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The Standard Oratorios: Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers

The Standard Oratorios: Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers

by George P. Upton

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Author
Upton, George P. (George Putnam), 1834-1919
Title
The Standard Oratorios: Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers
Credits
Produced by David Newman, Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
MT: Music: Musical instruction and study, Composition
Subject
Oratorio
Category
Text
eBook-No.
22793
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22793
Release Date
September 28, 2007
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE Standard Oratorios THEIR STORIES, THEIR MUSIC, AND THEIR COMPOSERS
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.THE STANDARD ORATORIOS. — THE ORATORIO.
  5. 5.BACH. — The Christmas Oratorio. — The Saint Matthew Passion. — The Magnificat in D.
  6. 6.BEETHOVEN. — The Mount of Olives.
  7. 7.BENNETT. — The Woman of Samaria.
  8. 8.BERLIOZ. — The Requiem.
  9. 9.BRAHMS. — The German Requiem.
  10. 10.COSTA. — Eli.
  11. 11.ANTON DVORÁK. — The Stabat Mater.
  12. 12.GOUNOD. — The Redemption. — Mors et Vita.
  13. 13.HANDEL. — Israel in Egypt. — Saul. — Samson. — The Messiah. — Judas Maccabæus. — The Dettingen Te Deum.
  14. 14.HAYDN. — The Creation. — The Seasons.
  15. 15.LISZT. — The Legend of the Holy Elizabeth. — Christus.
  16. 16.MACFARREN. — St. John the Baptist.
  17. 17.MACKENZIE. — The Rose of Sharon.
  18. 18.MENDELSSOHN. — St. Paul. — Hymn of Praise. — Elijah. — Christus.
  19. 19.MOZART. — The Requiem.
  20. 20.PAINE. — St. Peter.
  21. 21.ROSSINI. — Stabat Mater.
  22. 22.RUBINSTEIN. — The Tower of Babel. — Paradise Lost.
  23. 23.SAINT-SAËNS. — Christmas Oratorio.
  24. 24.SCHUMANN. — Paradise and the Peri.
  25. 25.SPOHR. — The Last Judgment.
  26. 26.SULLIVAN. — The Prodigal Son. — The Light of the World.
  27. 27.VERDI. — The Manzoni Requiem.
  28. 28.SACRED MUSIC IN AMERICA.
  29. 29.APPENDIX.
  30. 30.INDEX. — UPTON'S MUSICAL HANDBOOKS. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — BIOGRAPHIES OF MUSICIANS. — THE SURGEON'S STORIES — LAUREL-CROWNED TALES. — Transcriber's Notes to the Electronic Edition

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