Dorsetmike
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Has anybody here heard or performed any of John Stanley's cantatas or oratorios; I've spent most of the afternoon searching the web and not found any recordings, and not much in the way of detail, opus 3 and 8 with 6 cantatas in each and opus 9 with a further 3 plus oratorios Jephtha, Fall of Egypt and Zimri are listed, but the only item printed seems to be his Fall of Egypt http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/boo...orth-LL.D.-and-Set-to-Musick-by-John-Stanley.
17th January 2012 is the 300th anniversary of Stanley's birth, I was thinking of trying to put something together to post on MIMF around the anniversary. Plenty of instrumental items about, mainly the organ voluntaries.
A contemporary "review" (late 1700s) rates his work "second only to Handel*
17th January 2012 is the 300th anniversary of Stanley's birth, I was thinking of trying to put something together to post on MIMF around the anniversary. Plenty of instrumental items about, mainly the organ voluntaries.
A contemporary "review" (late 1700s) rates his work "second only to Handel*