Title Esther, the beautiful queen : a cantata or short oratorio, designed for musical conventions, festivals, and musical societies / composed by William B. Bradbury ; words written by C.M. Cady ; revised and adapted for dramatic presentation by R.W. Seager.

Publication Info.	Boston : O. Ditson, [1884]
	©1884

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Talbott Tams-Witmark Collection	M2003 .B734 E8 1884	Lib Use Only	Ask Librarian for access

Description	1 vocal score (94 pages) ; 17 x 25 cm
	vocal score
Note	For SSSATBarBB soloists and SATB chorus with piano; accompaniment originally for unspecified instruments.
	"Concerning Esther, and Mordecai, and Haman; and how, in the reign of Artaxerxes, the whole nation of the Jews was in danger of perishing" by Josephus: pages 89-94.
	"Directions for organization, costuming, &c. by R.W. Seager": pages [4-6].
Source	Gift; Tams-Witmark Musical Library.
Subject	Oratorios -- Vocal scores with piano.
	Oratorios -- Vocal scores with piano.
	Cantatas, Sacred -- Vocal scores with piano.
	Cantatas, Sacred -- Vocal scores with piano.
	Esther, Queen of Persia -- Drama.
	Esther, Queen of Persia.
Genre/Form	Drama.
	Oratorios.
	Oratorios.
	Vocal scores.
	Vocal scores.
	Drama.
Added Author	Cady, C. M. (Chauncey Marvin), 1824-1889, librettist.
	Seager, R. W., editor.
	Josephus, Flavius. Antiquitates Judaicae. Selections. English.
	Tams-Witmark Music Library.
Added Title	Esther, the beautiful queen. Vocal score
Cover Title	Queen Esther