U 14, Zion, oratorio for STB soli, SATB choir (SSATBB in No. 11) and orchestra (and organ in No. 11)
MS. Odling Sterndale Bennett 64
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
U 14, Zion, oratorio for STB soli, SATB choir (SSATBB in No. 11) and orchestra (and organ in No. 11)
Shelfmark
MS. Odling Sterndale Bennett 64
Summary
Comprises (in autograph):
U 14/A.1, Notebook containing 2 librettos and 2 scenarios, none of which corresponds fully to the autograph score, n.d.
U 14/A.2, Full score of Nos. 1-11, a composite manuscript arranged by J.R. Sterndale Bennett and Thomas Case in 1904 in the order given in the notebook. No. 11 dated 26 Jul 1844.
U 14/A.3, Full score of a movement for soprano and orchestra, a position of which in the oratorio is impossible to establish, n.d. At head of music 'Jeremiah Chap. 3. verse 15th' (in autograph) and 'from Zion' (in pencil, probably not in autograph).
U 14/A.4, Full score of No. 13 and fragements of choral movements in Nos. 14 and 15, n.d.
U 14/A.5, Sketch for No. 2: choral parts filled in throughout, orchestral parts filled in sporadically, n.d.
U 14/A.7, Sketches for Nos. 7-9: No. 7 in full score, Nos. 8-9 with orchestal parts on 2 staves. No. 9 dated 24 Nov 1844.
Date
[1839]-24 Nov 1844
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
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Collection contents
Archive of William Sterndale Bennett acquired from the Odling family
Music in the archive
Unfinished works, sketches and fragments
U 14, Zion, oratorio for STB soli, SATB choir (SSATBB in No. 11) and orchestra (and organ in No. 11)
