The English oratorio is a fascinating case study in nationalist music history. It was created and developed by a series of German transplants and visitors — Handel, then Haydn and finally Mendelssohn ...

During his tragically curtailed life, the 19th century German composer Felix Mendelssohn became adept at code switching. Mendelssohn was born Jewish, but his parents baptized him as Protestant while ...

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Was the German composer’s oratorio a nod toward his Jewish ancestry — or the full fruition of his Christian identity? When the New York Philharmonic performs Felix Mendelssohn’s rarely heard “Elijah” ...