Skip to main content
Wellcome Collection homepage
  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
Sign in to your library account
Search for anything
Library account
Home| Collections

Oratorios - Librettos - Early works to 1800

On this page

  • Works from the collections
  • Related topics

Works from the collections

45 works

    • E-books
    • Online

    A new occasional oratorio . As it is Perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. The Words taken from Milton, Spenser, &c. And Set to Musick by Mr. Handel.

    Morell, Thomas, 1703-1784. | Date: MDCCXLVI. [1746]
    • E-books
    • Online

    Under the patronage and by Command of their Majesties . Messiah, A Sacred Oratorio, Performed in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, On Thursday, May 31, 1792, For the Royal Society of Musicians, and their Distressed Families.

    Jennens, Charles, 1700-1773. | Date: 1792]
    • E-books
    • Online

    Messiah an oratorio. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. Set to music by Mr. Handel. Majora Canamus.

    Jennens, Charles, 1700-1773. | Date: MDCCLXVII. [1767]
    • E-books
    • Online

    Judas Macchabaeus an oratorio. Set to music by Mr. Handel.

    Morell, Thomas, 1703-1784. | Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]
    • E-books
    • Online

    Joshua : a sacred drama / set to musick by Mr. Handel.

    | Date: [1771]
View all

Related topics

Verse drama, English - Early works to 1800

Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE

+44 (0)20 7611 2222
info@wellcomecollection.org

  • Getting here

Today’s opening times

  • Galleries
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Library
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Café
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Shop
    10:00 – 18:00

Opening times

Our building has:

  • Step free access
  • Hearing loops

Accessibility

  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Jobs
  • Media office
  • Developers
  • Privacy and terms
  • Cookie policy
  • Manage cookies
  • Modern slavery statement
TikTok
Facebook
Instagram
YouTube

Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence