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The Standard Cantatas

APPENDIX.

Reading edition

The following alphabetical list has been prepared to present the reader with the titles of the more important cantatas by well-known composers and the dates of their composition. To make an exhaustive catalogue of works of this class would be impossible, as a great number have been lost entirely, and hundreds of others are now only known by name; but the writer believes that those subjoined will provide musical students, as well as the general reader, with as complete a reference list as can be desired.

Adam, Adolphe.

Le Premiers Pas (1847);

La Fête des Arts (1852);

Chant de Victoire (1855);

Birth of the Prince Imperial (1856).

Anderton, Thomas.

The Song of Deborah and Barak (1871);

The Wreck of the Hesperus (1882);

The Norman Baron (1884);

Yuletide (1885).

Arnold, Samuel.

Sennacherib (1774).

Aspa, Edward.

The Gypsies (1870);

Endymion (1875).

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Astorga, Emanuele.

Quando penso (1706);

Torne Aprile (1706);

In questo core (1707);

Dafni (1709).

Bach, John Sebastian.

Two hundred and twenty-six sacred cantatas, of which the following are most commonly sung: Ich hatte viel Bekümmerniss; Festo Ascensionis Christi; Ein’ Feste Burg (Reformation festival of 1717); Aus tiefer Noth schrei ich; Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam; Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe (Christmas cantata); Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (mourning cantata); Lobe den Herrn (New Year’s Day); O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort; Gott ist mein König; Wie schön leucht uns der Morgenstern.

Twenty-eight birthday, funeral, and secular cantatas: among them, Komische cantate, Kaffee cantate, Bauern oder Hochzeit’s cantate.

Balfe, Michael.

Mazeppa (1862);

The Page (?).

Barnby, Joseph.

Rebekah (1870).

Barnett, John Francis.

The Ancient Mariner (1867);

Paradise and the Peri (1870);

Lay of the Last Minstrel (1874);

The Good Shepherd (1876);

The Building of the Ship (1880).

Beethoven, Ludwig von.

Der Glorreiche Augenblick (1814);

Meeresstille und glücklich Fahrt (1815).

Bendall, Wilfred.

Parizadeh (1870);

The Lady of Shalott (1871).

Benedict, Julius.

Undine (1860);

Richard Cœur de Leon (1863);

Legend of St. Cecilia (1866);

Legend of St. Elizabeth (1867);

St. Peter (1870);

Graziella (1882).

Bennett, William Sterndale.

May Queen (1858);

International Exhibition Ode (1862);

Cambridge Installation Ode (1862).

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Berlioz, Hector.

Sardanaple (1830);

Romeo and Juliet (dramatic symphony with solos and chorus) (1839);

Damnation of Faust (dramatic scenes) (1846);

L’Imperiale (1855);

Le Cinq Mai (1857).

Bishop, Henry.

The Seventh Day (1840).

Boito, Arrigo.

Ode to Art (1880).

Brahms, Johannes.

Rinaldo (1868);

Rhapsodie (1870);

Schicksalslied (1871);

Triumphlied (1873);

Gesang der Parzen (1877);

Boadicea (1878).

Bridge, John Frederick.

Rock of Ages (1880);

Boadicea (1880).

Bristow, George Frederick.

Daniel (1876).

Bronsart, Hans von.

Christmarkt (1876).

Bruch, Max.

Die Birken und die Erlen (1853);

Jubilate-Amen (1856);

Rinaldo (1858);

Rorate Cœli (1861);

Frithjof’s Saga (1862);

Salamis (1862);

Die Flucht der heilige Familie (1863);

Gesang der heiligen drei Könige (1864);

Römischer Triumphgesang (1864);

Römische Leichenfeier (1864);

Schön Ellen (1869);

Odysseus (1872);

Arminius (1873);

Normannenzug (1874);

Song of the Bell (1876);

Achilleus (1885).

Brüll, Ignaz.

Die Gesternähren (1875).

Buck, Dudley.

Forty-sixth Psalm (1872);

Don Munio (1874);

Centennial Cantata (1876);

The Nun of Nidaros (1878);

Golden Legend (1880);

Voyage of Columbus (1885);

Light of Asia (1886).

Caldicott, Alfred James.

