Word: oratorio
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Brooks had charge of the vesper service last evening. The service was opened with the anthem "Let all those Rejoice," from the oratorio of "Abraham" by Molique. After the responsive service, the soloist of the evening, Mr. C. F. Webber, of Boston, sang Mendelssohn's "Then shall the Righteous." Dr. Brooks read a portion of the fifth chapter of John, and selected as the text for his remarks Christ's question to the impotent man: "Wilt thou be made whole?" He emphasized the fact that there is a spiritual side to every man's nature; that...
...Merrill, '89, has a prominent part in the oratorio of "Belshazzar," which is to be given in Union Hall, Cambridge, to-morrow evening...
...under Damrosch. The president and Professors Dwight and Chandler were loudly cheered. After prayer by the chaplain of the college, Marshal Woodford opened the proceedings with an address, sketching the history of the college, and dwelling upon the glory of the future. Chorale, "Awake My Soul." Wagner, by the Oratorio and Symphonic societies followed...
...opening chorus, sung by the chapel choir was "Hark, the Sound of Holy Voices," by Dykes' Mr. George J. Parker, the well-known oratorio singer, rendered the solo from "Elijah," "Then Shall the Righteous;" and with the aid of choir, the solo and chorus, "Say Watchman, What of the Night...
...choir will be assisted at the vesper service this afternoon by the wellknown oratorio tenor, Mr. George J. Parker...