1601514354000 1601506754000 Standard Record object-252385 1752776304793 1752749087000 1752776126746 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-252385 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/252385 d0f85a13-b360-3130-be96-30b1a634f83c 8 reference term-134330 adlib-term-134330 dbec789a-771d-3410-8de6-fa7386bef9b4 manuscript (music) content description [Pages 129-146] [Act 1]: Ye captive tribes : [B] -- Our God is all we boast below : Chorus -- Ye fields of Sharon : Recitative accompanied [S] -- O memory : Soprano -- Symphony [in E minor] -- Yet why repine? : Tenor -- The triumphs that on vice attend : [T] -- [Chaldean symphony] -- But hush my sons : [T] -- [Chaldean symphony] -- Triumphant music floats along the vale : [T] -- Come on my companions : Base [and] Chorus -- Haste ye sprightly sons of pleasure : Quartetto [dated at end] Nov. 21, 1806 -- But why, when joy should brighten : [T] -- Bowed down with chains : Recit. accomp.d [B] : [dated at end] Nov. 25 -- Insulting slave, if gentler methods fail : Chaldean Priest, Tenor [and] Hebrew Prophet -- Can whips of tortures : Solo Alto [and] Coro : [at end] Dec. 3. 1806. content description [Pages 147-149 ] Act 2. 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 content description [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. content description [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. content description [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 content description [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. Manuscripts and Printed Books Oratorio in 3 acts, for soli, chorus and orchestra Compositional sketch in short score of the complete oratorios, written between 1806 and 1808, mostly in the order of the libretto. Holograph manuscript in ink; title in pencil. Watermark: "Pro patria ejusque libertate" in crowned circle round standing lion holding arrows and banner above "Vryheyt"; countermark "GR" below crown in circle 1.1.1 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/ Oratorios Vocal scores with continuo. Musical sketches. MU.MS.754.129 1 accession number MU.MS.754.129 252385 priref 252385 ALMA leader 05743cdm a2200349 a 4500 ALMA control 001 995138033803606 ALMA reference a (UkCU)513803-depfacfmdb uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/252385 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/252385 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Stevens, R. J. S.(Richard John Samuel),1757-1837. [England],18061808. 1 ms. score (p. 129-149, 171-178, 183-221) ;34 cm.; 1 ms. score (p. 129-149, 171-178, 183-221) ;34 cm.; reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum The Captivity / Poetry by Goldsmith ; [R.J.S. Stevens] object OBJECT