La Primavera (1880);

The Widow of Nain (1881);

Rhine Legend (1883);

Queen of the May (1885).

Carissimi, Giacomo.

Jephthah (1660).

Cherubini, Marie Luigi.

La Pubblica Felicità (1774);

Arnphion (1786); and seventeen others.

Cimerosa, Domenico.

La Nascita del Delfino (1786); and one hundred others.

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Clay, Frederick.

The Knights of the Cross (1866);

Lalla Rookh (1877).

Corder, Frederick.

The Cyclops (1880);

The Bridal of Triermain (1886).

Costa, Michael.

The Dream (1815);

La Passione (1827).

Cowen, Frederick Hymen.

The Rose Maiden (1870);

The Corsair (1876);

St. Ursula (1881);

The Sleeping Beauty (1885).

Cummings, William Hayman.

The Fairy Ring (1873).

Damrosch, Leopold.

Ruth and Naomi (1870);

Sulamith (1877).

David, Félicien César.

The Desert (1844).

Dvořák, Anton.

Patriotic Hymn (1880);

The Spectre’s Bride (1885).

Erdmannsdorfer, Max.

Prinzessin Ilse (1870);

Die Schneewittchen (1871).

Foote, Arthur.

The Legend of Hiawatha (1879).

Foster, Myles Birkett.

The Bonnie Fishwives (1880).

Fry, William Henry.

The Fall of Warsaw (1858).

Gabriel, Virginia.

Dreamland (1870);

Evangeline (1873).

Gade, Niels Wilhelm.

Comala (1843);

Spring Fantasie (1850); The Holy Night (1851);

Erl King’s Daughter (1852);

Frühlingsbotschaft (1853);

Kalamus (1853);

Psyche (1856);

Zion (1860);

The Crusaders (1866).

Gadsby, Henry Robert.

Alice Brand (1870);

Lord of the Isles (1880);

Columbus (1881).

Garcia, Manuel.

Endimione (1822).

Gaul, Alfred Robert.

Ruth (1881);

The Holy City (1882).

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Gernsheim, Friedrich.

Odin’s Meeresritt (1860).

Gilchrist, William Wallace.

Forty-seventh Psalm (1882);

The Rose (1886).

Gleason, Frederick Grant.

God our Deliverer (1878);

The Culprit Fay (1879);

Praise of Harmony (1886).

Glover, Ferdinand.

The Fire Worshippers (1857).

Glover, William.

The Corsair (1849).

Glover, William Howard.

Tam O’Shanter (1855).

Gluck, Christoph Willibald.

Alexander’s Feast (1753);

De Profundis (1760);

The Last Judgment (finished by Salieri) (1761).

Goetz, Hermann.

By the Waters of Babylon (1874);

Noenia (1875).

Goldmark, Karl.

Frühling’s Hymne (1876).

Gounod, Charles François.

Marie Stuart et Rizzio (1837);

Daughters of Jerusalem (1838);

Fernand (1839);

À la Frontière (1870);

Gallia (1871).

Grieg, Edward.

Land Kennung (1865).

Halévy, Jacques Fromental.

Les Plages du Nil (1850);

Italie (1850).

Hamerik, Asger.

Friedenshymne (1868).

Handel, George Frederick.

Passion (1704);

twelve called “Hanover” (1711);

seventy-nine written in Italy (1706-1712);

Acis and Galatea (1720);

Sei del cielo (1736);

Alexander’s Feast (1736);

Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day (1739);

L’Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato (1740).

Hatton, John Liphot.

Robin Hood (1856).

Hauptmann, Moritz.

Herr, Herr! wende dich zum Gebet (1840);

Die lustigen Musikanten (1842).

Haydn, Joseph.

Birthday of Prince Nicholas (1763);

Applausus Musicus (1768);

Die Erwahlung eines Kapellmeisters (1769);

Ah! come il core mi palpito (1783);

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Invocation of Neptune (1783);

An die Freude (1786);

Das Erndtefest (1786);

Deutschland’s Klage auf den Tod Friedrichs der Grossen (1787);

Des Dichter’s Geburtsfest (1787);

Hier liegt Constantia (1787);

Ariadne a Naxos (1792);

Ombra del caro bene (1798);

Der Versohnung’s Tod (1809).

