Jephte (1648 Carissimi), oratorio
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Jephte <Latin> (1648) is an oratorio by Giacomo Carissimi (mus.). The anonymous text is drawn from the Book of Judges (11:28-38).
Abstract
Carissimi's best-known Latin oratorio follows what is considered the classic early Baroque oratorio form with a Biblical text related by soloists and chorus linked by a narrator. The only known contemporaneous score is for organ continuo alone though this is sometimes augmented in performance by violins and string bass, for which some support exists in other works by the composer.
A 1976 version exists arranged by Hans Werner Henze for 7 solo voices, 6 part chorus, flutes, percussion and plucked strings.
Editions, performances
Written in 1648.