Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen

Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen
Motet by Felix Mendelssohn
The composer in 1846, portrait by Eduard Magnus
EnglishFor He shall give His angels charge
KeyG major
Catalogue
TextPsalm 91:11–12
LanguageGerman
Composed1844 (1844)
Published1844 (1844)
ScoringSATB eight-part choir

Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen (For He shall give His angels charge),[1] MWV B 53,[2] is the incipit of a motet for an eight-part choir a cappella by Felix Mendelssohn. He wrote it in 1844 for the Berlin Cathedral, setting verses 11 and 12 from Psalm 91. Later, Mendelssohn made the motet with accompaniment part of his oratorio Elijah. It was published in 1844, and by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1875 in the complete edition of the composer's works.

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