Heap, C. Swinnerton.

The Maid of Astolat (1885).

Hesse, Adolph Friedrich.

Sei uns gnadig, Gott der gnaden (1831);

Von Leiden ist me in Herz bedrängt (1832).

Hiller, Ferdinand.

Die lustige Musikanten (1838);

O, weint um Sie (1839);

Morning of Palm Sunday (1839);

Whitsuntide (1840);

Israel’s Siegesgesang (1841);

Song of the Spirits over the Water (1842);

Prometheus (1843);

Rebecca (1843);

The Night of the Nativity (1843);

Heloise (1844);

Loreley (1845);

Die Nacht (1846);

Ostermorgen (1850);

Richard Löwenherz (1855);

An das Vaterland (1861);

Song of Victory (1871);

Song of Heloise (1871);

Nala und Damajanti (1871);

Pentecost (1872);

Prince Papagei (1872).

Himmel, Friedrich Heinrich.

La Danza (1792);

Hessan’s Söhne und Prussien’s Töchter (1797);

Das Vertrauen auf Gott (1797);

Funeral Cantata (1799).

Hofmann, Heinrich K.

J. Deutschland’s Erhebung (1874);

Aschenbrödel (1875);

Song of the Norns (1875);

Melusina (1876);

Cinderella (1879).

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk.

Diana ed Endimione (1818).

Isouard, Nicolo.

Hebe (1813).

Jackson, William.

Lycidas (1767);

The Praise of Music (1770);

The Year (1785).

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Jensen, Adolf.

Jephtha’s Daughter (1864);

Donald Caird ist wieder da (1875);

The Feast of Adonis (1881).

Krug, Arnold.

Nomadenzug (1877);

Sigurd (1882).

Kücken, Friedrich.

Friedenshymne (1870).

Kuhlau, Friedrich.

Die Feier des Wohlwollens (1818).

Lachner, Franz.

Die vier Menschenalter (1843);

Der Sturm (1845);

Sixty-third Psalm (1849);

Des Krieger’s Gebet (1851);

Siegesgesang (1852);

Mozart Fest Cantate (1852);

Sturmesmythe (1853);

Bundeslied (1854);

One Hundred and Fiftieth Psalm (1854).

Lahee, Henry.

Building of the Ship (1869);

The Blessing of the Children (1870).

Lassen, Edward.

Les Flamands sous van Arteveldt (1854);

The Artists (1861);

Fest Cantate (1874).

Lefébvre, Wély Louis.

Après le Victoire (1863).

Leslie, Henry David.

Judith (1858);

Holyrood (1860);

The Daughter of the Isles (1861).

Lindpaintner, Peter Joseph von.

Widow of Nain (1846).

Liszt, Franz.

Prometheus (1850);

Ave Maria (1851);

Pater Noster (1852);

Schiller Cantata (1859);

Die Seligkeiten (arranged from “Christus”) (1863);

Eighteenth Psalm (1867);

Beethoven Festival Cantata (1870);

Requiem (1870);

One Hundred and Sixteenth Psalm (1873);

The Bells of Strasburg (1874);

An den heiligen Franziskus (1874);

St. Cecilia (1875);

Thirteenth Psalm (1877).

Lloyd, Charles Harford.

Hero and Leander (1884);

The Song of Balder (1885);

Andromeda (1886).

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Macfarren, George Alexander.

Lenora (1852);

May Day (1857);

The Soldier’s Legacy (1857);

Christmas (1860);

Songs in a Cornfield (1868);

The Lady of the Lake (1877);

Outward Bound (1877).

Mackenzie, Alexander Campbell.

The Bride (1880);

Jason (1882);

Story of Sayid (1886).

Massenet, Jules Émile Frédéric.

David Rizzio (1863);

Paix et Liberté (1867);

Mary Magdalen (1873);

Eve (1875);

Narcisse (1877).

Mendelssohn, Bartholdy Felix.

Christe, du Lamm Gottes (1827);

Ach Gott von Himmel (1827);

Humboldt Fest Cantate (1828);

Walpurgis Night (1831);

As the Hart pants (1838);

Friedrich August Fest Cantate (1842);

Lauda Sion (1846);

To the Sons of Art (1846).

