SONGS OF THE SAINTS
These are musical works in which the subject is a Christian saint (excluding Mary and Joseph, the parents of Jesus). They exclude works about Mary and Joseph, the parents of Jesus, and general sacred works composed in honour of saints, such as the numerous Odes to St. Cecilia, and various Vespers and Masses dedicated to saints.
SOLO VOCAL WORKS
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Bettina von Arnim (née Brentano): "Vision des heiligen Johannes von Cruz"
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Samuel Barber: "At Saint Patrick's Purgatory" and "Saint Ida's Vision" (from Hermit Songs, Op. 29)
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Lennox Berkeley: Four Poems of St. Teresa of Avila
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René de Boisdeffre: Jeanne d'Arc prisonnière, Op. 29 (soprano, piano)
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Benjamin Britten: Canticle V (The Death of Saint Narcissus), Op. 89
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Christopher Caliendo: The Efficacy of Patience (mezzo-soprano, chamber orchestra)
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Ernest Chausson: "La Cantique de Sainte Cécile" (from Three Sacred Songs)
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David Diamond: "Let Nothing Disturb Thee" (medium voice, piano)
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Heinrich Dorn: "Sankt Paulus"
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Werner Egk: La tentation de saint Antoine (contralto, string quartet, string orchestra
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Charles Gounod: "La Prière de Jeanne d'Arc"
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Eric Karl Gustafson: "Peace Prayer of St. Francis" (voice, organ)
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Augusta Mary Anne Holmes: "La Belle Madeleine" (No. 4 from Contes Divins)
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Paul Hindemith: "Wie Sankt Franciscus schweb' ich in der Luft", Op. 18 No. 2
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Ludvig Irgens-Jensen: "Den hellige Birgittas salme"
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Karl Loewe: "Franz von Assisi" (Part I of his unfinished oratorio Der Segen von Assisi)
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Gustav Mahler: "Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt" and "Das himmlische Leben" (from Symphony No. 4 Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
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Daniel Pinkham: Letters from Saint Paul (high voice, organ or piano)
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Maurice Ravel: Sainte (1896)
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Hermann Reutter: "Sankt Sebastian" (baritone, piano)
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Marian Sawa: "Sancta Catharina" (voice, organ)
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Arnold Schoenberg: "Der deutsche Michel (Ein Schlachtlied)"
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Roberto Sierra: "El éxtasis de Santa Teresa" (high voice, orchestra)
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Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji: "Benedizione di San Francesco d'Assisi" (1973) (medium voice, organ)
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Bruce Trinkley: A Communion of Saints (cycle) [soprano, mezzo-soprano, or tenor; piano]
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Elizabeth Vercoe: Herstory III: Jehanne de Lorraine (mezzo-soprano, piano)
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Peter Warlock: "A Prayer to St. Anthony of Padua" (from Two Songs of Arthur Symons)
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Felix Wolfes: "Der Hecht"
LARGER WORKS WITH VOCAL SOLOISTS
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Julius Benedict: St. Peter (oratorio)
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Arthur Bliss: Mary of Magdala (cantata for contralto, bass, chorus, orchestra))
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Giovanni Bononcini: La Maddalena a' piedi di Cristo (oratorio)
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Angelo Branduardi: La Lauda di Francesco (musical)
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Benjamin Britten: Saint Nicolaus, a Cantata Op. 42 (tenor, 4 trebles, chorus, string orchestra)
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Antonio Caldara: La Maddalena a' piedi di Cristo (oratorio)
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Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Caecilia, virgo et martyr, H.397 (oratorio)
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Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Le reniement de Saint Pierre, H.424 (oratorio)
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Ernest Chausson: La Légende de Sainte Cécile (oratorio)
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Marius Constant: Le jeu de Sainte Agnès (opera)
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Cecil Effinger: Paul of Tarsus (baritone, chorus, strings, organ)
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Alfred Gaul: Joan of Arc: the Maid of Orleans (cantata)
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Gordon Getty: Joan and the Bells (soprano, baritone, chorus, orchestra)
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George Frideric Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 (oratorio)
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Fr. Hartmann: Sankt Franziskus (oratorio)
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Arthur Honegger: Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher (oratorio)
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Vincent d'Indy: La légende de Saint-Christophe, Op. 67 (opera)
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Vincent d'Indy: Sainte Marie Magdeleine, Op. 23 (cantata for mezzo-soprano, women's chorus, piano, harmonium)
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Daniel Jones: Sant Pedr (oratorio)
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Benoit Jutras: Francesco, il musical (musical)
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Kenneth Leighton: Columba (opera)
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Franciszek Lessel: Kantata do świętej Cecylii (STB soloists, chorus, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, timpani, violoncello, continuo)
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Franz Liszt: Die Legende von der heiligen Elisabeth, R.477 (oratorio)
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Franz Liszt: St. Stanislaus, Scenes 1 and 4 (unfinished oratorio)
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Gian Francesco Malipiero: San Francesco d'Assisi (mystery play for soloists, chorus, and orchestra)
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Felix Mendelssohn: Paulus (oratorio)
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Olivier Messiaen: Saint François d'Assise (opera)
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Alessandro Stradella: Santa Editta, vergine e monaca, regina d'Inghilterra (oratorio)
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John Tavener: Thérèse (opera)
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John Tavener: Mary of Egypt (opera)
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Pyotr Il'ich Tchaikovsky: Orleanskaya D'eva (Jeanne d'Arc) (opera)
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Charles Tournemire: Il Poverello di Assisi/Le Petit Pauvre d'Assise, Op. 73 (dramatic cantata)
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Charles Tournemire: Part III of Trilogie Faust - Don Quichotte - Saint François d'Assise
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Bruce Trinkley: Santa Rosalia Cantata (1993) [vocal quartet, woodwind quartet, harpsichord]
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Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco (opera)
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Jon Jason Mediran Yogawin: St. Francis of Assisi (musical)
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