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    Esther (HWV 50) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel. It is generally acknowledged to be the first English oratorio. Handel set a libretto after the...
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  • An oratorio (Italian pronunciation: [oraˈtɔːrjo]) is a musical composition with dramatic or narrative text for choir, soloists and orchestra or other ensemble...
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    The Book of Esther (Hebrew: מְגִלַּת אֶסְתֵּר, romanized: Megillat Esther; Greek: Ἐσθήρ; Latin: Liber Esther), also known in Hebrew as "the Scroll" ("the...
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    stage; Handel therefore presented Esther in concert form, thus giving birth to the English oratorio.: 212  Esther in its revised form proved to be a...
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  • Ester, a Hebrew-language oratorio by C. G. Lidarti Ester, an album by Trailer Trash Tracys 2012 Typhoon Ester (disambiguation) Esther (disambiguation) Hadassah...
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    therefore Handel presented Esther in concert form, thus giving birth to the English oratorio.: 212  Such was the success of his oratorios in English that eventually...
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  • Nicolaus Adam Strungk (1680) Esther (Handel), an oratorio by George Frideric Handel (1718) Esther (Meyerowitz opera), 1956 Esther (Weisgall opera), an opera...
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    Lidarti is noted for his oratorio Ester (Hebrew: תשועת ישראל על ידי אסתר - The Salvation of Israel by the Hands of Esther) composed in 1774 to a Hebrew...
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  • Concertos, Op. 1 Christoph Graupner – 8 Partitas George Frideric Handel Esther (oratorio) HWV 50a Dolc' è pur d'amor l'affanno, HWV 109b L'aure grate, il fresco...
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  • pp. 337–341. Barbieri, Patrizio (2007). "Pietro della Valle: the Esthèr oratorio (1639) and other experiments in the "stylus metabolicus". With new...
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    stage, and therefore Handel presented Esther in concert form, thus giving birth to the English oratorio.: 212  Esther in its revised form proved a popular...
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    This is a chronological list of oratorios from the 16th century to the present. Unless otherwise indicated, all dates are those when the work was first...
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    temporarily forbidden under papal decree. His first venture into English oratorio had been Esther, which was written and performed for a private patron in about...
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    popolo di Giuda liberato della morte per intercessione della regina Esther, oratorio, Venice 1768 Magnificat in D major, Venice 1768 Salve Regina in G major...
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    Jephtha (HWV 70) is an oratorio (1751) by George Frideric Handel with an English language libretto by the Rev. Thomas Morell, based on the story of Jephtha...
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    Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, is a biblical oratorio by the composer George Frideric Handel. Most scholars believe the libretto was prepared by Charles Jennens...
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    (HWV 68) is a dramatic oratorio in three acts by George Frideric Handel, set to an English libretto by Thomas Morell. The oratorio concerns the Christian...
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    (HWV 63) is an oratorio in three acts composed in 1746 by George Frideric Handel based on a libretto written by Thomas Morell. The oratorio was devised as...
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    George Frideric Handel (category Oratorio composers)
    the "magic" opera Orlando. After two commercially successful English oratorios Esther and Deborah, he was able to invest again in the South Sea Company....
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  • 1733: Floridante (opera) 17 March 1733: Deborah (oratorio). Role: Jael 14 April 1733: Esther (oratorio) 22 May 1733: Giovanni Bononcini, Griselda (opera)...
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    58) is a 'musical drama', originally presented "after the manner of an oratorio", in three parts by George Frideric Handel. Based on an existing opera...
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  • Rheinnixen Accord Respighi - La campana sommersa Accord Lidarti - Esther oratorio in Hebrew. Accord. Ponchielli - Marion Delorme Accord Zoltán Kodály...
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    La resurrezione (The Resurrection), HWV 47, is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, set to a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece (1652–1728). Capece...
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    oratorio by George Frideric Handel. It was composed in a month, from 19 July 1747 to 19 August 1747, six months before the beginning of the oratorio season...
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    Deborah (HWV 51) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel. It was one of Handel's early oratorios in English and was based on a libretto by Samuel Humphreys...
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    Athalia (HWV 52) is an English-language oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel to a libretto by Samuel Humphreys based on the play Athalie by Jean...
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    The Triumph of Time and Truth (category 1707 oratorios)
    an oratorio by George Frideric Handel produced in three different versions across fifty years of the composer’s career: Handel’s very first oratorio, composed...
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    introduce the chamber organ into his oratorios in 1732 in order to reinforce the voices in the chorus. The oratorios Esther and Deborah include elaborate choruses...
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    An Occasional Oratorio (HWV 62) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, based upon a libretto by Newburgh Hamilton after the poetry of John Milton and...
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    The Choice of Hercules (HWV 69) is an oratorio in one act (three scenes) by George Frideric Handel. Handel produced the score between 28 June and 5 July...
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