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O peace of mind : first only voices after a Glee. Then in full Chorus with Instruments : [dated at end] 10. Dec.r 1806 -- No more, too long has justice : Recit. -- Then an Air in A major [see pages 171-178] -- To the last moment : [air] : [dated at end] 10 Dec.r 1806"},{"type":"content description","value":"[Pages 171-178] [Act 2] Fierce is the whirlwind howling : [T] [dated at end] August 18, 1808  Ah me! what awful terrors : Israelitish woman [S]  Let us one hour : [S] [dated at end] 19 August 1808.  Why this delay : Tenor, Chaldean Chaldean Priest  See the ruddy morning smiling : [Trio, SST] [dated at end] Aug. 24, 1808."},{"type":"content description","value":"[Pages 183-192] [Act 2] Ev'ry moment as it flows : [dated at end] 25 Aug. 1808. -- But hush, see foremost of the captive choir : Chaldean Priest, Tenor : [dated at end] 25 Aug. 1808. -- From North, from South : Israelitish Prophet : [dated at end] 26 Aug. 1808. -- Tempest gathers all around : Chorus : [dated at end] 27 Aug. 1808. -- Enough, when slave thus insolent presume : [Recitative] --  Arise all potent ruler, rise : Chorus of Chaldeans : [dated at end] Sep. 1, 1808."},{"type":"content description","value":"[Pages 193-221] Act 3d.  Yes, my companion : Chaldean Priest [T] -- Coeval with man, our empire began : [Song and chorus] : [dated at end] Sep. 2, 1808 --  'Tis thus that pride : Second Prophet Recit. --  Largo March -- Ah me! what means you : Israelitish woman accompanied -- Ye wretches who by fortune's hate : [Song] Israelitish woman [S] : [dated at end] Sep. 5, 1808 --  As panting flees the hunted hind : Duetto, Israelitish women [SS] : [dated at end] Sep. 6, 1808 -- Behold his squalid co[u]rse : Recit. Accomp. : First Prophet --  And shall not heav'n : [Song] : [dated at end] C[harter] H[ouse] Sep. 7, 1808 -- How long, Almighty Lord of all : [dated at end] C[harter] H[ouse] Sep. 8, 1808 -- Huzza, huzza : Chorus Persians and Hebrews : [dated at end] Sep. 9, 1808 -- But whence those shouts? : Second Hebrew Prophet [T]  -- Down with her Lord : First Hebrew Prophet [B] and Chorus of Israelites : [dated at end] Sep. 10, 1808 -- All, all is lost, the Syrian army fails : [Recitative] Chaldean Priest, Alto -- Save us O Lord : Alto  Thrice happy who in happy hour : Song, Chaldean woman : [dated at end] C[harter] H[ouse] Sep. 12-13, 1808 -- Now, now's our time : [Recitative] accompanied, First Prophet -- O Lucifer, thou son of morn! : Chorus, Israelites : [dated at end] C[harter] H[ouse] Sep. 14, 1808 -- Such is their fate : [Recit.] 2d. Prophet [T] -- [Slow] March -- Now give your songs of Sion : 2d. Hebrew Prophet [T] : [dated at end] C[harter] H[ouse] Sep. 15, 1808 -- Rise to raptures past expressing : Chorus of youths, virgins, General chorus : [dated at end] C[harter] H[ouse] Sep. 17, 1808 -- But chief to Thee our God : Chorus of Israelites : [dated at end] R.J.S.S., C[harter] H[ouse] Sep.20, 1808 -- Therefore with angels and archangels : [chorus] : [dated at end] R.J.S.S. C[harter] H[ouse] Sep. 21, 1808 -- Holy, holy, holy, Lord : [chorus] : [dated at end] Sep. 22, 1808"},{"type":"content description","value":"[Pages 221- ] [Act 1] Why yet repine : Second Prophet : [dated at end] C[harter] H[ouse], 26 Sep.r 1808 -- The triumphs that on vice attend : Second Prophet, Tenor :  [dated at end] C[harter]  H[ouse] 27 Sep.r, 1808."}]},"department":{"value":"Manuscripts and Printed Books"},"description":[{"value":"Oratorio in 3 acts, for soli, chorus and orchestra\nCompositional sketch in short score of the complete oratorios, written between 1806 and 1808, mostly in the order of the libretto.\nHolograph manuscript in ink; title in pencil.\nWatermark: \"Pro patria ejusque libertate\" in crowned circle round standing lion holding arrows and banner above \"Vryheyt\"; countermark \"GR\" below crown in circle\n1.1.1 pf Ye captive tribes g G-2 bBE c 4'GGGG\/AAA''D\/{8DC'BA}4GG\/AAA''D\/ 1.1.2 B Ye captive tribes g F-4 bBE c =12\/2-8-,DDG\/q8G4xF8-F8FG8.A6B\/4.G8G4.B8F\/ \nOratorios Vocal scores with continuo. 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