Oratorios
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Collection
Archive of William Sterndale Bennett acquired from the Odling family
Archive of the composer William Sterndale Bennett previously with the Odling family, 1785-1994, n.d.
Extents: 3.0 Linear metres (90 boxes)
Dates:
1785-1994, n.d.
Collection
Autograph music manuscripts of Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen
Autograph music manuscripts of Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, 1878-1934.
Extents: 0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates:
1878-1934
Collection
Compositions of Robin Humphrey Milford
Compositions of Robin Humphrey Milford.
Extents: 3.19 Linear metres (29 boxes)
Dates:
1922-1959
Single Item
Edward Elgar: The Kingdom. An Oratorio. Op. 51
Edward Elgar: The Kingdom. An Oratorio. Op. 51. Autograph fair copy of the full score, including corrections, 1906.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. b. 32
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
1906
Single Item
Francesco Gasparini's oratorio 'Judith de Holoferne triumphans'
Score of Francesco Gasparini's oratorio 'Judith de Holoferne triumphans' [Iudith de Olopherne triumphans], copied by two professional Italian hands.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. e. 383
Extents: 95 Leaves
Dates:
[1690s?]
Single Item
Giacomo Carissimi: 'Jephthe', oratorio for SSSATB and continuo
'Jephthe' by Giacomo Carissimi, oratorio for SSSATB and continuo, c 1826.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 299
Extents: 24 pages
Dates:
c 1826
Single Item
Johann Sebastian Bach, Matthäuspassion (BWV 244) chorus parts
Eight separate chorus parts (soprano, alto, tenor and bass of Coro I and Coro II), all in the same German hand of the early 19th century, of J. S. Bach's St Matthew's Passion.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 210
Extents: 120 Leaves
Dates:
said to have been performed in Berlin, 11 March 1829
Collection
The M. Deneke Mendelssohn Collection
The M. Deneke Mendelssohn Collection contains a wealth of autographs, letters, drawing books, and other personal items relating to Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, as well as a considerable part of the composer's own library. Other relevant material is added from time to time.
Extents: 23.54 Linear metres (236 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1819-1974
Collection
Music manuscripts from the Library of St Michael's College, Tenbury Wells
Music manuscripts from the Library of St Michael's College, Tenbury, Worcestershire, [c 1600]-1930.
Extents: 127.16 Linear metres (1136 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
[c 1600]-1930
Collection
Musical collections of Harry Ellis Wooldridge
A collection of music, including transcripts mainly of 17th and 18th-century Italian music, nearly all from sources in the British Museum.
Extents: 3.74 Linear metres (34 boxes)
Dates:
1870-1906, n.d.
Single Item
Ralph Vaughan Williams: 'Sancta Civitas', oratorio for tenor, baritone, chorus, semi-chorus and orchestra
Ralph Vaughan Williams: 'Sancta Civitas', oratorio for tenor, baritone, chorus, semi-chorus and orchestra, [1925].
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. b. 14
Extents: 70 pages
Dates:
[1925]
Collection
Sir Arthur Sullivan: 'The Light of the World', oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra
Sir Arthur Sullivan: 'The Light of the World', oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra.
Extents: 0.22 Linear metres (2 volumes)
Dates:
1873
Collection
Sir Arthur Sullivan's oratorio The Light of the World (orchestral parts)
Orchestral parts for Sir Arthur Sullivan's oratorio The Light of the World, prepared for the first performance at the Birmingham Festival on 27 Aug 1873.
Extents: 0.25 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Dates:
1873