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The Crucifixion (Stainer)
__NOTOC__ ''The Crucifixion: A Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer'' is an oratorio composed by John Stainer in 1887. It is scored for a SATB choir and organ, and features solos for bass and tenor. Stainer intended the piece to be within the scope of most parish church choirs; it includes five hymns for congregational participation. The text was written by W J Sparrow Simpson, the librettist of Stainer's earlier cantata ''Mary Magdalene''. The work is dedicated "to my pupil and friend W. Hodge and the choir of Marylebone Church", who first performed it on 24 February 1887, the day after Ash Wednesday. There have been performances in Marylebone Church annually since then. The work premiered on 24 February 1887 and continues to be performed today. The oratorio has been recorded several times, including a popular recording released by RCA Victor in 1930, featuring Richard Crooks and Lawrence Tibbett. There is a modern (2016) recording by the Choir of St. Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oratorio
An oratorio () is a large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists. Like most operas, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias. However, opera is musical theatre, while oratorio is strictly a concert piece – though oratorios are sometimes staged as operas, and operas are sometimes presented in concert form. In an oratorio, the choir often plays a central role, and there is generally little or no interaction between the characters, and no props or elaborate costumes. A particularly important difference is in the typical subject matter of the text. Opera tends to deal with history and mythology, including age-old devices of romance, deception, and murder, whereas the plot of an oratorio often deals with sacred topics, making it appropriate for performance in the church. Protestant composers took their stories from the Bible, while Catholic composers looked to the lives of saints, as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Tibbett
Lawrence Mervil Tibbett (November 16, 1896 – July 15, 1960) was an American opera singer and recording artist who also performed as a film actor and radio personality. A baritone, he sang leading roles with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City more than 600 times from 1923 to 1950. He performed diverse musical theatre roles, including Captain Hook in ''Peter Pan'' in a touring show. Biography Lawrence Tibbett was born Lawrence Mervil Tibbet (with a single final "t") on November 16, 1896, in Bakersfield, California. His father was a part-time deputy sheriff, killed in a shootout with outlaw Jim McKinney in 1903. Tibbett grew up in Los Angeles, earning money by singing in church choirs and at funerals. He graduated from Manual Arts High School in 1915. A year later, he met his future wife, Grace Mackay Smith, who rented a room in his mother's house.Mobile ''Times Register''. During World War I, he served in the Merchant Marine, after which he found employment singing as prol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Walker (composer)
Ernest Walker (15 July 187021 February 1949) was an Indian-born English composer and writer on music, as well as a pianist, organist and teacher. Biography Ernest Walker was born in Bombay, India, in 1870, where his father was a partner in a merchant firm (his father had also had ambitions to be a writer, and even published two novels under the pseudonym "Powys Oswyn", but these plans were abandoned). Ernest came to England with his parents in 1871. From an early age he exhibited a mystic attraction to nature. He studied the piano with Ernst Pauer and harmony with Alfred Richter (a son of the cantor at St Thomas's Church, Leipzig). Through a mutual friend, he became friendly with Harold Bauer (then still only a violinist) and the two would often play duos together. He was educated at Oxford, becoming a Doctor of Music in 1898. There, his mystical bent was fostered and became more pronounced. He was assistant organist at Balliol College from 1891 to 1901, and organist from 1901 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All For Jesus, All For Jesus
"All for Jesus, All for Jesus", also titled as "All for Jesus! All for Jesus!" and originally titled "For the Love of Jesus", is an English Christian hymn. It was written in 1887 by W J Sparrow Simpson intended as the closing chorus of John Stainer's "''The Crucifixion''" oratorio. It started to be published as a separate hymn later in 1901. History In 1887, Sparrow Simpson was the Church of England curate of Christ Church in Marylebone, London. He wrote "All for Jesus, All for Jesus" for ''The Crucifixion'', where he had initially titled it "For the Love of Jesus". It was written as a "meditation on the Passion of the Holy Redeemer" with scriptural references from the New Testament. The music for the hymn was written by Stainer, with the piece being titled "All for Jesus". The hymn was intended as a closing chorus and also to be a part of ''The Crucifixion'' set aside for congregational singing. The hymn was first performed in public at St Marylebone Parish Church on Ash Wedne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamentations 1
Lamentations 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Lamentations in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, part of the Ketuvim ("Writings"). Text The original text was written in Hebrew language. The chapter is acrostic, divided into 22 stanzas or verses. The stanzas consist of triplets of lines (except Lamentations 1:7a, which contains four lines) each beginning with the letters of the Hebrew alphabet in regular order (twenty-two in number). Textual versions Some early witnesses for the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text, which includes Codex Leningradensis (1008). Fragments containing parts of this chapter in Hebrew were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, i.e., 4Q111 (4QLam; 30‑1 BCE) with extant verses 1–15, 17, 16, 18 and 3Q3 (3QLam; 30 BCE–50 CE) with extant verses 10‑12. There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. The Septuagint translation added an in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew 27