Mercadante, Saverio.

L’Unione delle belli Arte (1818);

The Seven Words (1821).

Meyerbeer, Giacomo.

Seven sacred Cantatas from Klopstock (1810);

God and Nature (1810);

March of the Bavarian Archers (1816);

The Genius of Music at the Grave of Beethoven (1830);

Gutenberg Cantata (1836);

Le Festa nella Corte di Ferrara (1843);

Maria und ihr Genius (1851).

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus.

Grabmusik (1767);

Davidde penitente (1783);

Die Seele (1783);

Die Maurer freude (1785);

La Betulia liberata (1786);

Eine Kleine Freimaurer Cantate (1791).

Neukomm, Sigismond.

Napoleon’s Midnight Review (1828);

Easter Morning (1829).

Oxenford, Edward.

Crown of Roses (1886).

Pacini, Giovanni.

Dante Centenary (1865).

Paer, Ferdinand.

Bacco ed Ariadna (1804);

La Conversazione Armonica (1804);

Il Trionfo della chiesa Cattolica (1805);

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Europa in Creta (1806);

Il S. Sepolcro (1815).

Paine, John Knowles.

Œdipus (1881);

Phœbus Arise (1882);

The Nativity (1883);

Realm of Fancy (1884).

Paine, Robert P.

From Death unto Life (1883);

Great is the Lord (1884);

The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1884);

A Day with our Lord (1885).

Paisiello, Giovanni.

Peleus (1763);

Achille in Sciro (1783);

Giunone Lucina (1784).

Parker, James C. D.

Redemption Hymn (1877);

The Blind King (1886).

Parker, H.

W. King Trojan (1885).

Pattison, Thomas Mee.

The Ancient Mariner (1885);

The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1885).

Pepusch, John Christopher.

Alexis (1712).

Pergolesi, Giovanni.

Siciliana (1730);

Euridice (1730).

Ponchielli, Amilcare.

Donizetti ed Mayr Cantata (1875).

Prout, Ebenezer.

Hereward (1878);

Freedom (1880);

Alfred (1881);

Queen Aimée (1885).

Raff, Joseph Joachim.

Wachet auf (1865);

Deutschland’s Auferstehung (1865);

Einer Entschlaffener (1876);

One Hundred and Thirtieth Psalm, “De Profundis” (1878);

Die Tageszeiten (1878).

Randegger, Albert.

Medea (1869);

The One Hundred and Fiftieth Psalm (1872);

Fridolin (1873);

Saffo (1875).

Reichardt, Johann Friedrich.

Trauer Cantate auf den Tod Friedrich (1786);

La Danza (1790).

Reinecke, Karl.

Ein geistliche Abendlied (1851);

Schlachtlied (1852);

Schneewittchen (1852);

Salvum fac regem (1859);

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Weinachts (1861);

Belshazzar (1863);

Te Deum Laudamus (1870);

Flucht der heilige Familie (1873);

Dörnroschen (1875);

Aschenbrödel (1877);

Hakon Jarl (1877);

Die wilden Schwäne (1881).

Reissiger, Karl Gottlieb.

Der Herr macht Alles wohl (1830).

Reissmann, August.

Drusus’ Death (1870);

Lorelei (1871).

Rheinberger, Joseph.

Wasserfee (1867);

Die Nacht (1868);

Die tödte Braut (1873);

Johannisnacht (1875);

Klärchen auf Eberstein (1876);

Christophorus (1880);

Toggenburg (1880).

Ries, Ferdinand.

Der Morgen (1835).

Rockstro, William Smyth.

The little Daughter of Jairus (1871);

The Good Shepherd (1885).

Rode, Theodore.

Passion’s Cantata (1864).

Romberg, Andreas.

The Transient and the Eternal (1801);

Lay of the Bell (1808).

Rossini, Gioachino.

Didone abandonnata (1811);

Eglo e Irene (1814);

Teti e Peleo (1816);

I pastori (1820);

Cara patria (1820);

La Riconoscenza (1821);

Il pianto delle Muse (1823);

La sacra Alleanza (1823);

Il vero ommagio (1823);

Joan of Arc (1859).

Rubinstein, Anton.

