Der Fall Babylons, WoO 63 (Spohr, Louis)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 sections (17 numbers in the first, 14 in the second)
Composition Year	1839-40
Genre Categories	Sacred oratorios; Oratorios; Religious works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; German language; English language; For organ (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr)

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Editor	First edition
Language	German
Translator	Fr. Oetker
Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1843]. Plate 6815.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Translator possibly Friedrich Oetker (1809-1881).
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Editor	Second edition
Language	English
Translator	Edward Taylor (1784-1863), English text
Publisher. Info.	London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. Plate n.d.(1867).
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	The overture is arranged for piano 4-hands.
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Arranger	William Thomas Best (1826-1897) - Overture only
Language	English
Translator	Edward Taylor (1784-1863), English text
Publisher. Info.	London & New York: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d.(1896). Plate 8076.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project. The overture is arranged for piano solo by W.T. Best. The date 21/10/96 appears on the last 2 pages.
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Arranger	William Thomas Best (1826-1897)
Publisher. Info.	Arrangements from the Scores of the Great Masters, Vol.2 (pp.450-459) London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. Plate 2229.
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Arranger	William Thomas Best (1826-1897)
Publisher. Info.	Arrangements from the Scores of the Great Masters, Vol.2 (pp.480-486) London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. Plate 2229.
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Work Title	Der Fall Babylons
Alternative. Title	The Fall of Babylon
Composer	Spohr, Louis
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	WoO 63
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	ILS 32
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 sections (17 numbers in the first, 14 in the second)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1839-40
First Performance.	1840-11-22 in Kassel (from piano score). 1842 in Norwich (with orchestra)
First Publication.	1842 ca.
Librettist	Edward Taylor (1784-1863) of Norwich, translator
Language	German and English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	vocal soloists, mixed chorus, orchestra

Louis Spohr: A Critical Biography by Clive Brown (p.256), which provides information on this oratorio.
Initially composed for the Norwich Festival of 1842, though first given a performance (from piano score- not yet orchestrated) in Kassel by Spohr in 1840. Orchestrated October-December 1840. For info on the librettist see Wikisource. Written originally in English, then translated into German according to Spohr biographer Clive Brown - but then Taylor had to retranslate the text into English. There is a second "edition" published around 1867 but Brown does not seem to mention any revisions - this may have been simply a matter of getting the oratorio back on the market of course. Apparently only the overture so far has been recorded, on a Hyperion CD with symphonies 3 and 6, in 2010 (the year I write this.)