The Standard Cantatas: Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers: A HandbookUpton, George P. (George Putnam)
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The Standard Cantatas: Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers: A Handbook
Upton, George P. (George Putnam)
Cantatas -- History and criticism
Adam, Adolphe.
Le Premiers Pas (1847);
La Fête des Arts (1852);
Chant de Victoire (1855);
Birth of the Prince Imperial (1856).
Anderton, Thomas.
The Song of Deborah and Barak (1871);
The Wreck of the Hesperus (1882);
The Norman Baron (1884);
Yuletide (1885).
Arnold, Samuel.
Sennacherib (1774).
Aspa, Edward.
The Gypsies (1870);
Endymion (1875).
Astorga, Emanuele.
Quando penso (1706);
Torne Aprile (1706);
In questo core (1707);
Dafni (1709).
Bach, John Sebastian.
Two hundred and twenty-six sacred cantatas, of which the following
are most commonly sung: Ich hatte viel Bekümmerniss; Festo
Ascensionis Christi; Ein' Feste Burg (Reformation festival of 1717);
Aus tiefer Noth schrei ich; Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam; Ehre
sei Gott in der Höhe (Christmas cantata); Gottes Zeit ist die
allerbeste Zeit (mourning cantata); Lobe den Herrn (New Year's Day);
O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort; Gott ist mein König; Wie schön leucht uns
der Morgenstern.
Twenty-eight birthday, funeral, and secular cantatas: among them,
Komische cantate, Kaffee cantate, Bauern oder Hochzeit's cantate.
Balfe, Michael.
Mazeppa (1862);
The Page (?).
Barnby, Joseph.
Rebekah (1870).
Barnett, John Francis.
The Ancient Mariner (1867);
Paradise and the Peri (1870);
Lay of the Last Minstrel (1874);
The Good Shepherd (1876);
The Building of the Ship (1880).
Beethoven, Ludwig von.
Der Glorreiche Augenblick (1814);
Meeresstille und glücklich Fahrt (1815).
Bendall, Wilfred.
Parizadeh (1870);
The Lady of Shalott (1871).
Benedict, Julius.
Undine (1860);
Richard Coeur de Leon (1863);
Legend of St. Cecilia (1866);
Legend of St. Elizabeth (1867);
St. Peter (1870);
Graziella (1882).
Bennett, William Sterndale.
May Queen (1858);
International Exhibition Ode (1862);
Cambridge Installation Ode (1862).
Berlioz, Hector.
Sardanaple (1830);
Romeo and Juliet (dramatic symphony with solos and chorus) (1839);
Damnation of Faust (dramatic scenes) (1846);
L'Imperiale (1855);
Le Cinq Mai (1857).
Bishop, Henry.
The Seventh Day (1840).
Boito, Arrigo.
Ode to Art (1880).
Brahms, Johannes.
Rinaldo (1868);
Rhapsodie (1870);
Schicksalslied (1871);
Triumphlied (1873);
Gesang der Parzen (1877);
Boadicea (1878).
Bridge, John Frederick.
Rock of Ages (1880);
Boadicea (1880).
Bristow, George Frederick.
Daniel (1876).
Bronsart, Hans von.
Christmarkt (1876).
Bruch, Max.
Die Birken und die Erlen (1853);
Jubilate-Amen (1856);
Rinaldo (1858);
Rorate Coeli (1861);
Frithjof's Saga (1862);
Salamis (1862);
Die Flucht der heilige Familie (1863);
Gesang der heiligen drei Könige (1864);
Römischer Triumphgesang (1864);
Römische Leichenfeier (1864);
Schön Ellen (1869);
Odysseus (1872);
Arminius (1873);
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