Thomas,Isaiah The Cantata In Early American Music CD

While the father of the European cantata tradition, J.S. Bach, died in 1750, late eighteenth-century American composers classified their compositions as 'cantatas' tentatively, even though they displayed all the requisite components. These choice movements from sacred musical works helped define the definition of the cantata in America.

1. Great Minerva: Temple of Minerva, the: Pasticcio (From Handel's Judas MacCadaeus) 2. Lord of Hosts, The: Christmas Anthem, a 3. Bind Kings with Chains from Psalm 149 4. Hallelujah: Feast of Tabernacles, the 5. Sunset: Flower Festival Cantata 6. Lord Make the Woman: Ruth and Naomi 7. Work Boys, Work: Ruth the Gleaner 8. Praise Ye the Lord 9. Yes! to the Work: Haymakers 10. Alleuia, Christ Is Risen: Christ the Victor 11. The Caravan of the Magi: The Coming of the King 12. It Was the Winter World: Nativity, the 13. In Far-Off Eastern Country: Holy Child, the 14. Lord Bless Thee, The: Ruth and Naomi 15. Lord Make the Woman 16. Praise Him, O Ye Heaven: Noel, a Christmas Pastorale 17. Flash the Street with Jasper: Celestial Country, the