| Work Title
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The Revelation
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| Alternative. Title
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Vision Of St. John In The Isle Of Patmos
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| Composer
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Torrance, George William
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IGT 4
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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2 parts:
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- 1. Choral Recit. "Blessed is he that readeth" - (Tenor, Bass recitative)
- 2. Intro. [Overture]
- 3. Recit & Chorus. "I was in the Spirit" - (Tenor recitative)
- 4. Quart w Chorus. "Fear not: I am the First and the Last" - (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass recitative)
- 5. Chorus. "He that hath an ear"
- 6. Recit & Air. "And behold, a throne was set in heaven" - (Bass recitative)
- 7. Quart w Chorus. "And they best not day and night." (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass recitative)
- 8. Chorus. "Thou art worthy"
- 9. Recit & Duet. "And I saw a strong angel" - (Soprano & Tenor recitative)
- 10. Recit & Solo with Chorus. "And they sung a new song" - (Soprano recitative & Tenor solo)
- 11. Recit & Soli with Chorus. "And I saw under the altar" - (Tenor recitative)
- 12. Recit. "And white robes were given" - (Soprano recitative)
- 13. Soli & Chorus. "And lo! there was a great earthquake"
- 14. Air. "After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude" - (Tenor aira)
- 15. Quart w Chorus. "Salvation to our God" - (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass recitative)
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- 16. Interlude
- 17. Recit & Chorus. "What are these?" - (Contralto recitative)
- 18. Air. "They shall hunger no more" - (Contralto aira)
- 19. Recit & Chorus. "And the four-and-twenty elders" - (Contralto recitative)
- 20. Recit. "And I heard a voice from heaven" - (Tenor recitative)
- 21. Air. "And they sung as it were a new song " - (Soprano aira)
- 22. Quint. "Here is the patience of the saints" - (Soprano, Alto, 2 Tenors, Bass recitative)
- 23. Recit. "And I heard a voice from heaven" - (Tenor recitative)
- 24. Soli & Quart w Chorus. "Blessed are the dead" - (2 Sopranos, 2 Altos recitative)
- 25. Recit. "And I saw as it were a sea of glass"
- 26. Chorus. "Great and marvellous are Thy works"
- 27. Solo. "And behold, the temple of the tabernacle" - (Bass solo)
- 28. Chorus. "Babylon the great is fallen"
- 29. Air. "Rejoice over her, thou heaven" - (Tenor aira)
- 30. Recit. "And after these things" - (Tenor recitative)
- 31. Chorus. "Alleluia; Salvation"
- 32. Recit. "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth" - (Tenor recitative)
- 33. Duet. "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men" - (Contralto & Bass duet)
- 34. Quart. "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes" - (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass recitative)
- 35. Choral & Recit. "I am Alpha and Omega" - (Tenor recitative)
- 36. Recit. "I am the root and the offspring of David" - (Tenor recitative)
- 37. Solo & Quart w Chorus. "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come" - (Tenor solo, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass recitative)
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1882 ca.
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| First Performance.
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1882/06/27 in Melbourne Town Hall
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| First Publication.
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1899
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| Librettist
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The Book of Revelation - (1:3,10,11,12,17,18; 2:7; 3:6; 4:2,5,6,8,11; 5:2,3,9,10; 6:9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17; 7:9,10,12,13,14,16,17; 11:16,17; 14:2,3,12,13; 15:2,3,4,5,6,8; 18:2,5,10,20,22,23; 19:1,5; 21:1,3,4; 22:13,16,17,20;)
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| Language
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English
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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voices, chorus, piano, organ
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| InstrDetail
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Solo Voices (soprano, contralto, tenor, bass) Mixed Chorus (SSAATTBB)
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| Extra Information
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Composed beneath the Southern Cross. Many of the themes having been jotted down during a summer walking tour in the Australian Bush. The Interlude movement formed the Introduction to Torrance's earlier, unpublished, work; an Oratorio entitled "Abraham."
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