The Bible in Music
Reading List
Reference Works
- Siobhán Dowling Long & John F.A. Sawyer, The Bible in Music: A Dictionary of Songs, Works, and More (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2015)
- Sönke Remmert, Bibeltexte in der Musik. Ein Verzeichnis ihrer Vertonungen (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1996)
Old Testament
Genesis
Genesis 38-45
- Bonifazio Asioli, Giuseppe in Galaad | oratorio (1785) Wikipedia
- Willem de Fesch, Joseph | oratorio (1745) Wikipedia
- Georg Friedrich Händel, Joseph and his Brethren | oratorio (1743) IMSLP, Wikipedia
- Charles Edward Horsley, Joseph | oratorio (1853)
- Giuseppe Porsile, Giuseppe riconosciuto | oratorio (1733) Wikipedia
Judges
1 and 2 Samuel
- Charles Edward Horsley, David | oratorio
Esther
- Eugen d’Albert, Ouvertüre zu Grillparzers Esther | overture (1888) IMSLP
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Historia Esther | motets (1677-1678)
- Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, La liberatrice del popoplo giudaico nella Persia | oratorio (1773) IMSLP
- Reynaldo Hahn, Esther | for voices and chorus with orchestra (1898) IMSLP, Wikipedia
- Georg Friedrich Händel, Esther | oratorio (1718, 1732) IMSLP, Wikipedia
- Giovanni Legrenzi, Gli sponsali d’Ester | oratorio (1675) Wikipedia
- Gennaro Manna, Esther | oratorio (1770) IMSLP
- Jan Meyerowitz, Esther | opera (1957-60) Wikipedia
- Jan Meyerowitz, Midrash Esther | symphony (1954) Wikipedia
- Darius Milhaud, Esther de Carpentras | opera buffa (1925–27) Wikipedia
- Jean-Baptiste Moreau, Esther | for voices and chorus with orchestra (1689) IMSLP
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Quid habes Hester | motet for 5 voices (1575) IMSLP
- Alessandro Stradella, Ester, liberatrice dell’ popolo ebrae | oratorio (17th century) IMSLP
- Nicolaus Adam Strungk, Die liebreiche, durch Tugend und Schönheit erhöhte Esther | opera (1680) Wikipedia
New Testament
Gospel of Matthew
Gospel of John
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