Elijah in Full Score Agassiz adapted his teacher's pioneering

Agassiz adapted his teacher's pioneering techniques of comparative anatomy to paleontology

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Elijah in Full Score Agassiz adapted his teacher's pioneeringOne of the last works of German composer Felix Mendelssohn (18091847), the oratorio Elijah was first performed at England's Birmingham Festival in August 1846. Elated by the audience's response, Mendelssohn wrote jubilantly to his brother: "Not less than four choruses and four airs were encored." Audiences still respond enthusiastically to this splendid oratorio. A century and a half later, Elijah is one of the most frequently performed of all choral