Anthology of sacred song : celebrated arias selected from oratorios by old and modern composers / Vol. 1. Soprano.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors / Creators:Spicker, Max, 1858-1912.
Format: Musical Score
Language:English
Imprint: New York : G. Schirmer ; Milwaukee, Wis. : distributed by Hal Leonard, [1929]
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Table of Contents:
  • Pentecost cantata : My heart ever faithful ; My spirit was in heaviness. Sighing, weeping, sorrow, need / J.S. Bach
  • Engedi : What sorrow pierceth the righteous David's heart? ; Praise ye Jehovah's goodness / L. van Beethoven
  • St. Peter : I mourn as a dove / J. Benedict
  • Destruction of Jerusalem : Unfaithful heart! ; Thou sittest on Thy judgement-seat / M. Blumner
  • Eli : Open unto me the gates of righteousness ; I will extol Thee, o Lord! / M. Costa
  • St. John's eve : O peaceful night! ; Say, what dost thou bear in the secret deep? / F.H. Cowen.
  • Holy city : These are they, which came out of great tribulation. Ten virgins : Sun of my soul, Thou saviour dear / A.R. Gaul
  • The Messiah : Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion! ; How beautiful are the feet of them ; Come unto Him, all ye that labor ; I know that my redeemer liveth. Alexander Balus : Subtle love, with fancy viewing. Hercules : My father! Ah! methinks I see. Jephtha : Ye sacred priests! ; Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods. Joshua : Oh! had I Jubal's lyre. Judas Maccabaeus : Pious orgies, pious airs. Ode on St. Cecilia's Day : Soft complaining flute. / G.F. Handel.
  • Samson : Let the bright seraphim. Susanna : I know the pangs that cleave the bleeding heart ; Beneath the cypress' gloomy shade / G.F. Handel
  • Creation : And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass ; With verdure clad the fields appear ; And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly ; On mighty pens uplifted soars. Seasons : O welcome now, ye groves and bowr's ; O how pleasing to the senses / J. Haydn
  • Saul : Hail, David, our deliv'rer ; They fled, the gloomy powers / F. Hiller
  • Moses : How beautiful are Thy dwellings, o Lord / S. de Lange.
  • Mary Magdalen : 'Tis in vain that I seek a retreat ; 'Twas even here those words were spoken / J. Massenet
  • Elijah : Hear ye, Israel! Hear what the Lord speaketh. St. Paul : Jerusalem! Jerusalem! Thou that killest the prophets / F. Mendelssohn
  • Seven last words : Thousands of sins oppress me / S. Mercadante
  • Abraham : I will extol Thee, my God / B. Molique
  • Judith : I will sing unto the Lord a new song / C.H.H. Parry
  • Resurrection of Lazarus : Yea, mystery supreme by the tomb is concealed ; Thou, to Whom Galilee kneeleth / R. Pugno.
  • Jephtha and his daughter : Why art thou cast down, o my soul / C. Reinthaler
  • Paradise lost : Tho' all triumphant the heav'nly powers / A. Rubinstein
  • Calvary : Hast Thou for me a look, a thought? ; When this scene of trouble closes / L. Spohr
  • Golden legend : My Redeemer and my Lord. Light of the world : Where have they laid Him? ; Lord, why hidest Thou Thy face? / A. Sullivan
  • Harvest cantata : Yet not alone of labor comes our plenty ; Then does mem'ry turn to days ; Gracious Father hears us when we call ; Once more we see the good by God provided / C.M. von Weber.