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A SACRED CANTATA FOR FOUR SOLO VOICES, CHORUS, AND ORCHESTRA THE WORDS SELECTED FROM HOLY SCRIPTURE AND THE MUSIC COMPOSED BY ALFRED R. GAUL. "No man knows better than Mr. Gaul how to write for voices. 'Thou art the King of Glory,' a singularly fine chorus, worthy of any composer, living or dead. Throughout the work we have spontaneousness, elegance, attractiveness, in short, a never-ending charm. A FAIR This cantata, which completes the octave of Mr. Gaul's cantatas, we I LOVED A LASS, A FAIR hold to be the best. If it prove less popular than the composer's 'The Holy City,' we shall be surprised. Mr. Gaul was engaged on this, his latest work, for about three years, and we believe that all who hear it will agree that the time was very profitably spent."— Birmingham Daily Gazette. "In every way worthy the great reputation and experience of its composer... . 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The Manual contains an almost complete list of the published orchestral compositions by composers of all countries, from Lully and Rameau (1651) up to the present time-Edward Elgar, Camille SaintSaëns, and Richard Strauss (1902)—a period covering 250 years. The 5012 separate works for Orchestra scheduled in the Manual are written by 1337 different composers, and are classified as follows.Overtures 1272 | Miscellaneous Pieces Symphonies 588 Marches Various Concert Pieces... 1542 Music for String Orchestra 709 A special table, showing the degree in which the different nationalities of the various composers are represented, is given in the preface. |