[Footnote 60: "Lift thine eyes" was originally written as a duet for soprano and contralto, and in this form it was sung at Birmingham by the Misses Williams. Mendelssohn, according to the late Mr. Lazarus, was very desirous that there should be no break between the trio, "Lift thine eyes," and the succeeding chorus, "He, watching over Israel." His special direction at the end of the trio, "_Attacca_, _No._ 29," shows the importance he attached to the connecting of these two numbers--the trio _and_ the chorus of angels.]

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