Almost at the opening of the Second Part
Elijah prophesies against King Ahab, and is threatened by the Queen.
The rest of the work is almost taken up by Elijah's flight into the wilderness, his weariness of life, and his hearing of the Voice of God.
Tho final numbers refer to Elijah's ascension into Heaven, and end with a Chorus of Thanks-giving.
Those who wish to know something of Mendelssohn's life and works may care to hear of one or two useful books. The best study of the Composer is that in the eighty-column article by Grove in his Dictionary of Music. Small books are Stratton's Mendelssohn (Dent, 4s. 6d.) and Black-burn's Mendelssohn (Bell, Is. 6d.). Parry's Studies of Great Composers (Routledge, Gs.) has a chapter on Mendelssohn, and so has Mason's The Romantic Composers (Macmillan, 10s. 6d.). In Dannreuther's discussion of The Romantic Period (Oxford History of Music, Vol. 6, Oxford University Press, 25s.) Mondelssohn may be studied against the background of his time.