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Subject Oratorios Level [40] File

1. Add MS 5062

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Title:
George Frederick Handel: 'Messiah', oratorio
Scope & Content:
'Messiah'; in score, by Handel, transcribed by Henry Needier, evidently from a very early copy taken before the alterations in the modern editions (dating from 1744?). The present MS. corresponds closely with Arnold's edition, omitting the alterations referred to above. The appearance of the word...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 5319

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Title:
George Frideric Handel: 'Saul', an oratorio
Scope & Content:
Saul: Oratorio,' in three parts, for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, flutes, bassoons, trombones, carillon, drums, strings (including 'teorba,' sc. theorbo), harp, harpsichord, and organ, in score, by Handel. The trombone parts are written out separately a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1738
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 5320

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Title:
George Frideric Handel: 'Israel in Egypt', an oratorio
Scope & Content:
'Israel in Egypt': Oratorio in two parts, for solo voices and double choir, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes, trumpets, bassoons, drums, strings, harpsichord, and organ, in score, by Handel [1738]. Apparently transcribed for Dr. [Samuel] Howard (d. 1782) with a view to engraving, and ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1769
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 5337

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Title:
A collection of incidental music from operas, madrigals, sonatas, catches, glees, a duet from an oratorio and a canon
Scope & Content:
The contents of this MS. are in different hands. ff. 1-42. Incidental music, by Henry Purcell, in score; early 18th cent. The symphonies are written for flutes, oboes, strings, etc., and, in the case of no. 2, for trumpets also. 1. [The Masque in] 'Timon of Athens' [1694]. f. 1. 2. 'The Musick ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 11515

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Title:
Thomas Augustine Arne: 'Judith', oratorio. Volume I.
Scope & Content:
'Judith': Oratorio in three acts, for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, horns, flutes, oboes, bassoons, strings, harpsichord and organ, in score, composed by Dr. [Thomas Augustine] Arne. In three volumes. The greater part of it is autograph. One or two numbe...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1764
Extent:
1 volume (91 folios)

6. Add MS 11516

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Title:
Thomas Augustine Arne: 'Judith', oratorio. Volume II.
Scope & Content:
'Judith': Oratorio in three acts, for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, horns, flutes, oboes, bassoons, strings, harpsichord and organ, in score, composed by Dr. [Thomas Augustine] Arne. In three volumes. The greater part of it is autograph. A few leaves (ff...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1764
Extent:
1 volume (70 folios)

7. Add MS 11517

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Title:
Thomas Augustine Arne: 'Judith', oratorio. Volume III.
Scope & Content:
'Judith': Oratorio in three acts, for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, horns, flutes, oboes, bassoons, strings, harpsichord and organ, in score, composed by Dr. [Thomas Augustine] Arne. In three volumes. The greater part of it is autograph. One or two numbe...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1764
Extent:
1 volume (73 folios)

8. Add MS 14123

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Title:
Nicola Porpora: 'S. Evgenia', oratorio
Scope & Content:
'S. Evgenia': Oratorio in 3 acts, for solo voices and 4-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, oboes, strings, etc., in score, by Porpora, 1721. Autograph. The characters are S. Philippo, Claudia, Gian Cola, Bubbo, Sergio, Melanzia, Sta. Eugenia, Valerio the prefect of Alex...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1721
Extent:
1 volume (142 folios)

9. Add MS 14124

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Title:
Nicola Porpora: 'Oratorio per la Nascita di Gesu Cristo', oratorio
Scope & Content:
'Oratorio per la Nascita di Gesu Cristo' (sc.'II Verbo incarnato'?), in two parts, for 3 solo voices (Peace, Justice, and Truth), with symphonies and accompaniments for psaltery, horns (hunting and otherwise), flutes, bassoons, and strings, in score, by Nicolo Porpora, 1748. Autograph.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1748
Extent:
1 volume (132 folios)

10. Add MS 14136

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Title:
Niccolò Jommelli: 'La Passione di Gesu Christo', oratorio
Scope & Content:
'La Passione di Gesu Christo': Oratorio, in two parts, for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes, horns, flutes, and strings, in score; the words by Abbate Pietro Metastasio, the music by Nicolò Jommelli. The characters are Saints Pietro, Mad[d]alena, Giovanni, and...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
after 1742
Extent:
1 volume (184 folios)