Elijah 26.

"Es ist genug"

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)

Adagio
Elijah
        
 
    
Piano

              

  
        
      
           
  
               
  

        
             
       
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        
   
It is e - nough! O
     
                           
 
                            
            
      
  
               

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                   
    
    
Lord, now take a-way my life, for I am not bet - ter than my fa-thers!

                       
  
    
   
cresc. 
                           
             
     
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     
17
      
cresc. 
      
It is e - nough, It is e - nough; now take a - way my
                             
             
  
        
               
            
    
  ( )          
         
22 cresc.

          
life, I am not bet - ter, not bet - ter than my fa - thers! I am not
   
                   
     

 
                 
  

  
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            
dim.

      
    
bet - ter, I am not bet - ter than my fa - thers!
   
            
cresc. sfz cresc. dim.

                                

         
   
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            
      
  

I de - sire to live no long - er; now let me
                    
  
                  ( )      
  
                         
       
      
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                
37 cresc.

       
die, for my days are but van - i - ty! now let me die, for my
       
                           
sfz

          
                
     
42
    
sfz
     
      
days are but van - i - ty! but van - i - ty!
          
          
           
   
           
cresc.

                          
                              
   
Molto Allegro vivace
     
45

 

                        

    
cresc. 
                             
   
      
             
48

      

I have been ve-ry jea - lous for the Lord, for the Lord God of Hosts,
  
                           
 


 
 
              
    

   
     

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     
     
53

      
for the child - ren of is - ra - el have
                             
       

                      
  
     
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 
sfz
      sfz          
     
brok - en thy cov - en - ant, brok - en thy cov - en - ant, have brok - en thy


                      
 
 sfz 
              
        

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         ( )     ( )       
   
cov - en-ant, and thrown down thine al - tars, and slain all thy pro - phets,
    ( )                        
             

                      
  
      
     
67

      

slain them with the sword, and slain thy pro - phets, slain them with the
    
                   
              

  
 sfz 
 
              
    
     
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      
    
72

     
sword, I have been ve - ry jea - lous for the
                         
    
 
    
  
                   
    
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           
     

Lord, for the Lord God of Hosts, ve - ry
                           
       
  
      
                   

   
    
81
       
        sfz   
   
jea-lous for the Lord, the Lord God of Hosts, and I, ev - en I
                 
      
 
   
   
             
     
 

            cresc.
  
87

    
on - ly am left; and they seek my life, and they seek my
        
            

        
   
           
        
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92
        


life to take it, to take it a-
                                    
    
cresc.

       
             
         
Adagio

      con
 forza 
96

 
- way. It is e - nough!
                   
              
( )  
 sfz 
       
       

 
       
dim.
100
      
 

It is e - nough! It is e - nough! O
                 
 
        

          
 
           
           
 
105
                 
       
Lord, now take a-way my life, for I am not bet - ter than my fa-
 
                
          


                    
            
            
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      
cresc. dim.
     
110

  
  
- thers! Now let me die, Lord, take a - way my
           
               
 
cresc.

         
                    
         


      
116

 
life,
   
           

                
    
    
