Oratorio Songs from the Standard Oratorios

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: Oratorio Songs from the Standard Oratorios New and Old
Volumes: 4 (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
Publisher: The John Church Company
Copyright: 1900

Indices here will be in the format “aria” (Oratorio) Composer.

Volume 1 (Soprano) Contents:
(Internet Archive has a complete copy of Volume 1 for Soprano available for download.)

  • “I will extol Thee, my God, O King” (Abraham) Molique
  • “Hast Thou for Me a Look, a Thought?” (Calvary) Spohr
  • “When this Scene of Trouble closes” (Calvary) Spohr
  • “And God said, Let the earth” (The Creation) Haydn
  • “With Verdure Clad” (The Creation) Haydn
  • “And God said, Let the waters” (The Creation) Haydn
  • “On mighty pens” (The Creation) Haydn
  • “Open unto me” (Eli) Costa
  • “I will extol Thee” (Eli) Costa
  • “Hear ye, Israel” (Elijah) Mendelssohn
  • “Dear Child of Bondage” (The Fall of Babylon) Spohr
  • “These are They which came” (The Holy City) Gaul
  • “Farewell, ye limpid springs” (Jephtha) Handel
  • “What’s sweeter than a new-blown rose? (Joseph) Handel
  • “Oh had I Jubal’s lyre!” (Joshua) Handel
  • “Hark! ’tis the linnet” (Joshua) Handel
  • “From mighty kings” (Judas Maccabeus) Handel
  • “Where have they laid him” (The Light of the World) Sullivan
  • “Lord, why hidest Thou Thy face” (The Light of the World) Sullivan
  • “I know that my Redeemer liveth” (Messiah) Handel
  • “Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion” (Messiah) Handel
  • “‘Tis in vain” (Mary Magdalen) Massenet
  • “Confounded be” (Naaman) Costa
  • “But oh! what art can teach (Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day) Handel
  • “Song of an Angel” (Paradise Lost) Rubinstein
  • “I follow Thee also” (The St. John Passion) Bach
  • “Only bleed, tender heart (The St. Matthew Passion) Bach
  • “Lover and friend” (The Rose of Sharon) Mackenzie
  • “Be of good comfort” (Ruth) Cowen
  • “Let the bright Seraphim” (Samson) Handel
  • “My heart to hear thy voice” (Samson and Delilah) Saint-Saëns
  • “Oh god-like youth!” (Saul) Handel
  • “O welcome now” (The Seasons) Haydn
  • “O how pleasing to the senses” (The Seasons) Haydn
  • “Elizabeth” (St. Elizabeth) Liszt
  • “O grant me in the dust to fall” (St. Ludmila) Dvořák
  • “Jerusalem, thou that killest the Prophets (St. Paul) Mendelssohn
  • “I will sing of Thy great mercies” (St. Paul) Mendelssohn
  • “I mourn as a dove” (St. Peter) Benedict
  • “Angels, ever bright and fair” (Theodora) Handel
  • “I will love Thee, O Lord” (The Woman of Samaria) Bennett

Volume 2 (Mezzo-Soprano/Alto) Contents:
(Internet Archive has a complete copy of Volume 2 for Alto available for download)

