History of music in sound
Subtitle: Opera and church music, 1630-1750
Contributors: Abraham, Gerald, 1904-1988; Cavalli, Pier Francesco, 1602-1676; Cesti, Antonio, 1623-1669; Stradella, Alessandro, 1639-1682; Scarlatti, Alessandro, 1660-1725; Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759; Logroscino, Nicola, 1698-1765?; Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687; Rameau, Jean-Philippe, 1683-1764; Blow, John, -1708; Keiser, Reinhard, 1674-1739; Carissimi, Giacomo, 1605-1674; Marcello, Benedetto, 1686-1739; Rameau, Jean-Philippe, 1683-1764; Scarlatti, Alessandro, 1660-1725; Humfrey, Pelham, 1647-1674; Greene, Maurice, 1696-1755; Schütz, Heinrich, 1585-1672; Schütz, Heinrich, 1585-1672; Bach, Johann Christoph, 1642-1703; Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750; Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750; Buxtehude, Dietrich, 1637-1707; Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
Publisher: RCA Victor; Oxford University Press
Published: 1954
Place of publication: New York]
Language: ita
Subjects: Vocal music; Operas; Excerpts; Sacred vocal music; Masses; Passion music; Cantatas
Other titles: Opera and church music, 1630-1750
Notes: Title from container.

Automatic sequence.

"The history of music in sound. Vol. 5: Opera and church music (1630-1750)--edited by J.A. Westrup. New York, Oxford University Press, 1954" (55 p. front., music. 25 cm.) Program notes by Gerald Abraham intended originally for use with 78 rpm. version, laid in container; corrected contents (p. 7-8) applicable to 33 1/3 rpm. version inserted.

RCA Victor: LM-6030 (E4RP-8564--E4RP-8567).

Various performers and ensembles.

Recorded in England.

Sung in Italian, French, German, English, and Latin.
Table of contents: title: Musici della selva, from Egisto  -- Cavalli; title: E dove t'aggiri, from Il Pomo d'oro  -- Cesti; title: Floridoro  -- Stradella; title: Idolo mio, ti chiamo, form Tito Sempronio Gracco  -- A. Scarlatti; title: V'adoro, pupille, from Giulio Cesare  -- Handel; title: Io non songo bona bona  -- Logroscino; title: Scène infernale, from Alceste  -- Lully; title: O jour affreux, from Dardanus  -- Rameau; title: Scene from Venus and Adonis  -- Blow; title: Ach! Nero ist nicht Nero mehr!, from Octavia  -- Keiser; title: Justus es, Domine, from Jonas  -- Carissimi; title: Excerpt from Le Quattro Stagioni  -- Marcello; title: Cor meum et caro mea, from Motet: Quam dilecta  -- Rameau; title: Miraculis in coelo fulget, from Motet: Est dies trophaei  -- A. Scarlatti; title: Hear, O Heavens  -- Pelham Humfrey; title: O clap your hands  -- Greene; title: Saul, Saul, was verfolgst du mich?  -- Schütz; title: Excerpt from Die Sieben Wörte  -- Schütz; title: Ich lasse dich nicht  -- Johann Christoph Bach; title: Kyrie from Mass in F ; Excerpt from St. John Passion, nos. 26/27 ; 28/31  -- J.S. Bach; title: Du giebst mir Ruh, from Ich halte es dafür  -- Buxtehude; title: Cantata no. 50: Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft -- Bach.