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2. Dallapiccola, Luigi
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... the oratorio Job (1950), and the Christmas concerto (1956).  ...

3. Eben, Petr
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... in vocal and chamber forms, show an involvement with Renaissance thought; they include Apologia Sokrates (1967), an oratorio reflecting his preoccupation with mortality, and Faust for organ (1982).  ...

4. Arnold, Samuel
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... a landmark in English opera. Another of his more popular works came later, in the form of an oratorio: The Prodigal Son was  ...

5. Bach, J. Christoph Friedrich
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... at Bückeburg in the same year as his father's death. Known as the "Bückeburg" Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich composed oratorios, symphonies, cantatas, keyboard works, songs, and concertos. Johann Christoph ...

6. Bach, Johann Sebastian
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian Image Life Johann Sebastian Bach   (father of Carl Philip Emanuel, Johann Christian and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach) was the most significant member of the Bach ...

7. Beethoven, Ludwig van
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Beethoven, Ludwig van Image Life The eldest son of a singer in the Kapelle of the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and grandson of the Archbishop's Kapellmeister. Beethoven settled in ...

8. Berkeley, Michael
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... oratorio "Or shall we die?" to a text by Ian McEwan. Since then Michael Berkeley's music has gradually undergone a very considerable change,  ...

9. Berlioz, Hector
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Berlioz, Hector (1803 - 1869) Image Life A leading figure of French Romanticism, Hector Berlioz was considered to be an outsider as far as the French musical establishment was concerned ...

10. Carissimi, Giacomo
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... settings, cantatas and motets. His 14 Latin oratorios are of particular interest and he developed the form of this genre. These include Belshazzars' Feast, under the title Baltazar and a dramatic musical ...

11. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... Sates in 1939. His works are still largely unpublished and include eight operas, many film scores, ballets, oratorios, overtures, songs and chamber music. Works Castelnuovo-Tedesco wrote several ...

12. Zipoli, Domenico
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Zipoli, Domenico (1688 - 1726) Life In 1709 Zipoli moved to Naples for lessons with Alessandro Scarlatti, but left in the same year after disagreements and went to study at Bologna; he ...

13. Cavalieri, Emilio de'
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... on the diplomatic front. During his sojourns in Rome in the 1590s he had continued to be active at the Oratorio del Crocifisso, and in 1600 he twice presented there  ...

14. Danzi, Franz
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... Zeno, Iphigenie in Aulis. Danzi wrote sacred and secular choral music, Masses, oratorios and cantatas. His songs and canzonettes are in contemporary style, but no longer regarded as an important part ...

15. David, Félicien
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... the poem by Thomas Moore. The Ode-Symphonies and the Oratorios, with its introductory recitations and vividly exotic scenes of desert life, is typical of David's compositions in this form, which include ...

16. Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von (1739-1799) Life Karl von Dittersdorf enjoyed a reputation as a composer that even eclipsed that of Haydn and Mozart. He was born as Karl Ditters, in Vienna, ...

17. Elgar, Edwuard
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... Roberts, and moved to London. Success came later, after his return to the West Country, with the completion of the "Enigma Variations", first Works Elgar wrote a number of oratorios. "The Dream ...

18. Francaix, Jean
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Francaix, Jean (1919 - 1997) Image Life Noted for his concise style and skills as a pianist, Jean Françaix was a composer of great facility and consistent wit. He studied composition ...

19. Gossec, François-Joseph
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

...  Novel effects of scoring also appear in his Messe des morts (1760) and oratorio La nativité; (1774). He also wrote other sacred works, songs, symphonies concertantes, chamber music and treatises.  ...

20. Händel, Georg Friedrich
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Händel, Georg Friedrich (1685 - 1759) Image Life The son of a surgeon who was unwilling to allow him a musical education, Handel studied law at the University of Halle before moving ...