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Elgar's Oratorios: The creations of an Epic Narrative by Charles McGuire
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Four oratorios were composed by Elgar in the decade 1896 to 1906: The Light of Life, The Dream of Gerontius, The Apostles and The Kingdom. The last three were performed at every major British music festival and at numerous venues worldwide. This is the first study of these works within the broader contest of the British oratorio tradition, and as such gives us a unique appreciation of just how revolutionary Elgar's oratorios were.
Contents Preface; The 19th-century British oratorio; Narrative and the oratorio; The Light of Life and the traditional oratorio; The Dream of Gerontius and operatic narrative; The Apostles and the narrative construction of an epic; The Kingdom and the epic continued; Epilogue: Elgar and the oratorio after The Kingdom; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Includes 83 music examples
May 2002 350 pages

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