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.