List of oratorios explained

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 performed. In some cases only the date of composition is known. In others, the oratorio has only been heard on a recording.

There is considerable overlap between the oratorio and the cantata, especially during the 19th century. The works listed below are those that have most often been referred to as oratorios.[1]

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

Psalmus Hungaricus (1923)

21st century

See also

Notes and References

  1. [Oxford English Dictionary]
  2. Howard E. Smither, "Oratorio", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
  3. Grijp, Louis and Jan Bloemendal, Jan (2011). "Vondel's Theatre and Music", Joost Van Den Vondel (1587–1679): Dutch Playwright in the Golden Age, pp. 150–151. Brill
  4. Howard E. Smither. A History of the Oratorio, Vol. 1 (1977)
  5. Andrew V. Jones, "Carissimi, Giacomo [Jacomo]", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
  6. Randel, Don M. (1996). "Carissimi, Giacomo", The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music, p. 136. Harvard University Press
  7. Zöllner, Eva. 'Handel and English oratorio' in The Cambridge History of Eighteenth Century Music (2011)
  8. Bartlett, Ian. 'Boyce and the Early English Oratorio'. in The Musical Times, Vol. 120, No. 1634 (April 1979), pp. 293–297
  9. Historical Dictionary of English Music ca. 1400–1958 ed. by Charles Edward McGuire, Steven E. Plank (2012), p. 223
  10. S D Long and J Sawyer: The Bible in Music (2017), p.5
  11. Web site: Biography of the composer John Abraham Fisher. Artaria Editions. 22 April 2022.
  12. Scholes, Percy A. 'The Century of Oratorio', in The Mirror of Music (1947), pp. 63–148
  13. Shrock, Dennis (2009). Choral Repertoire, p. 458. Oxford University Press
  14. https://imslp.org/wiki/Gideon,_Op.50_(Horsley,_Charles_Edward) C E Horsley, Gideon, score at IMSLP
  15. Lea-Scarlett, EJ (1974). Packer, Charles Sandys (Stuart Shipley) (1810–1883), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 5, MUP
  16. [George Putnam Upton|Upton, George P]
  17. Encyclopedia: Carter, William (1838 – ?). Dictionary of composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. Maggie Humphreys, Robert C. Evans. 59. 1997. Bloomsbury Academic. 9780720123302.
  18. Fauquet, Joël-Marie (ed.) (1999). Correspondance de César Franck, pp. 114; 300. Editions Mardaga
  19. Orr, N. Lee (2008). Dudley Buck, p. 98. University of Illinois Press
  20. Landon, Robert Tallant (1974). Willard Patton, Friend of Music and Musicians, p. 5, Minnesota Musicians of the Cultured Generation, University of Minnesota
  21. Simms, Bryan R. (2000). The Atonal Music of Arnold Schoenberg, 1908–1923, p. 169. Oxford University Press
  22. "The dullest oratorio since Parry's Job", Constant Lambert, quoted in Lloyd Stephen. Beyond the Rio Grande (2014), p.493
  23. Liran Gurkiewicz. Paul Ben-Haim: The Oratorio Joram and the Jewish Identity of a Composer, in Israel Studies in Musicology Online, Vol. 11, 2013/II
  24. Web site: Martin Shaw's Oratorio 'The Redeemer'. www.martinshawmusic.com. 22 April 2022.
  25. https://musicwebinternational.com/2024/02/hughes-dewi-sant-rubicon/ Recorded (in Welsh) on Rubicon RCD1100 (2023)
  26. Web site: SALMANOV The Twelve, Big City Nights – NORTHERN FLOWERS NFPMA99116 [RB] Classical Music Reviews: March 2017 – MusicWeb-International]. www.musicweb-international.com. 22 April 2022.
  27. http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=14100.20 Good Music Guide
  28. https://paulhindmarsh.com/john-golland-towards-a-catalogue-raisonne/ Paul Hindmarsh. John Golland – Towards a Catalogue Raisonné
  29. Ravas, Tammy, (2004). Peter Schickele: A Bio-Bibliography, p. 109. Greenwood
  30. Web site: Review. Gramophone. 22 April 2022.
  31. The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Music (2014)
  32. 'Pott's powerful oratorio returns to Three Choirs festival', in The Guardian, 26 July 2023
  33. http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2014/Mar14/Spicer_Easter_BBCCD006.htm Birmingham Bach Choir recording, reviewed at MusicWeb International
  34. Web site: Chandos Records. Chandos Records. 22 April 2022.
  35. Parthasarathy, Dhanya (10 July 2005). "Song across cultures". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  36. Web site: A New American Oratorio – PS Audio. 22 April 2022.
  37. News: Two Wars, Two Presidents, One Oratorio. The New York Times. 12 September 2008. Daniel J.. Watkin. registration. 11 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210211010353/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/arts/music/14waki.html.
  38. Web site: Dove: There was a child. 22 April 2022. www.hyperion-records.co.uk.
  39. http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=87016 Advent without cant, and carols in no man's land
  40. Jayawardana, Ruwini (9 February 2011). "Buddha's life set to music" . Daily News. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  41. Web site: Halsey. Simon. 15 October 2011. The premiere of Weltethos by Jonathan Harvey. 13 June 2021. Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concert Hall.
  42. Web site: Roderic. Dunnett. 12 October 2012. World needs room to breathe. Review: WELTETHOS, an 80-minute oratorio by Jonathan Harvey.. 13 June 2021. Church Times, UK.
  43. https://composersalliance.com/composers/work.cfm?work=1132 Colin Touchin – Choose the Light, Composer's Alliance
  44. Web site: Concerts (News) . Halifax Choral Society . 21 September 2017.
  45. Web site: Neil Hannon: my father's Alzheimer's was the inspiration behind To Our Fathers in Distress. The Guardian. 10 March 2014.
  46. https://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Mark-Simpson-The-Immortal/100621 The Immortal, Boosey & Hawkes
  47. Web site: Hallé/Elder review – Jonathan Dove explains evolution … with singing galaxies. 20 June 2016. the Guardian. 22 April 2022.
  48. Web site: Craig Hella Johnson on Turning Hate into Art | Berklee. www.berklee.edu. 22 April 2022.
  49. Web site: Gallipoli to the Somme – Pāho. 24 June 2021. University of Otago – Pāho. en-NZ.
  50. Web site: Bob Chilcott's Attractive New Oratorio Brings Christmas Early to Gloucester – Seen and Heard International. seenandheard-international.com. 22 April 2022.
  51. Web site: Music review: Christmas Oratorio, by James MacMillan (Amsterdam première). www.churchtimes.co.uk. 22 April 2022.
  52. News: Rowe . Georgia . Carl Sagan inspired a new oratorio for Philharmonia Baroque . 10 December 2019 . The Mercury News . 16 October 2019 . 19 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191019070636/https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/10/16/carl-sagan-inspired-a-new-oratorio-for-philharmonia-baroque/ . live .
  53. Web site: Wadada Leo Smith: Rosa Parks: Pure Love. An Oratorio of Seven Songs. Pitchfork. 22 April 2022.
  54. https://karin-rehnqvist.se/eng/then-it-finally-became-the-world-premiere-for-silent-earth/ 'Then it finally became the world premiere for Silent Earth', composer's website, 29 January, 2022
  55. Web site: Oratorium "Eins": Ein Gott, ein Glaube, eine Taufe. Guido. Holze. 22 April 2022. www.faz.net.
  56. Web site: Permissions . 24 November 2023 . Mosaic for Earth . en-US.

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