Add MS 30389

ff. 1-144b. 'The Captivity of Judah': Oratorio in two parts, for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, drums, clarinets, flutes, oboes, horns, bassoons, trombones, strings, and organ, in score, by William Crotch, Mus. Doc. Autograph. Quite different from his earlier composition of the same title. The present work was begun in 1812 and completed in its first form in 1815; but it did not receive the finishing touches till 1828. It was performed on 10th June, 1834, at the installation of the Duke of Wellington as Chancellor of the University of Oxford, when the solo parts were taken by Mme. Caradori[-Allan], Miss [Elizabeth] Masson, William Knyvett, [John] Braham, [Thomas] Vaughan, and [Henry] Phillips.

ff. 145-169. 'When these are days of old'; for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, drums, flutes, oboes, clarinets, horns, bassoons, trombones, and strings, in full score, by W. Crotch, Mus.D. Dated 22 March, 1834. Autograph. The words are by Rev. J. Keble, Professor of Poetry at Oxford. Composed for the installation of the Duke of Wellington as Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1834, and performed at the same time as Crotch's oratorio, 'The Captivity of Judah'.