Vocal recitative : historically and practically described, with 54 examples [music] / selected from important works by F. Corder.

Chiefly from English, French, German, and Italian operas, oratorios, and cantatas; keyboard acc.

1. Nel pur' ardor from 'Euridice' / Peri -- 2. Nor sun nor all bright stars from 'Orfeo' / Monteverde -- 3. A hideous dream makes all my senses reel from Armide / Lully -- 4. Why, why hast thou robb'd me of my rest? from 'Saul and the Witch of Endor / Purcell -- 5. Thy hand, Belinda from 'Dido's Lament' / Purcell -- 6. Blow, blow, Boreas blow from 'The Tempest' / Purcell -- 7. Ma di che mi luisngo oh dio from 'Orfeo' / Scarlatti -- 8. Whil Corydon, the lonely shepherd from 'Corydon' / Pepusch -- 9. Aye, be it so! from 'Alexander Balus' / Handel -- 10. The hope was mine from 'Otho' / Handel -- 11. Otho arrived! from 'Otho' / Handel -- 12. Ye verdant plains and woody mountains from 'Acis and Galatea' / Handel -- 13. The rosy morn with golden tresses from 'The Early Horn' / Galliard -- 14. O take thou, world, all my possessing from 'When will God recall my spirit?' / Bach -- 15. How can I hope, O Lord from 'Give the starving poor thy bread' / Bach -- 16. My heart is filled with anguish from 'Blessed Lord, when shall I perish?' / Bach -- 17. And His disciples worshipped Him from 'Praise the Lord' / Bach -- 18. A heathen darkness is spreading from 'Bide with us!' / Bach -- 19. From yonder sun-paved fields above from 'Britannia' / Arne -- 20. How gentle was my Damon's air! from 'Comus' / Arne -- 21 . What tidings! from 'Orpheus' / Gluck -- 22. Roland! Heav'n! from 'Armida' / Gluck -- 23. O how late is Susanne from 'Le Nozze d Figaro' / Mozart -- 24. Prince Charming from 'Cinderella' / Rossini -- 25. Ocean, thou mighty monster from 'Oberon' / Weber -- 26. No more friends these sounds alarming from 'Choral Symphony' / Beethoven -- 27. Here for your judgement from 'Norma' / Bellini -- 28. But as for thee, my faithful, charming maiden from 'Das Nachtlager von Granada' / Kreutzer -- 29. Ah! I was too late! from 'Linda di Chamounix' / Donizetti -- 30. Hast thou for me a look, a thought? from 'Calvary' / Spohr -- 31. To the dust my spirit sinks in deep abasement from 'Calvary' / Spohr -- 32. And his companions from 'St. Paul' / Mendelssohn -- 33. Then tell me, ye terrible rulers from 'Loreley' / Mendelssohn -- 34. Her first fond hope of Eden lost from 'Paradise and the Peri' / Schumann -- 35. Here is the terrible spot from 'Un ballo in Maschera' / Verdi -- 36. There he lies, murdered and cold from 'Rigoletto' / Verdi -- 37. Bride and bridegroom; that's the toast from 'The Soldier's Legacy' / Macfarren -- 38. Renounce my love from 'Mirella' / Gounod -- 39. The Greeks all disappeared 'The Fall of Troy' / Berlioz -- 40. I crave thy hospitality awhile from 'The Flying Dutchman' / Wagner -- 41. Ha! discontented! from 'Tannhäuser' / Wagner -- 42. Away Elsa! from 'Lohengrin' / Wagner -- 43. Then he whom I conjured spake thus from 'Tannhäuser' / Wagner -- 44. The tribe of Hunding held in the hall from 'The Valkyrie' / Wagner -- 45. When youthful love's illusions had fled from 'The Valkyrie' / Wagner -- 46. Fear ye her doom? from 'The Valkyrie' / Wagner -- 47. Seems it so senseless what I say? from Tristan and Isolde' / Wagner -- 48. Hey! Siegfried may handle the Nibelung's hoard from 'Siegfried' / Wagner -- 49. Woo thou thy snowflake till she melt for thee! from 'Ivanhoe' / Sullivan -- 50. O awful depth, below the castle wall from 'Ivanhoe' / Sullivan -- 51. Orso, read aloud and proclaim from 'Columba' / Mackenzie -- 52. Then get you gone! from 'Nadeshda' / Thomas (Goring) / 53. Am I maid, and must I die? from 'The Sleeping Beauty' / Cowen -- 54. Jerusalem was loved of the Lord from 'Judith' / Parry.