’s Musical Education: A Study and Edition of his Exercises in   Composition. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1983. 

Ulrich, Homer. A Survey of Choral Music. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College, 1973.  

Werner, Jack. Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’: A Historical and Analytical Guide to the Oratorio.  London: Chappell & Co., Ltd., 1965.


Stories about Elijah:

Goldin, Barbara Diamond, Journeys With Elijah: Eight Tales of the Prophet, San Diego CA, Gulliver Books, 1999

Jaffe, Nina, the Mysterious Visitor: Stories of the Prophet Elijah, New York, Scholastic Press, 1997

Pearl, Sydelle, Elijah's Tears: Stories for the Jewish Holidays, Gretna LA, Pelican Publishing Company, 2004

Schram, Peninnah, Tales of Elijah the Prophet, Northvale NJ, Jason Aronson Inc., 1997


Religious exposition on Elijah:

Keller, W. Phillip, Elijah: Prophet of Power, Waco TX, Word Books, 1980

Kendall, R.T., These are the days of Elijah, Minneapolis MN, Chosen, 2013

Macduff, J.R., Elijah, the Prophet of Fire, Grand Rapids MI, Baker Book House, 1956

Merrill, Byron R., Elijah: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Salt Lake City UT, Bookcraft, 1997

Swindoll, Charles R. Elijah: A Man of Heroism and Humility. Nashville TN, Word Publishing, 2000


Varner, William C., The Chariot of Israel: Exploits of the Prophet Elijah, Bellmawr NJ, The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry, 1984



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