  • “And the Lord looked down from Heaven” (Abraham) Molique
  • “They kept not the law” (Abraham) Molique
  • “See now the bridegroom” (Christmas Oratorio) Bach
  • “Prepare thyself, Zion” (Christmas Oratorio) Bach
  • “Slumber, beloved” (Christmas Oratorio) Bach
  • “He was oppressed” (Christus) Kiel
  • “In the battle, fame pursuing” (Deborah) Handel
  • “Woe unto them who forsake Him” (Elijah) Mendelssohn
  • “O rest in the Lord” (Elijah) Mendelssohn
  • “The morning prayer” (Eli) Costa
  • “It is a good thing” (Eli) Costa
  • “The evening prayer” (Eli) Costa
  • “Eye hath not seen” (The Holy City) Gaul
  • “Come, ye blessed” (The Holy City) Gaul
  • “Thou shalt bring them in” (Israel in Egypt) Handel
  • “‘Twill be a painful separation” (Jephtha) Handel
  • “In gentle murmurs will I mourn” (Jephtha) Handel
  • “The peasant tastes the sweets” (Joseph) Handel
  • “The Lord is risen” (The Light of the World) Sullivan
  • “O ye that love the Lord” (The Lord is King) Barnby
  • “Behold! A virgin shall conceive” (Messiah) Handel
  • “O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion” (Messiah) Handel
  • “He was despised” (Messiah) Handel
  • “I dreamt I was in heaven” (Naaman) Costa
  • “It is finished” (The St. John Passion) Bach
  • “If Thy disciples” (The St. Matthew Passion) Bach
  • “Penitence” (The St. Matthew Passion) Bach
  • “Lord, can it be?” (The St. Matthew Passion) Bach
  • “All my tears” (The St. Matthew Passion) Bach
  • “We will open our mouth in a parable” (The Rose of Sharon) Mackenzie
  • “Like as a father” (Ruth) Cowen
  • “Return, oh God of Hosts” (Samson) Handel
  • “Dear love! thine aid” (Samson and Delilah) Saint-Saëns
  • “Within what gloomy depths” (Saint Ludmila) Dvořák
  • “But the Lord is mindful of his own” (St. Paul) Mendelssohn
  • “O thou afflicted” (St. Peter) Benedict
  • “Lord, Thy glory fills the Heaven” (Stabat Mater) Rossini
  • “Lord to Thee, each night and day” (Theodora) Handel
  • “O Lord, Thou has searched me out” (The Woman of Samaria) Bennett

Volume 3 (Tenor) Contents:

  • TBD

Volume 4 (Bass) Contents:
(Internet Archive has a complete copy of Volume 4 for Bass available for download)

  • “Lead me, O Lord” (Abraham) Molique
  • “Tears of Sorrow, shame and anguish” (Calvary) Spohr
  • “And God said, let the waters” (Creation) Haydn
  • “Rolling in foaming billows” (Creation) Haydn
  • “Mighty Lord, and King all glorious” (Christmas Oratorio) Bach
  • “My sons, my sons!” (Eli) Costa
  • “If Thou should’st mark iniquities” (Eli) Costa
  • “Although my house be not with God” (Eli) Costa
  • “Draw near, all ye people” (Elijah) Mendelssohn
  • “It is enough” (Elijah) Mendelssohn
  • “Almighty God of Israel” (Fall of Babylon) Spohr
  • “O what is man” (Fall of Babylon) Spohr
  • “Arm, arm, ye brave” (Judas Maccabeus) Handel
  • “With pious hearts” (Judas Maccabeus) Handel
  • “When the son of man” (The Light of the World) Sullivan
  • “Judas” (Mary Magdalen) Massenet
  • “Thus saith the Lord” (Messiah) Handel
  • “But who may abide the day of his coming” (Messiah) Handel
  • “Why do the nations so furiously rage together?” (Messiah) Handel
  • “Arise, O Lord” (Naaman) Costa
  • “His sceptre is the rod of righteousness” (Occasional Oratorio) Handel
  • “From my soul’s depths” (Paradise Lost) Rubinstein
  • “Consider, O my soul” (The St. John Passion) Bach
  • “Before the Father our Redeemer falling” (The St. Matthew Passion) Bach
  • “Bring me cross and cup” (The St. Matthew Passion) Bach
  • “Give me Jesus, I implore you” (The St. Matthew Passion) Bach
  • “O Lord God” (Rebekah) Barnby
  • “The daughters of the city (Rebekah) Barnby
  • “Unto my charger” (The Rose of Sharon) Mackenzie
  • “From the accursed” (Requiem) Verdi
  • “Honor and arms” (Samson) Handel
  • “I was not deceived” (Saint Ludmila) Dvořák
  • “At last the bounteous sun” (The Seasons) Haydn
  • “With joy the impatient husbandman” (The Seasons) Haydn
  • “Behold, along the dewy grass” (The Seasons) Haydn
  • “Through the mist of the valley” (St. Elizabeth) Liszt
  • “O God, have mercy” (St. Paul) Mendelssohn
  • “How great, O Lord” (St. Peter) Benedict
  • “Lord preserve me uncomplaining” (Stabat Mater) Rossini
  • “Jesus answered” (Woman of Samaria) Bennett
  • “Whosoever drinketh” (Woman of Samaria) Bennett

Notes:
Each of the arias in this volume will be uploaded as song posts are created for them. If you would like me to give priority to a song that is not yet posted, please let me know via the contact page.