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.
External links
Categories:
- 1761
- Made in the 1760s
- Fiction--1700s
- Fiction--English
- Music--1700s
- Music--English
- Oratorios
- Librettos
- English language--1700s
- Second Temple Studies--1700s
- Second Temple Studies--Fiction
- Second Temple Studies--English
- OT Apocrypha Studies--1700s
- OT Apocrypha Studies--Fiction
- OT Apocrypha Studies--English
- Judith (subject)
- Judith--fiction (subject)
- Judith--music (subject)