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Vision An Oratorio
Vision is an oratorio written for mixed chorus and soli accompanied by a chamber orchestra. The text is from the book Doctrine and Covenants, section seventy-six, paragraphs one and two, as printed by the official publishing organization of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day …
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Restoration: An Oratorio Based on Ezra and Nehemiah
… which I wanted to work. Once I committed to an Oratorio, more months were spent reading and finding the story I needed to tell and the orchestral medium through which to tell it. Thus began Restoration, an oratorio based on the story of Ezra and Nehemiah. I came to this story for several …
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The Tonkünstler-Societät and the oratorio in Vienna, 1771–1798
… These concerts typically featured newly-composed oratorios written specifically for the Society by such eminent composers as Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Salieri, and Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf. The Society is considered to be one of Vienna’s earliest public concert institutes, …
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A Critical Survey of the North German Oratorio Passion to 1700
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Judas Maccabaeus, Handel's victory oratorio of 1747, and its development in London performances until 1744
… had become the composer's second most popular oratorio: it received thirty-three London performances during the composer's lifetime, and continued to receive regular performances in London from 1760 until 1774. This thesis begins with a review of the historical and social, events which led to …
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American Choral Music in Late 19th Century New Haven: The Gounod and New Haven Oratorio Societies
… 30 years, 1888 to 1919: The Gounod and New Haven Oratorio Societies of New Haven, Connecticut. These societies are important because, especially in the case of the New Haven Society, they were closely related to Yale University and the work of Horatio Parker. One must assume from the onset that …
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"Hermann Suter's oratorio ""Le Laudi di San Francesco d'Assisi"": A reflection of Swiss musical life in the early twentieth century"
Hermann Suter's oratorio Le Laudi di San Francesco d'Assisi is a work of about seventy-minutes' duration for soloists, mixed chorus, children's chorus, orchestra, and organ. Its text, by St. Francis of Assisi, is the Canticle of the Creatures, in which each element of creation is personified. Suter …
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Creating both text and music for oratorios: portfolio of compositions and exegesis.
… explanatory exegesis. Part A includes the major oratorio work, called Bushfire Oratorio, as well as two small oratorio studies or minor works, called Bright Star: Estelle and Lionheart: The Threshold. Part B is comprised of an exegesis, which provides a commentary on the genesis, libretti writing …
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"Frank Martin's ""golgotha"""
This thesis examines the Golgotha oratorio, composed by Frank Martin at the height of his creative power. It succeeds Le Vin herbe, in which Martin reached a compositional style that satisfied him, and In Terra Pax, his first oratorio on Biblical texts. Writing immediately following World War II, …
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"Petr Eben's Oratorio ""Apologia Sokratus"" (1967) and Ballet ""Curses and Blessings"" (1983): An Interpretative Analysis of the Symbolism Behind the Text Settings and Musical Style"
The dissertation examines the significant features of Eben's music. His melodic style incorporates influences as diverse as Gregorian chant and folk tunes on the one hand, and modern vocal techniques such as Sprechgesang and vocal aleatoricism on the other. His harmonic language includes bitonality …
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Petr Eben's oratorio Apologia Sokratus (1967) and ballet Curses and Blessings (1983): An interpretative analysis of the symbolism behind the text settings and musical style
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A performer's analysis of the bass roles in selected Old Testament narrative English oratorios of George Frideric Handel
… that are in the Old Testament English oratorios of George Frideric Handel. This study is largely dependent upon the Chrysander editions of the oratorios, however both the Bärenreiter and Novello editions are consulted where available. This work may serve as a reference for bass …
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A bibliographical and textual study of the wordbooks for James Miller's Joseph and his brethren and Thomas Broughton's Hercules, oratorio librettos set to music by George Frideric Handel, 1743-44.
This thesis recovers the wordbooks for Handel’s oratorios from their neglect in literary and musical history. Taking Joseph and his Brethren and Hercules as samples, it shows the essential place of wordbooks in the original oratorio experience and challenges an editorial and performance practice …
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Haydn's Creation as a Musical Response to the Enlightenment
… Milton's Paradise Lost and earlier "creation" oratorios. The libretto of Creation, through its revisionist treatment of the biblical account of creation, reflects a shift from the orthodox Christian, apologetic perspective of Handelian oratorio toward a deistic representation of biblical truth. …
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The emergence of the independent prologue and chorus in Jesuit school theatre c.1550 - c.1700, derived from a comparative analysis of Benedictine, Augustinian and Jesuit school theatre, lay youth confraternity theatre and the oratorio vespertina of the Congregation of the Oratory
… Jesuit theatre main title dramas and Oratorian oratorios do not reveal a relationship, a comparative examination of the musical prologues and choruses performed within Jesuit theatrical productions and the musical works performed in the services of the Congregation of the Oratory over the period …
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A STUDY OF ROBERT NATHANIEL DETT: HIS CREATION OF THE CHARIOT JUBILEE AND A SETTING OF A NEW ACCESSIBLE REDUCED ORCHESTRATION
… specifically on making Robert Nathaniel Dett's oratorio, The Chariot Jubilee, more accessible to performers and audiences alike. An instrumental accompaniment comprising of one flute, one oboe, one bassoon, one french horn, piano, organ and a string quartet affords access to choirs of many …
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The Prayer of Daniel: for flute (with alto flute), clarinet (with bass clarinet), violin, cello, doumbek, percussion, piano, bass-baritone voice, and men's chorus
… of Daniel is a chamber piece in the style of an oratorio for vocal bass-baritone soloist, flute doubling on alto flute, B flat clarinet doubling on bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion on vibraphone and marimba, doumbek (a middle eastern drum), and men's chorus (TTBB). The approximate …
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The choral works of Robert Schumann (1810-56)
… the 1849 Goethe Festival. The unachieved oratorio Luther is described; and in Der Rose Pilgerfahrt the Biedermeier influence on Schumann is demonstrated. The Mass and Requiem show his response to Dusseldorf liturgical practice, and the four choral ballads stand on the threshold of opera, …
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La Primavera: Concertino for English Horn and Chamber Orchestra
… Concerto Grosso Le Quatro Staggione, Haydn's oratorio The Seasons, and Piazzola's chamber work Las Estaciones. While researching this topic, the conceptual dilemma of spring as the last season was considered. This became a turning point in the compositional process strong enough to consider …
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Michael Tippett's Philosophy of Musical and Eschatological Time and Its Implications for Christian Theology
… the theology of time. The analysis of Tippett’s oratorio, The Vision of Saint Augustine, supports a biblical theology of time and its relation to God in the eschaton. Tippet’s work is especially significant in light of modern theologians’ work in the theology of time, specifically William Craig, …
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