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Oratorios

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Archive of William Sterndale Bennett acquired from the Odling family

 Collection
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.

Autograph music manuscripts of Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen

 Collection
Autograph music manuscripts of Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, 1878-1934.
Extents: 0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates: 1878-1934

Compositions of Robin Humphrey Milford

 Collection
Compositions of Robin Humphrey Milford.
Extents: 3.19 Linear metres (29 boxes)
Dates: 1922-1959

Edward Elgar: The Kingdom. An Oratorio. Op. 51

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. b. 32
Edward Elgar: The Kingdom. An Oratorio. Op. 51. Autograph fair copy of the full score, including corrections, 1906.
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: 1906

Francesco Gasparini's oratorio 'Judith de Holoferne triumphans'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. e. 383
Score of Francesco Gasparini's oratorio 'Judith de Holoferne triumphans' [Iudith de Olopherne triumphans], copied by two professional Italian hands.
Extents: 95 Leaves
Dates: [1690s?]

Giacomo Carissimi: 'Jephthe', oratorio for SSSATB and continuo

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 299
'Jephthe' by Giacomo Carissimi, oratorio for SSSATB and continuo, c 1826.
Extents: 24 pages
Dates: c 1826

Johann Sebastian Bach, Matthäuspassion (BWV 244) chorus parts

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 210
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.
Extents: 120 Leaves
Dates: said to have been performed in Berlin, 11 March 1829

The M. Deneke Mendelssohn Collection

 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

Music manuscripts from the Library of St Michael's College, Tenbury Wells

 Collection
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

Musical collections of Harry Ellis Wooldridge

 Collection
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.

Ralph Vaughan Williams: 'Sancta Civitas', oratorio for tenor, baritone, chorus, semi-chorus and orchestra

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. b. 14
Ralph Vaughan Williams: 'Sancta Civitas', oratorio for tenor, baritone, chorus, semi-chorus and orchestra, [1925].
Extents: 70 pages
Dates: [1925]

Sir Arthur Sullivan: 'The Light of the World', oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra

 Collection
Sir Arthur Sullivan: 'The Light of the World', oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra.
Extents: 0.22 Linear metres (2 volumes)
Dates: 1873

Sir Arthur Sullivan's oratorio The Light of the World (orchestral parts)

 Collection
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