George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Handel

male, deceased (1759)
German, British-Germans, Composer for pipe organ, English classical organist, Organ improvisers, German classical organist…oratorio
George Frideric Handel was a German-born British Baroque composer who was a leading composer of concerti grossi, operas and oratorios. Born in...
Felix Mendelssohn

Felix Mendelssohn

male, deceased (1847)
composer, Jewish, German, Conductor, music educator, death by stroke…oratorio
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born and known generally as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3, 1809 - November 4, 1847) was a German composer...
Edward Elgar

Edward Elgar

male, deceased (1934)
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, Composer for pipe organ, Academic of the University of Birmingham, From Worcestershire, Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, Royal Victorian Order…oratorio
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (2 June 1857 - 23 February 1934) was an English Romantic composer. Several of his first major...
Charles Gounod

Charles Gounod

male, deceased (1893)
faust, Roméo et Juliette, Prix de Rome winner, From Paris, opera, French
Charles-François Gounod was a French composer, best known for his Ave Maria as well as his operas "Faust" and "Roméo et Juliette".
Francis Poulenc

Francis Poulenc

male, deceased (1963)
Les Six, buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery, LGBT, From Paris, Opera composer, Dialogues of the Carmelites…oratorio
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc was a French composer and a member of the French group Les Six. He composed music in all major genres, including art...

Libretto

male
Italian, masque, requiem, scenario, Musical theatre, oratorio
A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, musical, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata,...
William Walton

William Walton

male, deceased (1983)
Romantic music, romantic, Chamber music, Knights Bachelor, Member of the Order of Merit, composer…oratorio
Sir William Turner Walton, OM (March 29, 1902-March 8, 1983) was a British composer and conductor. His style was influenced by the works of...
Charles Jennens

Charles Jennens

male, deceased (1773)
leicestershire, L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, oratorio, oratorios, Belshazzar, Balliol College, Oxford
Charles Jennens was an English landowner and patron of the arts, who assembled the text for five of Handel's oratorios: "Saul", "Israel in Egypt",...
Antonio Caldara

Antonio Caldara

male, deceased (1736)
Baroque composer, composer, Italian, baroque, opera, mantua…oratorio
Antonio Caldara (1670 or 1671 - December 26, 1736) was an Italian Baroque composer. Caldara was born in Venice (exact date unknown), the son of a...
James Bowman

James Bowman

male, 68 years old
Commander of the Order of the British Empire, A Midsummer Night's Dream, English National Opera, Vienna State Opera, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Aix-en-Provence…oratorio
James Thomas Bowman (b. November 6, 1941) is a famous countertenor born in Oxford, England. His career spans Opera, Oratorio, Contemporary music...