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'''Judith ''' (1761) is an oratorio by [[Thomas Augustine Arne]] (mus.) and [[Isaac Bickerstaff]] (libr.).   
'''Judith ''' (1761) is an [[oratorio]], set to [[music]] by [[Thomas Augustine Arne]].
 
~ Libretto by [[Isaac Bickerstaff]].   


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


==Editions, performances, translations==
==Editions==
Published in London [England]:  J. Coote, 1761.
 
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.


==External links==
==External links==




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Latest revision as of 21:54, 20 December 2020

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.

External links