Matthew 27 is the 27th chapter in the Gospel of Matthew, part of the New Testament in the Christian Bible. This chapter contains Matthew's record of the day of the trial, crucifixion and burial of Jesus. Scottish theologian William Robertson Nicoll notes that "the record of this single day is very nearly one-ninth of the whole book".Nicoll, W. R.Expositor's Greek Testament on Matthew 27 accessed 3 March 2017 Text The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 66 verses. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: *Papyrus 104 (~AD 250; extant verses 34–37, 43, 45) *Codex Vaticanus (325-350) *Codex Sinaiticus (330-360) *Codex Bezae (c. 400; extant verses 1, 13–66) *Codex Washingtonianus (c. 400) * Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (c. 450; extant verses 1–10, 47–66) * Papyrus 105 (5th/6th century; extant verses 62–64) * Codex Purpureus Rossanensis (6th century) * Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus (6th century; exta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John 19
John 19 is the nineteenth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that John composed this Gospel.Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012. This chapter records the events on the day of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, until his burial.Halley, Henry H. ''Halley's Bible Handbook'': an Abbreviated Bible Commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962. Text The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 42 verses. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: * Papyrus 90 (AD 150–175; extant verses 1–7) *Papyrus 66 (c. 200; complete) *Papyrus 121 (3rd century; extant verses 17–18,25-26) *Codex Vaticanus (325-350) *Codex Sinaiticus (330-360) *Codex Bezae (c. 400) *Codex Alexandrinus (400-440) *Papyrus 60 (c. 700; extant verses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John 3
John 3 is the third chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It deals with Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus, one of the Jewish pharisees, and John the Baptist's continued testimony regarding Jesus. Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon said of this chapter that it is the chapter he would choose "to read to a dying man who did not know the gospel, sthe most suitable one for such an occasion". Text The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 36 verses. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: *Papyrus 75 (AD 175–225) *Papyrus 66 (c. 200) *Codex Vaticanus (325-350) *Codex Sinaiticus (330-360) *Codex Bezae (c. 400; extant verses 27–36) *Codex Alexandrinus (400-440) *Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (c. 450; extant verses 34–36) *Papyrus 63 (c. 500; extant verses 14–18) Discourse with Nicodemus (3:1-21) The first part of the chapter begins with Nicodemus, said to be a member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippians 2
Philippians 2 is the second chapter of the Epistle to the Philippians in the New Testament of the Christianity, Christian Bible. It is Authorship of the Pauline epistles, authored by Paul the Apostle about mid-50s to early 60s AD and addressed to the Christians in Philippi. Jesuit theologian Robert Murray notes that a narrative in #Verses 5–11, verses 5-11 about Christ, "who humbled himself, by becoming obedient to death" is central to this chapter. German protestant theologian Ernst Lohmeyer argued in 1928 that were an existing hymn about Christ which Paul quotes in his letter, a theory which "has come to dominate both Biblical exegesis, exegesis of Philippians and study of early Christology and List of Christian creeds#Biblical creeds, credal formulas". Text The original text was written in Koine Greek. Chapters and verses of the Bible, This chapter is divided into 30 verses. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: *Codex Vaticanus (A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke 23
Luke 23 is the twenty-third chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke the Evangelist composed this Gospel as well as the Acts of the Apostles.Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012. This chapter records the trial of Jesus Christ before Pontius Pilate, Jesus' meeting with Herod Antipas, and his crucifixion, death and burial.Halley, Henry H. ''Halley's Bible Handbook'': an Abbreviated Bible Commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962. Text The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 56 verses. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: *Papyrus 75 (AD 175–225) *Codex Vaticanus (325-350) *Codex Sinaiticus (330-360) *Codex Bezae (c. 400) *Codex Washingtonianus (c. 400) *Codex Alexandrinus (400-440) *Codex Ephrae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark 15
Mark 15 is the fifteenth chapter of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. This chapter records the narrative of Jesus' passion, including his trial before Pontius Pilate and then his crucifixion, death and entombment. Jesus' trial before Pilate and his crucifixion, death, and burial are also recorded in Matthew 27, Luke 23, and Joh18:28–19:42 Text The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 47 verses. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: *Codex Vaticanus (~325–350) *Codex Sinaiticus (~330–360) *Codex Bezae (~400) *Codex Washingtonianus (~400) *Codex Alexandrinus (~400–440) *Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (~450; complete) Old Testament references * : Psalm * : Psalm * : Psalm * : Psalm New Testament references *: ; ; *: ; *: ; ; *: ; ; *: ; ; Trial before Pilate Verse 1 :''Immediately, in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark 14
Mark 14 is the fourteenth chapter of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It contains the plot to kill Jesus, his anointing by a woman, the Last Supper, predictions of his betrayal, and Peter the Apostle's three denials of him. It then begins the Passion of Jesus, with the garden of Gethsemane and Judas Iscariot's betrayal and Jesus' arrest, followed by Jesus' trial before the Sanhedrin and Peter's denials of Jesus. Having 72 verses, this is the longest chapter in Mark's Gospel. The Gospel of Matthew's chapter which covers the same material, Matthew 26, has 75 verses. This chapter's material is presented somewhat differently in Luke 22, which has 71 verses. Jesus' arrest at Gethsemane, his trial, and Peter's denials are found in . Text The original text was written in Koine Greek. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: *Codex Vaticanus (325-350; complete) *Codex Sinaiticus (330-360; complete) *Codex Bezae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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