Revision as of 2016 March
by HJ. van der Wal
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)
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
Gospel of Matthew
- Johann Sebastian Bach, St Matthew Passion | passion oratorio (1727, revised 1743-46 ) IMSLP, Wikipedia
Gospel of John
- Johann Sebastian Bach, St John Passion | passion oratorio (1724, revised 1725, 1732, 1749) IMSLP, Wikipedia
- Arvo Pärt, Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem | passion cantata (1989) Text, Wikipedia