A History of the Oratorio, Vol. 4 : the Oratorio in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
With this volume, Howard Smither completes his monumental History of the Oratorio. Volumes 1 and 2, published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1977, treated the oratorio in the Baroque era, while Volume 3, published in 1987, explored the genre in the Classical era. Here, Smither surveys the history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century oratorio, stressing the main geographic areas of oratorio composition and performance: Germany, Britain, America, and France. Continuing the approach of the previous volumes, Smither treats the oratorio in each language and geographical area by first
eBook, English, 2000
The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 2000
1 online resource (854 pages)
9780807837788, 0807837784
798536137
Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; PART I. The Nineteenth Century; Chapter I. The German Oratorio: Terminology, Social and Cultural Context; Terminology; Cultural and Social Context; The Context of Oratorio Performance; Chapter II. The German Oratorio: Aesthetic Theory and Criticism, Libretto and Music; Introduction: The Oratorio Market and the Production of New Oratorios, 1800-1914; Aesthetic Theory and Criticism; The Libretto; The Music; Periodization and Summary of Styles; Chapter III. Selected German Oratorios; Friedrich Schneider, Das Weltgericht; Louis Spohr, Die letzten Dinge. Felix MendelssohnRobert Schumann, Das Paradies und die Peri; Franz Liszt; Chapter IV. Oratorio in Britain: Terminology, Cultural and Social Context; Terminology, Genre, and the Handelian Legacy; Cultural and Social Context; Chapter V. Oratorio in Britain: Aesthetic Theory and Criticism, Libretto and Music; Introduction: The Oratorio Market and the Production of New Oratorios, 1800-1914; Aesthetic Theory and Criticism; The Libretto; The Music; Chapter VI. Selected English Oratorios; William Crotch, Palestine; George Macfarren, St. John the Baptist; C. Hubert H. Parry, Job. Edward Elgar, The Dream of GerontiusChapter VII. Oratorio in America: Cultural Context, Aesthetic Theory and Criticism; Oratorio in Early America; Oratorio and the Choral Society; Oratorio and the Music Festival; Other Social Contexts; Aesthetic Theory and Criticism: Dwight versus Fry; Chapter VIII. Oratorio in America: Libretto, Music, Selected Oratorios; Libretto; Music: General Aspects; Selected Oratorios; Chapter IX. Oratorio in France: Social Context, Libretto, Music; Terminology and Genre; Cultural and Social Context; Libretto; Music; Chapter X. Selected French Oratorios. Hector Berlioz, L'enfance du ChristCamille Saint-Saëns, Oratorio de Noël; César Franck, Les béatitudes; Charles Gounod, La rédemption; Jules Massenet, La terre promise; Chapter XI. Some Areas of Lesser Activity; Italy; Dvorák's Svatá Ludmila and Tinel's Franciscus; PART II. The Twentieth Century; Chapter XII. The Oratorio in the Twentieth Century; Terminology, Social Context; Libretto; Music; Chapter XIII. Selected Twentieth-Century Oratorios; Igor Stravinsky, Oedipus rex: opera-oratorio; French Oratorio; German Oratorio; English Oratorio; Epilogue to A History of the Oratorio