 | before the beginning of the oratorio season. Joshua is Handel's fourth oratorio based on a libretto by Thomas Morell. The oratorio premiered on 9 March 1748... 12 KB (1,449 words) - 17:55, 6 June 2023 |
 | composer Georg Frideric Handel composed the oratorio Joshua in 1747. Composer Franz Waxman composed an oratorio Joshua in 1959. Marc-Antoine Charpentier composed... 54 KB (5,766 words) - 15:05, 17 April 2024 |
producer Joshua (surname) Joshua (Handel), a 1747 oratorio by George Frideric Handel Joshua (band), a metal band fronted by Joshua Perahia Joshua (album)... 2 KB (263 words) - 15:12, 23 September 2023 |
Joshua Rifkin (born April 22, 1944) is an American conductor, pianist, and musicologist. He is currently a professor of music at Boston University. As... 19 KB (2,087 words) - 02:42, 8 December 2023 |
 | 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... 50 KB (4,933 words) - 03:16, 20 March 2024 |
| Judas Maccabaeus (Handel) (redirect from Judas Maccabeus (oratorio)) (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... 21 KB (1,356 words) - 14:17, 12 April 2024 |
| Esther (Handel) (redirect from Esther (oratorio)) 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... 15 KB (1,847 words) - 11:17, 11 March 2024 |
 | Messiah (Handel) (redirect from Messiah (oratorio)) Messiah (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel. The text was compiled from the King James Bible and the Coverdale... 94 KB (10,511 words) - 19:35, 17 March 2024 |
| Theodora (Handel) (redirect from Theodora (oratorio)) (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... 21 KB (1,655 words) - 22:25, 22 August 2023 |
 | Israel in Egypt (redirect from Israel in Egypt (oratorio)) 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... 13 KB (1,478 words) - 00:48, 17 April 2024 |
| Jephtha (Handel) (redirect from Jephtha (oratorio)) 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... 13 KB (1,550 words) - 17:17, 20 March 2024 |
| Semele (Handel) (redirect from Semele (oratorio)) 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... 28 KB (3,211 words) - 04:25, 27 April 2024 |
| Samson (Handel) (redirect from Samson (oratorio)) a three-act oratorio by George Frideric Handel, considered to be one of his finest dramatic works. It is usually performed as an oratorio in concert form... 13 KB (1,224 words) - 19:38, 14 April 2024 |
 | La resurrezione (The Resurrection), HWV 47, is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, set to a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece (1652–1728). Capece... 9 KB (602 words) - 14:29, 5 December 2023 |
| Solomon (Handel) (redirect from Solomon (oratorio)) Solomon, HWV 67, is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel. The anonymous libretto – currently thought to have been penned by the English Jewish poet/playwright... 18 KB (1,282 words) - 18:34, 30 December 2023 |
| George Frideric Handel (category Oratorio composers) 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. Handel received his training... 99 KB (11,296 words) - 09:51, 19 April 2024 |
| Athalia (Handel) (redirect from Athalia (oratorio)) 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... 24 KB (962 words) - 20:10, 12 April 2024 |
| Saul (Handel) (redirect from Saul (oratorio)) Saul (HWV 53) is a dramatic oratorio in three acts written by George Frideric Handel with a libretto by Charles Jennens. Taken from the First Book of Samuel... 34 KB (3,480 words) - 19:48, 5 April 2024 |
 | composer George Frideric Handel. He composed it initially for his 1747 oratorio Joshua, in which it features as a chorus, "See, the Conquering Hero Comes... 20 KB (1,445 words) - 14:24, 10 December 2023 |
| Deborah (Handel) (redirect from Deborah (oratorio)) 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... 8 KB (714 words) - 02:43, 23 January 2024 |
 | Jan Peerce (redirect from Joshua Pincus Perelmuth) Perelmuth (though his Hebrew gravestone gives his first name as יהושע, or Joshua, not Jacob), to a Jewish family. His parents, Levi (anglicized to Louis)... 18 KB (2,255 words) - 13:35, 14 January 2024 |
score of a lifetime." He also composed concert works, including the oratorio Joshua (1959), and The Song of Terezín (1964–65), a work for orchestra, chorus... 19 KB (1,953 words) - 18:27, 24 December 2023 |
| 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... 3 KB (259 words) - 06:12, 27 April 2024 |
| The Choice of Hercules (Handel) (redirect from The Choice of Hercules (oratorio)) 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... 5 KB (321 words) - 00:32, 5 September 2023 |
| 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... 7 KB (943 words) - 23:22, 20 January 2024 |
 | Messiah Part II (section Messiah, the oratorio) Messiah (HWV 56), the English-language oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel in 1741, is structured in three parts. This listing covers Part II in... 36 KB (3,557 words) - 10:36, 7 February 2024 |
| Structure of Handel's Messiah (section Oratorio) Messiah (HWV 56), the English-language oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel in 1741, is structured in three parts, listed here in tables for their... 27 KB (1,394 words) - 03:24, 26 March 2024 |
| Brockes Passion (Handel) (category Oratorios by George Frideric Handel) of Jesus, Suffering and Dying for the Sins of the World), is a German oratorio, libretto by Barthold Heinrich Brockes, first published in 1712 and seeing... 8 KB (890 words) - 00:41, 5 March 2024 |
 | The shofar is sometimes used in Western classical music. Edward Elgar's oratorio The Apostles includes the sound of a shofar, although other instruments... 26 KB (3,338 words) - 19:49, 26 April 2024 |
 | performances included Handel's Messiah in cooperation with Musica Sacra and Oratorio Society of New York. He also performed in Jonathan Dove's Flight with Juilliard... 30 KB (2,319 words) - 02:03, 25 April 2024 |