E dunque vero (1865);

Die Nixe (1866);

The Morning (1868);

Mignon (1869);

Hecuba (1872);

Hagar in the Wilderness (1872).

Ryan, Desmond L.

The Maid of Astolat (1886).

Saint-Saens, Charles Camille.

Les Noces de Prométhée (1867);

Le Deluge (1876);

Eighteenth Psalm (1877);

Chanson d’ Ancêtre (1878);

La Lyre et la Harpe (1879);

Hymn to Victor Hugo (1885).

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Salaman, Charles Kensington.

Shakspeare Jubilee (1850).

Salieri, Antonio.

Le Dernier Jugement (1788);

La Riconoscenza (1796).

Scarlatti, Alessandro.

Povera pelegrina (1697).

Scharwenka, Ludwig Philipp.

Herbstfeier (1882);

Sakuntala (1883).

Schira, Francesca.

The Lord of Burleigh (1873).

Schmitt, Aloys.

Die Wörter des Glaubens (1816);

Die Huldigung der Tonkunst (1818);

Die Hoffnung (1820).

Schubert, Franz.

Salieri’s Jubilee (1815);

Prometheus (1816);

Cantata (Spendau) (1816);

Glaube, Hoffnung und Liebe (1816);

Der Frühlingsmorgen (1818);

Vogl Cantata (1818);

Die Allmacht (1820);

Constitution’s Lied (1822);

À la belle Irene (1827);

Miriam’s Song (1828).

Schumann, Robert.

Mignon’s Requiem (1849);

Advent Hymn (1849);

Pilgrimage of the Rose (1851);

The King’s Son (1851);

The Singer’s Curse (1852);

The Page and the King’s Daughter (1852);

The Luck of Edenhall (1853).

Singer, Otto.

Landing of the Pilgrims (1876);

Festival Ode (1877).

Smart, Henry.

Bride of Dunkerron (1864);

King René’s Daughter (1871);

The Fishermaidens (1871);

Jacob (1873).

Spohr, Louis.

The Liberation of Germany (1814);

Lord, Thou art great (1815);

How lovely are Thy Dwellings (1815);

Jehovah, Lord of Hosts (1820);

The Lord’s Prayer (1829);

Hymn to the holy Cecilia (1856).

Spontini, Gaspard.

Borussia (1826);

Gott segne der König (1828).

Stainer, John.

The Daughter of Jairus (1878);

St. Mary Magdalene (1883).

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Stanford, Charles Villiers.

The Revenge (1880);

God is our Hope (1881).

Sullivan, Arthur.

Kenilworth (1864);

On Shore and Sea (1871);

The Martyr of Antioch (1875);

The Golden Legend (1886).

Svendsen, Johann.

Marriage Cantata (1873).

Thomas, Ambroise.

Lesueur Cantata (1852);

The Tyrol (1867);

Carnival of Rome (1868);

The Atlantic (1868);

Sabbath Night (1869);

Boieldieu Cantata (1875).

Thomas, Arthur Goring.

The Sun Worshippers (1881).

Tschaikowsky, Peter I.

Coronation Cantata (1882).

Volkmann, Friedrich R.

To-night (1867);

Sappho (1868).

Wagner, Richard.

New Year’s (1834);

Das Liebesmahl der Apostel (1843);

Gelegensheit Cantate (1843).

Weber, Carl Maria von.

Der Ester Ton (1808);

Kampf und Sieg (1815);

Natur und Liebe (1818);

Jubilee Cantata (1818).

Whiting, George Elbridge.

Dream Pictures (1877);

Lenora (1879);

Tale of the Viking (1880);

Henry of Navarre (1885).

Winter, Peter.

Pigmalione;

Piramo e Thisbe;

Die verlassene Dido;

Vortigerne;

Hector;

Inez de Castro;

Henri IV.;

Baiersche Lustbarkeit;

Der Franz Lustgarten;

Die Hochzeit des Figaro;

Andromaque;

Prague et Philomela;

Timoteo;

Die Erlösung des Menschen;

Die Auferstehung Germania’s Friedens; (all written between 1789 and 1793).

Zingarelli, Nicolo.

Telemaco (1785);

Eco (1802);

Cantata Sacra (1829).

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