24. Woe to him!

Felix Mendelssohn

From "Elijah"
 
  
(1809-1847)

              
Soprano
     
 Woe to him,   woe to him, he shall per - ish; he  clo-sed the
 
Alto               
  he shall 
    
Woe to him, per - ish; he clo-sed the
         
        
Tenor
    
 Allegro moderato Woe  woe to him, he shall per - ish; he  clo-sed the
         
to him,
 
  
  
Bass          
 Woe to him,  woe to him, he shall per - ish; he  clo-sed the

               

      
     
Allegro moderato
            
    
Accomp.         
    
              

       
   
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S       
   
 
    
 
hea-vens! And  why
 
hath he 
  
 
hea-vens!
  
he clo-sed the
    
spo -

ken
 
in the name
 
of the
A                       
hea-vens! he clo-sed the hea-vens! And  why hath he  spo - ken in the name of the
                  
T          

 

    
 hea-vens! hea-vens! And  why hath he  in the name  of the

he clo-sed the
    spo -
 
ken
    
                  
   
B
hea-vens! he clo-sed the hea-vens! And  why hath he  spo - ken in the name of the
        
             

    
 
  
           
            

              
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    
S        
Lord?

and why
 
hath he spo -
  
ken in the name
 
of the Lord? and why, and
A                  
Lord? and why hath he spo - ken in the name of the Lord?
    
                  
T
      
 Lord?  why
and  he
hath spo -   
ken in the name
the
of Lord?
   and why,   and
            
B     
Lord? and why hath he spo - ken in the name of the Lord? and why, and why,

            () 
  
                    
   
     
         
1 Woe to him! - Mendelssohn
 
       
        
S
 
why hath he thus spo - ken, and why,
            
A
  

and why, and why,
     hath
and why he
     ()        
T
  
 why, and  why
     
hath he spo - ken in the name of the
               
B        
why hath he clo-sed the hea-vens? And why, and why and
   
                                   
  ()
       
     
      

       




      


    
 ()       
15
      
S
    
he    the
and why
   hath spo - ken in the name of Lord? and why hath

he
                   

A
spo - ken inthe name

          of the
of the Lord, the name Lord? and why, and
         
T    
 Lord, the name of the Lord? And why,
 and 
why hath he thus spo- ken,
             
B
      
why, and why hath he spo - ken in the name  the
of
()          
                
          

          
  
  
              
      
            
  
        
S                
spo - ken inthe name of the Lord?  Let the guil-ty
            
A           
why,
 and why 
hath he

spo -

ken in the name of the
 
Lord?
T            
   
  
and why

hath he
  spo -
  of the
ken in the name
   
Lord?
B
 ()
      
Lord, the name of the Lord?  Let the guil-ty pro-phet per -
         
                  
  


  
  
 sempre  

     ()             
   
2 Woe to him! - Mendelssohn
    
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S        
   
 let the guil-ty
pro - phet per
  -  ish!    
         
     

A
  let the guil-ty pro - phet
Let the guil-ty pro-phet per
  -  ish!  
T          
 

Let the guil-ty pro - phet per - ish!
         
B
ish!
 the
 Let  guil-
 ty pro - phet
      ()         

      
     
  
          
     (())    
 

    25         
S             
 
pro - phet, let the guil-ty, let the guil-ty pro-phet per - ish! Woe to him,  
      
A              
   
let the guil-ty pro - phet per- ish! Woe to him,
  
T            
 let the guil-ty pro     
- phet per- ish! Woe to him,
      
B   
per - ish, the guil - ty per-ish! Woe to him,
                 
             
            
  
     
       
   
         


                    

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    
     
S
       
 woe to him, he shall per-ish! He hath spo-ken
     false -
     
ly, false-ly a-gainst our land and us, as
A              
          
 he shall
           
per-ish! He hath spo-ken false - ly, false-ly a-gainst our land and us, as
       
             
T       

 woe to him, he shall per-ish! He  hath spo-ken
          ()                 
false - ly, false-ly a- gainst our land and us, as
   
B      

 woe to him, he shall per-ish! He hath spo-ken false - ly,  and
false-ly a-gainst our land us, as
        
           
      
                       
 
       
 
       ()        
                    
      ()  
               
3 Woe to him! - Mendelssohn
        
                 
   
S
we have heard with our ears.  Let the guil-ty pro - phet, let the guil-ty pro - phet
     
                 
A
   
we have heard with our ears.  Let the guil-ty pro - phet, let the guil-ty
   
T   ()  
  
 we have heard with our ears.
           
      
()
B
we have heard with our ears.  Let the guil-ty pro - phet,
  

 
   
                ()             

      
sempre 
   
        
         
   
()
()
()

()

   
     
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 ()  
 ()       
 
S
per - ish, per - ish!  So go ye forth;seize on him! He shall die!
   
        ()           
 
A
per - ish, per- ish!  So go ye forth;seize on him! He shall die!
          
  
   
()        
T      
 Let the guil-ty pro - phet per - ish!  So go ye forth;seize on him! He shall die!
     
              ( )        
B
     
per - ish, let the guil-ty pro- phet per-ish!  So go ye forth; seize on him! He shall die!
    
                 
    ( )                  
       
    
    
                   
        
        

  
45 
 
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        
                                      

                 

  

                     
                 
4 Woe to him! - Mendelssohn