CONTENTS.

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[PREFACE] 3

[THE ORATORIO] 9

[BACH] 31

[Christmas Oratorio] 33

[The Saint Matthew Passion] 39

[The Magnificat in D] 48

[BEETHOVEN] 51

[The Mount of Olives] 53

[BENNETT] 60

[The Woman of Samaria] 62

[BERLIOZ] 68

[The Requiem] 70

[BRAHMS] 78

[The German Requiem] 80

[COSTA] 82

[Eli] 84

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[DVORÁK] 90

[The Stabat Mater] 92

[GOUNOD] 96

[The Redemption] 98

[Mors et Vita] 106

[HANDEL] 114

[Israel in Egypt] 117

[Saul] 125

[Samson] 132

[The Messiah] 140

[Judas Maccabæus] 149

[The Dettingen Te Deum] 155

[HAYDN] 159

[The Creation] 162

[The Seasons] 170

[LISZT] 177

[Legend of the Holy Elizabeth] 180

[Christus] 186

[MACFARREN] 191

[St. John the Baptist] 193

[MACKENZIE] 198

[The Rose of Sharon] 199

[MENDELSSOHN] 206

[St. Paul] 208

[Hymn of Praise] 213

[Elijah] 218

[Christus] 229

[MOZART] 234

[Requiem] 236

[PAINE] 245

[St. Peter] 246

[ROSSINI] 251

[Stabat Mater] 253

[RUBINSTEIN] 258

[Tower of Babel] 260

[Paradise Lost] 264

[SAINT-SAËNS] 267

[Christmas Oratorio] 269

[SCHUMANN] 271

[Paradise and the Peri] 273

[SPOHR] 280

[Last Judgment] 283

[SULLIVAN] 290

[The Prodigal Son] 292

[The Light of the World] 294

[VERDI] 301

[Manzoni Requiem] 303

[SACRED MUSIC IN AMERICA] 309

[APPENDIX] 329

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