| Description |
1 score (xxv, 122 p.) : facsims. ; 30+ cm. |
| Series |
Recent researches in American music ; v. 38
|
| Note |
Piano acc.; acc. only partially notated by the composer. Contemporary practice likely keyboard(s) and other instruments ad lib. |
|
"Concerning Esther, and Mordecai, and Haman; and how, in the reign of Artaxerxes, the whole nation of the Jews was in danger of perishing"--P. xiii-xix (from Flavius Josephus). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Language |
Libretto in English by C. M. Cady, based on the book of Esther and other biblical texts; also printed as text preceding score. |
| Subject |
Esther, Queen of Persia -- Songs and music.
|
|
Oratorios -- Scores.
|
| Added Author |
Cady, C. M. (Chauncey Marvin), 1824-1889. Librettist.
|
|
Karpf, Juanita, 1951- Editor.
|
|
Josephus, Flavius.
Antiquitates Judaicae. English. Selections.
|
| ISBN |
0895794659 |
|
