Judith (1761 Arne / Bickerstaffe), oratorio

Judith (1761) is an oratorio, set to music by Thomas Augustine Arne.

~ Libretto by Isaac Bickerstaff.

Abstract

It was the first oratorio to use female choristers on the English stage.

Editions

Published in London, England: J. Coote, 1761.

<Score> Published in 2016 (edited by Simon McVeigh and Peter Lynan)

Performance history

Premiered in London, England: Drury Lane, 27 February 1761; and then at the Lock-Hospital chapel, 29 February 1764

References

• Smither, 3 (1987) 257-90.